Spring 2026 - General Discussion

16 degree's here in meath is quite warm for this time of the year.

Happy birthday Dazler. Class day all around it seems. I got 16c as my highest on the work wagon. Tipping away in my shirt for most of the day. Went over to one of my neighbours house walking about 7:30, around 1k, just walked home, still in my shirt, pleasant night out.

Played that earlier myself, a must on the first day of the year to have a bang of summer off it….

Another beautiful morning in north Longford. Great to be out and about. Had a walk over a few pasture fields and they're still quite moist underfoot. Stock will be in for a while yet, though grass cover is good. Roll on end of fodder season.

Beautiful day again today if a bit hazy, plenty of heat in the sun. A few bumble bees wasps and butterflies flying about.

Nice bit of frost out this morning. Mullingar had an almost 20c drop, 16.6 yesterday at 2pm and down to -2.7 at 7am this morning🥶

Hi apologies I didn't reply to this. It's not our holly tree but I know the person well, I assume it is native but I must get a better look at it some day. I do recall some years taking clippings of it before Christmas and there being little or no berries on it.

Gorgeous sunny morning. Long may it continue.

Grass frost this morning. Cut the grass on high yesterday - whoops 🤭

3⁰ Meath

Near Ardagh, Longford, I was outside briefly just before dawn and the fog was ascending rather than descending, in that it was foggy at ground level but only to a height of less than two metres. Very dense thick fog now, which I hope clears early enough as I attached the mower to the tractor yesterday evening and I plan to do a high cut of the paddock today. There'll be no grass cutting if the sun does not get to dry the grass.

Nice day again and while cooler and more unsettled from Monday its more showery and wont be raining all the time. Today is fab though :)

There's been a great buzz of lawnmowers anywhere i moved about to today. Not too far admittedly, but a lot of local lawns cut. I helped an elderly neighbour empty some kerosene he had, 5 × 25l drums into his tank. He had them since before Christmas he told me. He got them in Derrylin, at the old price he laughed. Keep me going along with the turf until the summer he said with a smile.