Dear Tami, or my homemade scones! With strawberry jam, loads of clotted cream, and tea, once the temperature had dropped a bit! I am lucky that I have traveled around a lot, and been in some hot places, but there are different sorts of heat as you know. Britain is only 866 miles long and is surrounded by four oceans/seas, so no matter where you are there is always a waft of a cool breeze. Although we are warmed by the Gulf stream we are in the northern hemisphere, which can get a bit cold in the Autumn/fall as you call it! I was working at Slimbridge which is near Wales surveying 1000 acres of salt marsh for the plants and how it affects the wildfowl population. I lived 8 miles form the base in a tiny caravan on my own, and only saw someone when my food and fuel supply for my little generator came once a week (sometimes). Two American students were sent to Slimbridge to study something, and they brought them to meet me. When they arrived they were shocked to see me in a T-shirt and shorts as to me it was a warm day. They had clothes on that you would go to the north pole in. One of the young ladies asked me if I was cold in this polar zone, so I checked the temperature and it was 69F, which was warm enough for me when you are working. They were from the south of America, but I never did find out where, as I could not understand what they were saying!
It being a maritime climate here does rain, and that is why most of the time everything is green, but I am afraid as a gardener you cannot have it both ways! Did you know for instance that tea grows in Cornwall which is in the very south west tip of England, and it is a member of the Camellia family! Kew gardens grow coffee. That we have a thriving wine industry; as the Romans brought vines with them in 43AD. Most things grow well here and even things that everyone seems to love we have farms for, like chili. The list is endless Tami, from our world renowned Asparagus to Scottish raspberries.
Also we do not have mosquitoes here and we only have one very rare venomous snake, that does not kill adults. We do have a lot of wildlife, and birds especially as they use our island as a haven on there migrations.
I so hope that the heat does not get to you, I enjoy your posts?
Neil.
