Of course the winter was abnormal !

If it was the norm, then my concrete block steps would have been burst by
the feezing in other years. Only this last winter did that happen so it
was certainly abnormal taken in the light of experience over the last
twenty years at least.

Bill


Thanks Bill - yes the winter was extreme, certainly down here in Kent. I've
not known the temperature to fall to -10 before as it did in my garden. I
lost more plants than ever before in 30 years of gardening.

Clive in Kent