Seasonal Changes in an English Garden

Posted on by Steve Hurley

This post is a departure from my usual topics of astronomy and more general science. In 2020, I took a series of photos of my back garden.  This year was, for those of us in the UK  – like many countries in the world, the year of the lockdowns due to the covid pandemic. A single photo was taken on the first day of each month from 1 January 2020 to 1 December 2020.

I live near Manchester in the northwest of England which is known for its mild climate without great swings in temperature. Despite its latitude of 53.5o North the average minimum daily temperature for January, the coldest month, is 1.5o C – so it gets very little frost. The average maximum temperature for the warmest month July is a relatively cool 19.3oC. Although there is only a small range of temperature variation there are still significant seasonal changes over the year.

I have put these twelve photos into a short video which I hope will be of interest.

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Hi I am Steve Hurley. I work in the IT industry. I studied for a PhD in astronomy in the 1980s. Outside work my real passion is explaining scientific concepts to a non-scientific audience. My blog (explainingscience.org) covers various scientific topics, but primarily astronomy. It is written in a style that it is easily understandable to the non scientist. Publications and videos For links to my books and videos please visit www.explainingscience.org

10 thoughts on “Seasonal Changes in an English Garden”

  1. “Good Friday”: the Romans and the English used to carry out death sentences on Fridays. Is it possible for Good Friday to to be a Friday the 13th? (is supposed to be a Bad Luck day in for instance the Netherlands)

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    1. Hi Martin,

      I think you meant to comment on my Easter Post 🙂

      Anyway as you can from the table Easter fell on April 15 meaning that Good Friday was on April 13 on 2001 and will again in 2063 🙂

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    2. Sorry Steve, this comment is meant for your Easter Post indeed. And as I see now Easter on Friday 13 is possible. With an eyesight of 15% I can’t check/recheck enough. I wish you a nice Easter weekend.

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  3. Here in northern Virginia in late February, it’s still “winter” but the maples are already budding and the snow crocuses are starting to flower. The signs of spring are on the way! In about a month we’ll be at peak bloom for the DC cherry blossoms.

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