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Sunday 5th 50F/10C. Overcast, with continuous rain forecast until midnight tonight. A strong, gusty wind will last well into Monday. With sunshine returning on Monday morning.
Up at 7.30 after a very quiet night and dozing.
The south-eastern, corner panel has been sucked out of the greenhouse again. It seems unable to resist the suction effects of high SW winds. The Bernoulli Effect or Venturi? Who can tell? I replaced the glass with clear polycarbonate sheet years ago. That sheet is now lying on the ground. The glass retention clips scattered everywhere amongst the weeds.
Allowing shrubs and trees to grow tall out to the southern boundary seems to provide no useful protection. Perhaps the wind is channeled by the front hedge? Which runs east to west and is now only 2m high. The eastern gap by the greenhouse. Was always closed by a towering hedge in the past. It didn't help very much. When it came to stopping the wind. I vaguely remember talking about fixing that panel with screws at one point. Of course it never happened. I'll have to find some stainless steel, self-tapping screws. In the meantime I have to close that large hole in the greenhouse!
9.30 The panel is safely back in again. Using as many glass clips as can possibly be fitted into the space available. Just as I always have. Even in the present light wind the panel is visibly breathing. Plastic sheeting is much floppier than glass. As it flexes into a bow it shortens the path between opposite edges. The framework remains unmoved. So the polycarbonate escapes from its clips.
Screws are the only safe way to keep it in place. Even though it may look unsightly if badly done. Silicone would probably look much worse! It is cold out there and keeps raining hard in short showers.
11.00 No sun. It rained twice. So I sheltered under handy trees. There was a lot of small debris along the verges and road. A couple of small, rotten trees had fallen in the fields. The wind was as variable as the rain. Blowing a gale one minute. A light breeze the next. The drainage beck was only a little higher than usual.
The day was spent online. Mostly YouTube.
Dinner was a huge fry-up. Chicken, mushrooms, eggs and tomatoes. Helped down by a buttered, bread roll.
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