...and blowing and BLOWING!
For over 12 hours with unrelenting ferocity, the wind howled down the entire length of the West Coast...transforming our landscape over the course of one day.
So how did our school garden cope...time for a look...
Not too bad actually, quite a bit more light coming in from the Buller High School side, with a few less trees to offer shade...
Nothing to really loose your head over...
.... was there Darth Vader!
Sadly NO Tamarillo this winter...but at least we still have our trees!
Not a single blade of pea straw left of the pea straw bale retaining wall, and not a single leaf left on the pumpkins.
As for the Jerusalem artichokes...not a trace left.
I guess we won't need to weed this corner!
Only two casualties in the Mother Earth Orchard...this apple and our avocado tree.
Nothing left of our bean and sunflower tee pee...but only the lid missing from our orchard worm farm!
So how did the rest of our school grounds fare?
Looks like the view has opened up a bit on the north boundary...
Possibly 70% of our mature trees uprooted or snapped off...
...some of them not so small either...
...we calculate over 52 years of playground sentry duty!
The loss of EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE climbing tree is going to be a bit hard to take when school arrives back after the Easter break!
Just as well we are embracing Autumn, and we have time to find some new shade sails...
...and pole!
Literarily ripped to shreds!
If only these were Phohutukawa stamens...
Just as well we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in December last year, collecting self sown native seedlings from our front Gardens!
A HUGE Thank you to Natasha our Community DOC Ranger for spending the afternoon with us potting up our finds...we'll need you back this term!
We have a bit of work ahead of us, we'll have all the mulch we need to mulch the Mother Earth Orchard and re-plant the northern boundary with natives!
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