Thursday, February 17, 2011

It is wild out there

imageEvery winter, at some time or other, we get bouts of strong wind. Having suffered from damaged fences several times on the trot, we are now better prepared.

First off, we move the table and chairs from the side where the wind funnels down at the end of autumn. That way we avoid having the table take off and land beside the car as it did one year.

We have now given up with cane fencing which was just too heavy and used to catch the wind badly. Now we have light weight netting which lets most of  the wind through and seems (fingers and toes crossed) to have survived so far.

Yesterday, I cut back the  bougainvillea and lantana on the fence at the back so again the wind can blow through it.

The good news is that forecasts say, it will blow at 34 –36km per hour today and will then start to calm down tomorrow. By the afternoon it should be just a strong breeze.

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