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Gardening in gales, rain, and hail
Posted by: Pippa Greenwood, 13 March 2008, 10.31AM
Like the rest of the country, we have been hit some extraordinary weather in recent days. The damage caused by the storms has varied across the country, and my sympathies are with those who live in the worst-hit areas.
Even here on my hillside where there is no risk of flooding, the extent of the damage to my house and garden is incredible.
My current pride and joy (as it is every March) is the display of daffodils on the drive leading up to my house. The rain and wind have flattened my daffs to the ground and some were even snapped off completely. The only good thing to come from this was that my son collected a large bunch of (somewhat muddy) daffodils for me. They now grace the dining room, having been given a bit of a clean up in the sink.
The remaining flattened daffodils on the drive are starting to right themselves. Sadly, my Iris reticulata have not fared so well and are still horizontal.
The bird table, with its adornments of fat-ball dispensers, peanut feeders and household scraps hit the ground at speed. It is now upright, though it has acquired a worrying wobble. Interestingly, the birds were still feeding from it when it was still flat on the ground. I wonder if they were the usual locals, or were they looters?
We also had some lightening - which actually made the house shake. Then came huge hailstones, which temporarily flattened the hellebores and spring bulbs. Luckily, because there was very little soft new foliage about, nothing seems to have been seriously damaged.
Thankfully the numerous mini tunnels that adorn the vegetable plot were totally unmoved and the crops within them are perfect.
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Kerry Redfern
13 March 2008, 06.51PM
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