"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 3/12/06 08:45, in article , "Robert"
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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: We've been harassed by stormy winds all night long and it's still going
this
: morning. No obvious damage that I can see from my window, though it
might
: be another story when we go outside. I hope everyone else has come
through
: unscathed. There were warnings of localised flooding round here and we
also
: had "don't drive unless you really have to" warnings out.

I thought the skyline looked different. One of the row of mature oaks
that
borders a park at the rear of the house, and the allotments is down. It
was
some wind

www.rraa.moonfruit.com


An Ali Baba pot has been blown over and broken. It contained a 4 year old
Euryops, one of three standing on the tea room lawn. With the clarity of
hindsight, we must have been out of our minds planting such shrubs in
those
pots! Short of breaking them, there was no chance of ever getting them
out
but for one at least, nature has done it for us - shame about the pot,
though. A heavy wooden bench has been knocked over but is un-damaged and
the
duck weed on one of the ponds has been neatly collected in one corner,
making it much easier for me to scoop out later.
A couple of panes have been broken in one of the greenhouses and we're
just
surprised there aren't more, really - still time yet, I suppose, because
the
glass has fallen further and the wind shows no sign of abating.
An Eleagnus has been neatly uprooted but not broken, so we hope it can
just
be put back without too much trouble. Funnily enough, a taller shrub
right
behind it, taking the force of the wind, hasn't budged at all and for
once,
the Rhamnus has not blown down in a gale! Again, there's still time,
unfortunately because the wind vane is veering around like a bad thing, so
there's no telling what could go next.
Sorry to hear about the oak tree, though. It's always sad to hear of big,
old trees going over.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/


It sounds like you have been fortunate relative to some of the other folk in
your part of the country . 90mph winds?
I (ego ipse) removed a 20 year old cordyline imprisoned in an Ali Baba pot
by use of a hose pipe and pressure washer.It was not mine but belonged to a
neighbour who had a massive sentimental attachment to both items.
Bloody neighbours!!