The wind lately has been something else! I can't remember the last time we had such extraordinarily strong winds hit the garden.
The wind lately has been something else! I can't remember the last time we had such extraordinarily strong winds hit the garden. It's certainly been fantastic for drying my washing, but the garden is getting the sharp side of these unusually strong and persistent winds.
On Monday a full-sized water butt broke free from one of the greenhouses, spilled what water it contained and then right down the hill and ended up by the front door; trees and shrubs have literally had their leaves torn from the stems; less well-anchored sweet peas have come adrift from their obelisks.
I've left the water butt where it is for now, that way it won't have to risk further crashing and rolling, but I've had to do some emergency re-ties on climbers and the sweet peas.
Some of the young veg planted out over the last few weeks look as if they have been touching their toes once too often and may need to be replaced. I'm thanking my lucky stars that I didn't get around to planting out all the sunflowers I had hoped to at the weekend.
Luckily many of my vegetable plants are still snugly tucked away in fleece-covered tunnels, and some of the tinier ones in a fine-mesh-covered raised bed. I've always thought these things were far more wind resistant than some claim, now I'm sure of it as everything with protection is looking just fine. So far none of these structures has moved.
Another job has suddenly become more necessary — the watering. All this wind, often combined with sunshine, is horrendously drying, so I must grab that watering can and get out there.
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