On 16/02/2014 19:55, David Hill wrote:
On 12/02/2014 22:57, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-02-12 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill said:
Well it had to happen, the last report of the wind gusting at the
Mumbles, which we can see from here 450ft higher was wind gusting too
92 mph.
And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii and a40ft golden
conifer next to each other blown down, won't have done the 20 year old
camellia under them a lot of good.
And now as I write this a 30ft golden leylandii has just blown down
across the window.
And to add to the fun I've just had a phone call from the hospital to
say my wife can come home, she's been in with a mixture of problems,
kidneys, INR, blood sugar and urinary tract infection.
David at a very windy side of Swansea Bay
Oh David, I'm so sorry. Love to you and J
A follow up to the damage.
Amazingly I will be able to save several of the "Crushed" with luck
The "Big one" caused most of the damage
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psd0610267.jpg
The camellia I was worried about has taken a beating
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps7baceecc.jpg
but I am going to try to stake it and pull it back into some sort of
shape and hope that in time the stem will heal itself to some extent.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps31cab444.jpg
Any ideas?
I don't think this helped the Golden Leylandii that came down
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psf597e416.jpg
The last blow did a lot of damage to the 10ft of the original glasshouse
that I replaced.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ps352f39f5.jpg
I was saving it as a cold house and have the "Orchid"house butting onto
it, so I am going to cobble it together again with some mini profile
corrugated sheeting and some glass as it has a grape vine in it I
thought was lost, it's a small seedless black grape, I think of it as a
raisin.
David @ the blasted side of Swansea Bay
Just as a follow up, I checked with google on Raisin I should probably
have said "currant" but found this .....
" Corinthian raisins, are dried berries of the small, sweet, seedless
grape cultivar 'Black Corinth'"
That just could be it.
David