Windy weather
Strong winds are to be expected in December / January, but May?? Last weekend we endured two complete days of sustained high winds, and my garden was severely unamused by it!
In the Winter the few plants in my garden are tough and either well-protected or securely strapped to strong stakes, but in May the garden is full of “soft” plants covered in lush new growth, and these are much more vulnerable to wind damage. One of the worst aspects of this for me is that my garden is right outside my Living-Room, and visible. I therefore have to endure the torture of watching the plants being battered – and in some cases destroyed – by the wind.
At this time of year, weather is at the top of the gardener’s list of worries. It is still not too late for night-time frosts, and even in the absence of frost the temperatures can get pretty low. We had 0.8C just over a week ago. But day-time temperatures are often quite high. We have already had a couple of days when it has reached 21C. This means that the gardener has to make some educated guesses about what the weather is going to do (our official Weather Forecast is of limited value here!) and apply the necessary precautions.
Brussels Sprouts seedlings braving the wind |
When I go out to work in the morning (often at about 0615), I try to predict what the weather that day is going to do, and make a few final adjustments if necessary, but of course most of it has to be done the evening before because I don’t really want to be pfaffing about in the garden in my business attire at the crack of dawn! Jane (who is at home most days) sometimes helps me with these adjustments – for instance she will open the flaps on the mini-greenhouses or put a tray of seedlings into one of the mini-greenhouses, if I give her detailed instructions, but she is not a gardener and doesn’t have the same feel for the subject as I do – which is only understandable since she has other interests and responsibilities. So, some chances have to be taken.
Just recently my Longrow cloches have been put to use protecting trays of seedlings from heavy rain.
Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2014/05/windy-weather.html
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