20170511

Hopfgarten (dam near Weimar) http://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=50.9970%2C11.2088#map=15/50.9970/11.2088

05:30 a.m. - full moon
07:40 a.m. - clear, sunshine, + 12° C
06:00 p.m. - slightly cloudy, sunshine, + 21° C

The first of the five Eisheiligen (Icesaints) - The Holy Mamertius - was a nice dry and warm day at Hopfgarten (Thuringia). Also the coots had fun in the water.

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The five memorial days:

11th of May - Mamertus, Bishop of Vienna
12th of May - Pankratius, early Christian Martyrs
13th of May - Servatius, Bishop of Tongeren
14th of May - Bonifatius, early Christian Martyrs
15th of May - Sophia, early Christian Martyrs and mother of three consecrated virgins

After Sophia the nights should remain warmer. It's best to wait with the planting until she has past. As the popular saying goes: „Die kalte Sophie macht alles hie“ (Something like: Cold Sophie makes everything broken)