Amy hit us with full force yesterday afternoon and left a lot of damage in its wake. It could have been worse, but my garden wasn’t spared, with a massive “rotvelt” (root throw) partly downing one of the tallest trees in the garden, a Norway maple (spisslønn), the second large tree to fall this year (see also:
https://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=33221). It was amazing this morning to see how little soil this tree was growing on. So, we have a new feature in the garden this morning with new habitat for nature to colonise, with the tree’s canopy now hanging over the pond area. More pictures and videos to follow.

Just an hour before, the tree was still upright:

Calm before the storm:

Mid-storm view:

Apple tree swaying in the wind; most of the apples were thrown off:

Apple harvest will be easier although the fruit will maybe won’t store so well. The third photo shows apples lying under my udo (Aralia cordata) which was also toppled.

Inspecting this morning! Roots had snapped and a 6-7m wide strip had peeled back to the rock revealing how little soil the roots were growing on!

A few more pictures this morning :