2025 kicked off with Storm Eowyn. Edinburgh Botanic Gardens lost their tallest tree. Across town our allotment site we also experienced a bit of a blow. When this tree toppled its rootball ripped up the site access path. The Council Allotment Officer assured us that given the extensive damage across all of Edinburgh we shouldn't expect the Parks arboreal team to attend to it for some time. This prediction has been borne out.
Our neighbour's greenhouse suffered a direct hit and 100% glass loss. With the shielding of the wall my new build of last year survived unscathed except for a puncture in the corrugated plastic roof from flying debris. I can repair that.
The brassica patch is a source of some encouragement in times of adversity! The purple sprouting broccoli and Russian kale seem unperturbed by the storm and the weeks of cold easterly winds. (The Italian kale is not so happy)
and the "Yellow Cabbage" is good and yellow.
So even at this time of year there are positives, But I can't resist suggesting this song as the allotment anthem.
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