The Ice-Spider cometh...

Feb 23rd 2010, 8am: Outside temp -6C, inside conservatory ...didn't feel that much warmer inside :-)!

A spider who spins webs of ice has been on the conservatory window!!

Boyz n toyz!

I was after a max-min thermometer for out in the conservatory, but the more you looked the more you could have... Settled for this in the end cos of its clear display. Could have had a French one where a lady takes off more clothes the warmer it gets ...but doubt she'd have taken her hat and scarf off in Aberdeen! It sits in the kitchen above the sink and tells me the temperature in the kitchen, in the conservatory (sensor no.1 - top figure) and records maximum and minimum for each over a 24 hr period. It also gives humidity (which rises rapidly when steaming rice) and a weather forecast ...looks like more rain again tomorrow! With an additional sensor I'll be able to do outdoor temperature too... Would have been a lot more expensive to have one that sends the data to the computer. It gets the time signal from a satellite, and it agrees with my Casio watch - amazing huh, and all for under £30, boyz n toyz eh :-) ?!?

Tomatoes n Chilli Peppers

Inside the wee conservatory - the sweetest tastiest tomatoes anywhere + chilli peppers and associated white fly, which get washed off every 2 wks or so and then are back in such numbers it's all gotta be done again. Biological control so far hasn't worked, washing 'em off is cheaper and it sorta works. A single ladybird did a great job the other year! The chillies are pretty hot and also make great decorations if hung up to dry just before Xmas!