We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month. My
thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the
freezing point, within doors. The tender evergreens were injured
pretty much. It was very providential that the air was still, and the
ground well covered with snow, else vegetation in general must
have suffered prodigiously. There is reason to believe that some
days were more severe than any since the year 1739-40.
Gilbert White
The winter of 1739 sounds even tougher - It was called The Great Frost :
http://www.londononline.co.uk/history/thames/5/
We have more snow and frost predicted for the end of the week...
"Nature is so full and varied that if you want to find the place with the most variety, it is the place you most study. Just take in a small piece of land and examine it hard enough." Gilbert White... Long Road, a few miles from Selborne where the pioneering 18th century naturalist lived and documented the flora and fauna of his area. Long Road is our patch, the place to watch the time and seasons come and go, to listen, think and learn
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