The weather since the beginning of 2008 had been pretty awful everywhere in Britain, snow, heavy rains and flood. In Glasgow, it's not been much worse than usual with a lot of rain and some pretty cold temperatures! But last week we had gale force winds, which caused a bit of damage in the city and of course, on the allotments. A few fences came down (like the Urban Bumpkin's) and bits of shed and greenhouses went flying everywhere. At No 52, the biggest casualty was the plastic greenhouse which I hadn't dismantled, hoping it would survive the winter. Turned out I was wrong .
My small greenhouse, standing proud in March 07
Not so proud anymore in January 08
So I braved the very cold weather and finished what the winds had started. I will put it back up later this spring, but it will need a bit of repair first as some of the metal frame has been badly twisted and the plastic cover needs patching up.
I had a bit of fun playing with my new camera in the brassicae bed and managed to harvest a few winter veggies: leeks, turnips, jerusalem artichokes and a bit of raddichio (survivor of the frosts!).
And I leave you with a couple of views of the plot, looking a bit sorry for itself in the pale winter sunshine...
