I suppose it was inevitable given the appalling weather we've been having here in the UK that the site would get hit. I've already recorded how there was a small stream running through the site during January because of the incessant heavy rains (see video posted Jan 24th 2014). This time around it wasn't just the rains but the some of the strongest gales I've encountered for some years.
There have been gales and high winds most of the winter but on the night of February 14th/15th the winds were extremely high for a number of hours and the next day I went out to see what was going on at the plot. I was relatively lucky, my black plastic covers were dragged around despite paving slabs holding them down, also my canes were blown from their storage post, some being snapped in half in the process. I seemed to have acquired some orange buckets too, no idea who they belong to!
Unlike some of my neighbours I have a greenhouse in a sheltered position in my garden, fortunate really as my neighbours' greenhouses on the plot were hard it. Three panes missing from this one >>
Another one located further up the site (pictured below) has a large number of panes broken >>
Well today there was a bit of sunshine so I had an opportunity to do a spot of tidying up on my site and even a bit more winter digging. It's going to be raining again next week but I'm hoping that breaking up the soil will help it drain a bit quicker. Fingers crossed the weather improves in the next four weeks so we can start to think about planting our onion sets, broad beans and early potatoes. Still, that seems a long way off at the moment!
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