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Luckily...
It's been rather windy here today. Much to our surprise, we've only had a few flickers of power cuts (and escaped the big one last night that seems to have taken out half the country).
When I had a quick look at the tomatoes this morning, the wind had shaken a few of the Amish stems down, where they had big tomatoes near the polytunnel roof. We grabbed the twine and tied them in, and then while we were at it also did a belt-and-braces loop around each bag of plants, tying them loosely around near the top and then up to the polytunnel framework.
We came back from walking Bob to find that the cover had blown off the polytunnel. Fortunately, it had then got stuck between the polytunnel and the wall behind it, rather than being blown away entirely. Much wrestling ensued, and we got it back on (and added a few more breezeblocks to the ones that were already (supposedly) holding it down). It survived the rest of the day and, thanks to those extra loops of twine this morning, there doesn't seem to be much (any?) damage done to the tomatoes. The pepper plants were also tied to the frame, and seem to be ok as well.
There doesn't seem to be much serious damage in the garden generally. We escaped the worst of it because the wind direction meant most of it went over above us, rather than getting funnelled down the valley. Hope everyone else is relatively unscathed.
When I had a quick look at the tomatoes this morning, the wind had shaken a few of the Amish stems down, where they had big tomatoes near the polytunnel roof. We grabbed the twine and tied them in, and then while we were at it also did a belt-and-braces loop around each bag of plants, tying them loosely around near the top and then up to the polytunnel framework.
We came back from walking Bob to find that the cover had blown off the polytunnel. Fortunately, it had then got stuck between the polytunnel and the wall behind it, rather than being blown away entirely. Much wrestling ensued, and we got it back on (and added a few more breezeblocks to the ones that were already (supposedly) holding it down). It survived the rest of the day and, thanks to those extra loops of twine this morning, there doesn't seem to be much (any?) damage done to the tomatoes. The pepper plants were also tied to the frame, and seem to be ok as well.
There doesn't seem to be much serious damage in the garden generally. We escaped the worst of it because the wind direction meant most of it went over above us, rather than getting funnelled down the valley. Hope everyone else is relatively unscathed.
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