Chocolate to fight Diabetes - - & - - Frost damage in the garden on the last day of April

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The Express headline seems a strange one this morning, but this study has shown that eating 100g of dark chocolate a day can curb diabetes and heart disease risk - - - however it does say later in the article "physical activity, diet and other lifestyle factors must be carefully balanced to avoid detrimental weight gain over time" - - - 

I like the front page of the Independent this morning about the, Jewish Problem that Labour as a party have.   JC will need to muster his powers to slap this down and get back to throwing rocks at the Brexit campaigners - - - This story also in the Independent  is indicating that the country is 50/50 over brexit but a strong turnout by the old and bold on the day might tip it to an Leave vote - - - 

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With it being the last day of April you would expect us to be out of the throes of winter but as we all know its been a very cold few days to see out the month 

 as we arrived for lunch yesterday at our usual spot the snow is coming in on the wind  

by the time we walk the few yards to the door it is upon us.  It was only a brief shower but they kept rolling in as we ate our lunch.  The rest of the afternoon was much of the same 

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THE GARDEN YOUNG PLANTS AND BLOSSOM ARE GETTING HIT HARD BY  THE FROST 

 the vine leaves on the right look to be frosted even in the greenhouse 

we put a bay in there because for some unknown reason they keep out the white fly this one is having a herd time and might not survive  

 out in the garden the daffs have almost finished but the frost always makes them hang their heads 

 the quince flowers are covered with frost but they should be OK

 the plants we took out of the pond last Autumn and put in a spot at the top of the garden are also covered with frost and will probably die back before long 

down at the bottom of the garden the pear only has this one bunch of blossom on it, after having zero last year.  Its in a bit of a sheltered spot so it might be ok but the young leaves look a little curled up! - - - 

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WEATHER TODAY  

not too much in the way of precipitation on the Netweather display this morning, we might get away with a dry cold morning at least 

 Still below freezing at the moment after an overnight min of -1.4c.  The Bar. Tendency looks promising! 

the weathercam has a nice sunny aspect to start the its looking like i might go and finish off the last of those pole like hawthorns on my current logging area 

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