Wind damage

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...