Good Luck?

Spring in New Zealand is surely a very changeable affair. yesterday we were in glorious sunshine, it was warm and dry. Today is cool, to cold, cloudy and wet. How lucky we did the outside work yesterday. Luck?

















Modern communications and the science of weather forecasting have taken much of the luck out of nursery planning. Even for New Zealand, which has a temperate maritime climate that is incredibly variable and unpredictable, forecasts are now pretty well right.


I use the website of Victoria University, Wellington to get my weather information (see http://metvuw.com/forecast/forecast.php?type=rain&region=nzni&noofdays=7) and compare that with the New Zealand Met Service forecasts (http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/ruralWeather/wanganui.html). This gives me enough data to add my own interpretations to and come up with a very reliable forecast that's a great tool for my business.

So yesterday we were able to weed in optimum conditions and today the fertiliser was watered in. Cool!

Cheers

Terry