Batten down the hatches oop North

the wind has done a bit of damage to my plants to-day.
It started of windy and is still quite windy and buffety, went out for a quick bike ride with He-who-thinks-he-is-being-obeyed and it was qutie windy on the bike too.

got home to find next door neighbours tree (thankfully, not a huge big tree) half in our garden.

the delphiniums all battered and bashed. they have now been staked up but have taken a good battering. the foxgloves are in a sheltered position so hopefully will survive. a couple of our smaller trees needed re-staking.
My plan was to do a bit of work in the garden, instead of which, I'm on the 'puter checking various fora that I belong to and defragging hundreds of workstaions.

 

Sorry to hear the tales of garden woe.
Bit breezy in London though nothing special but it seems to be working upto something late afternoon :(

 

My tall, beautiful rose is flattened. Sniff.

 

:( :( Well I can't remember it being so windy in my garden - I have three very battered roses - fear I may have lost one . I have lost three beautiful lupin plants - there is barely a leaf left on them - two new blue Salvia plants I planted last weekend, a couple of cosmos plants I grew from seed and about a 1000 apples! - What a shame - very sad to walk around my garden this morning!

EGW x

 

We had horrendous weather here at the weekend too, i've been out this morning, lost 3 broadbean plants and 2 cucumber plants, my hanging baskets have taken a right battering too but i think they'll pick up. Do you think we blinked and missed summer. :(

 

My crambe cordifolia - in flower for the first time and so beautiful - has completely snapped off in the middle, and my sweet peas hawe ripped off the net they were scrambing up. Their poor little tendrils have riipped clean off. I feel so sorry for the little mites!
Didn't drop a single apple though - or either of the two damsons on our 3 yr old tree!
Alis

 

We've lost lots of little apples but I rescued the hanging baskets and put them back in the greenhouse :(

 

Bit rough here all w/end too but no damage thankfully ,just very wet underfoot .

 

Lost over 300 apples - counted them yesterday as had to pick them all up before the dog ate them - and that's off one tree :(

 

Nary a puff over on the East Coast. Bit of a brisk breeze was all.

 

Just got back from Norfolk, and the weather was wonderful. I even got a tan!!!

 

Ooh it's grim up north

 

It's actually really quite sunny here in Manc Land today - if you just ignore the odd passing black cloud! Not quite a day for hard landscaping, but I might be able to pop out to do some potting up

I do feel sorry for the NGS open gardens though as the ground is really quite soggy :(

 

Hi sar, I have been working in Manc land all afternoon and it has been lovely after about 3pm

 

Sunny up there? That can't be right!