Windy destruction

[Newton]

In the high winds yesterday my greenhouse lost several panes of glass. It was caused not by the wind directly but the wind picked up a piece of corrugated plastic being used by a plot neighbour as cloche......

Bits of the cloche are mixed in with the glass! The main piece of plastic has disappeared.....it might have blown on to cause further destruction or it might have been removed?

What to do?

I will of course fix my GH ASAP. It was full of plants.....some damage to them but not too bad.....severed calabrese, tomatoes etc

[SarzWix]

Half of my pea plants were decapitated by the frame being blown to bits (for the 2nd time!) and my fence and gate came down due to two rotten posts. Managed to bodge the fence and gate, but not sure whether to re-sow the peas or not. They don't do so well for me from a late sowing.
Very thankful that the greenhouse and polytunnel stayed intact though Hope yours isn't too expensive to fix.

[Bigmallly]

I'm plucking up courage to go assess the damage, will post if there is any.

[bikergirl]

Lets hope we don't get much more of the strong winds! Sorry to hear that you've had damage, I've been worrying for the last few days that my greenhouse was going to have broken glass. My dad did come to the rescue with more sand bags to hold the trampoline (which is right next to the greenhouse!).

A previous trampoline, at a different house, did manage to travel about 200m in the wind, so I really don't want a repeat of that!

[Tripmeup]

Haven't dared bring out my second Lean to greenhouse yet to set it up...
It's in the garage and ready to go, now that (hopefully) the wind has died down; just need some volunteers to help me lift it out...

My existing greenhouse lost one pane in the winds, but thankfully all the seedlings and plants were unharmed, so could have been worse..

Hope you get it fixed easily enough...Tec 7 was my friend...

[Two_Sheds]

not sure whether to re-sow the peas or not. They don't do so well for me from a late sowing.

mid-April isn't late though. You can keep sowing early varieties up until July

[SarzWix]

It is late in terms of tall peas and avoiding pea thrips Zaz recommended wrapping the frame in fleece to keep them off, but it turned into a kite a few days ago and I've lost half the fleece

[VirginVegGrower]

We weighted down polycarb sheeting over the snips with bricks and thankfully it's kept on. Greenhouse and poly are at home, so was able to keep my eyes on the prize as it were...no damage but it was close. I had to rescue next door's things which kept appearing in our garden. Our fencing is down, posts et al and there is some damage to neighbouring shrubs. On the plot everything just looks sad and windblown. Just put brassicas in too

[binley100]

Rescued the fence at home just in time , arris rail had snapped , running repairs done and now new rail in place.....apart from an empty water butt(due to go to lottie) rolling about that was it for home. At the lottie covers had been blown off but still attached in parts and not shredded luckily , some cardboard had come off tattie beds but hadn't made it as far as the intercity line and cage round my PSB had walked across a few feet but luckliy that was the extent .......

[VirginVegGrower]

Crikey Bins Intercity has been dead for about sixteen years

[binley100]

Well it's a line that goes between cities

[Feral007]

Lost power last night. Went off/on/off/on/off.............for about an hour or so. A branch snapped off and zapped out the line in the village. Apparently they had a colourful spark show for a bit.

Haven't been to check anything else. The corn is still standing, those roots are awesomely strong!

Chook house is good.

[Currysniffa]

Luckily no destruction to greenhouse #1. I've not been up to greenhouse #2 for over a week so i'm hoping its still in one piece.

[Snadger]

I thought someone had been 'fly tipping' in my garden until I learned from my neighbour that all the wheelie bins at the top of the street had been blown over before the bin men collected them!

Took a full bin bag to clear up the mess.

[Bigmallly]

The kite was still where I left it, its got a few puncture holes where the timber has come through.............. Hey Ho..........added ventilation..............