Habsish

-0.6 C on my Oregon external sensor. As Oregon stuff is rubbish (and their support confirm it) I checked with a mercury thermometer and it was -2.5C. H

For those who might need it. http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/length.htm H

Looks a bit chilly at Niagra Falls http://www.fallsviewcam.com/ H

Paul, Sounds as if you have a nice bit of kit to play with. Have to put it on my list to Santa who will probably ignor the request and give me socks (again) Pitwood, Do you have the same sort of set up as me? Habsish

Are you certain that the data you collect and sometimes reported is correct? I have an Oregon Wireless weather station BAA898HG with a couple of remote sensors. It wasn't untill I put all 3 together I realised that one of the sensors was about 2 degrees C out and the humidity was about 10% out. Contacted Oregon technical support who responded "Thank you for contacting Oregon technical support. for the unit to be 1 or 2c out is perfectly normal. there is going o be a fluctuation on the sensors as they are not manually calibrated and they are in fact 75% accurate." Now that is something they do not say on the packet and strikes me as somewhat amazing when we all take readings down to 0.1 of a degree and state it as true. Unfortunately I did not have a receipt to return it as it was a gift. Suggest that all members who post should bear this problem in mind. Regards Graham PS we all know that some people have faulty rulers as well that measure cm instead of mm. So it is not only electronics can be on the blink.

Jethro, Little I read in the media I believe with any conviction that it is likely to be true. Must admit my posting was slightly tongue in cheek and I have not gone over to a completly Medeterranean garden. Grow most of the old favorites for Essex area lawn, fruit, vegetables, flower beds but I do have an Olive tree producing olives albeit very small at the moment. Also have taken cuttings that seem to be doing well. Like a lot of plants olvies are expensive to buy but not too difficult to propagate. Nothing nicer than buying a plant and spiltting it into numerous offspring. My gardening policy is if you don't grow after a bit of love and attention you are on the compost heap. Possibly where the media should go? Regards Habsish

Having replanned my garden, to some degree from the advice given by the media and others when should I expect to take advantage from the Mediterranean plants I now have in my garden? Alternatively should I assume everything will continue to be extremely erratic and really we do not know (haven't got a clue) what will happen in the years to come. Makes life interesting if nothing else. Regards H

Just come in from the garden after planting a couple of trees and read this thread. Is that going to be enough to combate the Chinese threat? H

Any update on the mud volcano in Java that seems to be swamping everything? Regards H

An interesting if shallow programme if for no other reason it made some attempt to show an alternative line of thought. For many GW is a big concern but also a frustration at the inability to deal with it. Should I plant a tree after I have driven down the shops or how many trees should Tony Blair and George Bush plant for having a war? Then again there is China who probably wipes out all our good efforts and more in a day by their industrialisation. It makes you feel why as the little man should I do anything? Warming (short or long term) is occurring and you have only to look out of window at the early blossom to be convinced. The big question is Man the one mainly causing it and realistically can anything be done about it? Regards Habsish

North of Chelmsford - Essex 7.25am Wednesday 7th Feb Air temp -8.6 C and falling Hab