On 2014-02-16 19:55:46 +0000, David Hill said:

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

Golly, David, you did get a bashing, that looks awful! As to the
Camellia, there's no harm in trying and nothing to lose. Having watched
some eucalyptus and redwoods whipping about like crazy things here,
these photos make me realise that, whatever we thought was bad here,
was a lot worse with you!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk