Fair due to the supplier of my polytunnel, I’ve taken it back to the store and had a full refund. I think it probably gave up so quickly because it was a zip closure and one of the zips was faulty. It has put me off a poly tunnel though for now, so I think this year I will just be growing outside.
Ah yes, Old barns and wind don't mix do they, here's mine after Malik.
Now if only the storms would stop coming and it would stop raining and I might be able to fix it.
As for those small cheap pollytunnels, I use them, but I take the plastic off over winter. they have managed to survive 80mph winds, but I figure they will last a lot longer if they don't have to.
Dispiriting isn't it @Skandi? I hope no animals were hurt and you can get yours fixed.
Our insurance didn't cover having a new roof - neat French trick called "vétusté" for agricultural buildings so we were offered 12,000€ but a new roof would have cost 35,000 so now they look like this.
All the bent and twisted corrugated iron sheets that were flung around the plot or slid off the rood in subsequent winds have been taken away and we have a pile of old beams to use for marking out raised beds or cutting up for firewood depending on size.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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@Lyn I find the forecasters the BBC use to be useless. I stick with the Met. They also both give forecasts for different radius of areas, using different weather stations. The BBC seem to give one for the whole of London, which is never accurate for us.
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Parks and local area attractions are closing their gates tomorrow, a step I have never seen here before. I don't know if this is driven by insurance companies or just caution. 60 mph winds forecast for north London.
Please don't drive if you don't have to. No doubt there will be the stories in the press about cars hit by falling branches ("We won't be defeated by the Wind!") and onlookers washed away as they went to the shoreline to take selfies. Please take care out there.
@Lyn the BBC forecast comes from 'Meteo' because the Met Office was too expensive. Their models are different and as Fire says, so far seem to be less accurate when you get right down to very local scale. The BBC forecast is probably for the nearest population centre to you. If that's nearer the coast, that'll be why it looks much worse
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So sorry to hear your polytunnel has been badly damaged so soon after building it.
The Carse of Gowrie in Scotland is a soft fruit growing area. It is very flat and open to winds coming across from the River Tay. The strawberries are all in polytunnels with mesh sides so the wind can go through.
If I was you this is what I'd go for as a replacement cover.
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Our insurance didn't cover having a new roof - neat French trick called "vétusté" for agricultural buildings so we were offered 12,000€ but a new roof would have cost 35,000 so now they look like this.
All the bent and twisted corrugated iron sheets that were flung around the plot or slid off the rood in subsequent winds have been taken away and we have a pile of old beams to use for marking out raised beds or cutting up for firewood depending on size.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
So sorry to hear your polytunnel has been badly damaged so soon after building it.
The Carse of Gowrie in Scotland is a soft fruit growing area. It is very flat and open to winds coming across from the River Tay.
The strawberries are all in polytunnels with mesh sides so the wind can go through.
If I was you this is what I'd go for as a replacement cover.
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime