In East Anglia we've had an Amber Warning for Extremely Strong Winds as Storm Eunice moves across the area tomorrow. It's reported that this could cause serious damage and even injury/ death so we've spent the day doing important safety checks and weather proofing the site.

Richie has been checking the shed roofs and guttering to make sure they're all secure and won't be blown off in the winds.

Luke cleared any loose garden furniture and other items from the area around our bee keeping plot and Paul carefully added some more bricks and patio slabs on top of the hive to weigh it down. So, hopefully there won't be any danger of heavy items being blown into the hive and knocking it over.

Katy has secured the new bench in the Winter Garden to the foundation railway sleepers with metal brackets.

Sam, Nigel and Luke have cleared all loose items including containers, chairs and ornaments away from the sides of the sheds and polytunnel. We have temporarily stored everything inside the barn and the bike shed. This will prevent items being blown around and damaging the polytunnel.

Paul and I pegged down the spring cabbage frame and Luke helped us to put the other brassica frame away under cover to prevent them from ending up on the other side of the allotment site.

We secured and closed up our storage cages where we keep loose netting, chicken wire, tree protectors and plastic pots to prevent any loose items going flying!

So, now it's time to put tools down, lock up the sheds and stay out of the storm! Fingers crossed we've done enough to prevent any damage or injury. We hope all the bees and local wildlife get snuggled away from the storm and stay safe too.