A Mighty Wind

     Okay, “Mighty” was probably an exaggeration, but it was windy yesterday and there must have been some fairy strong gusts, because in the afternoon when I went out to the garden, I saw some big pieces of Coroplast (sheets of plastic made like cardboard) scattered in my garden.  I then looking over at my greenhouse I saw that sections of the Coroplast I had used on the top row of the roof of my greenhouse had blown off.

    Two years ago I lost some glass on the greenhouse roof, and had replaced the broken glass with coroplast.  Sheets of Coroplast has a bit of flexibility to it, but I found the blown off pieces extremely brittle.  They had been facing direct sunlight for two years and I suspect that strong sunlight had caused the Coroplast to decompose.  I had previously used some Coroplast on the back side roof of the greenhouse, which doesn’t get direct sunshine, and it has been there about five years and it is still good.

    Now I have to figure out what to do.  Obviously Coroplast doesn’t last very long in direct sunlight.  It would be a waste to use it again, if it doesn’t hold up and will need replacing again in two years.

    Note:  “A Mighty Wind” is also the title of one of my favorite movies.  It is a very funny and touching “mockumentary” about aging folk singers putting on a reunion concert for their fans.  The “Folk Music Revival” of the 1960 was an influential part of my life and the movie really captured the musical groups and singers of the time in a very humorous way.

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