Stormy winter

Storm Brendon

It hasn't been very cold but it has been exceptionally stormy so far this winter. Storm Brendon upended our wrought iron furniture and rearranged our patio stuff. Fortunately, I'd moved chairs, plant pots and micro croc gardens to protect them against wind damage. The gusts reached 81.5 knots which is about 90 mph or 150 kph, nothing to sneeze at. It started out SE which wasn't bad but then veered SW, a direction in which we are exposed. We were lucky not to have lost power as so many others did. Perhaps a vineyard near the sea wasn't such a great idea after all.

We had seaweed piled high and wide at the base of our driveway, which I had to shovel off the road and driveway as Alex was away. When he came home, he picked up the piles I made with the trailer and delivered one load to our gardens and one load to his mother. That's about 2 tons of seaweed, which we hear is now fetching €16-19 a kg dried.

It's very windy again today, so I haven't gone up there yet. Tomorrow should be a good day for inspection and pruning.