[al78]

Just been up to the plot and found several of my broad beans flattened by the wind, snapped off at the ground. Looked like a scale model of hurricane damage. The UK's weather really sucks at times. Several wheelie bins have blown over as well. Wasn't expecting it to be this windy, was very tiring when cycling.

[bravemurphy]

Just come back from my plot and the broad beans look bad, I don't think they have snapped but they don't look good 

[rowan57]

Cant be doing with my plot when its windy like it has been today, no fun so stayed at home and worked in the garden, likely the same tomorrow.

[barley]

its blowing a gale here to 

poor plants - all that work and whoosh gone

wish I had a different hobby sometimes

[Lesleyk]

Just come back from my plot and the broad beans look bad, I don't think they have snapped but they don't look good 

We get quite high winds here, although thankfully this weekend hasn't been too bad.  As a result, I routinely stake anything that is likely to grow higher than about a foot!  A faff, I know, but worth it.  All my broad beans are securely tied to bamboo sticks and this has helped stop them snapping in the past.  Don't know if this is any use to you, although I guess it's too late for the beans that have already snapped.

[bravemurphy]

We will be up first thing rain or shine to get them protected some how.

Should have done it tonight really but it was getting dark 

[al78]

Some wind gust reports:

Worthing Pier:  65 mph at 16:40
Hurst Castle:  62 mph at 17:10
Capel Curig:  52kts/60 mph around 12:00
Mumbles:  63 mph at 16:00
Brighton seafront 48 kts at 17:30

Very windy for this time of year. Also some damage reported in Wales:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-27356554

[Baldy]

Its been windy in these parts too...
destroyed a couple of polytunnels on the plot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=A7ujmkLTGNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=R6dm9rN6oTs

Cheers,
Balders

[al78]

Saw another broad bean plant blown flat and snapped at the base so have been round the plot collecting canes and staking the remainder. Fingers crossed there won't be any more casualties and I will actually get a crop.

[compostqueen]

I was trying to sow seeds outdoors!    My late mother's wise words came back to me "Never sow seeds in a gale"   

[MalcW]

I was trying to sow seeds outdoors!    My late mother's wise words came back to me "Never sow seeds in a gale"   

Me too. My neighbour downwind might get a few plants he wasn't expecting!

And I too was propping up broad beans against the gale.

[Nobbie]

We seem to get this sort of wind at this time of year a lot recently. I used to grow Malling admiral raspberries, but almost every year at about this time when they had sent out long branches with flowers on, thw wind would batter them despite being tied up to support wires. I changed to a less suceptible variety now with shorter branches, just hope they taste as good.

[rowan57]

Holy heck, it got worse than wind today, we had a severe 10 minute hailstorm, about 1" fell and it was setting car alarms off!

[Yorkie]

I was trying to sow seeds outdoors!    My late mother's wise words came back to me "Never sow seeds in a gale"   

Particularly not parsnip seed ... 

[cadalot]

And there I was thinking about taking a blow a way up the allotment for the tomatoes