Over winter there were a number of challenges I had to respond to.A wet, heavy snow accumulation broke the string and the 2nd Cedar cloth fell down.The lace insert in the top of the Maple cloth was decaying and tore on a snag.During a wind storm my husband and I watched the Douglas-fir cloth flapping wildly. My husband is a sailor and said, 'Now there's a sail maker's friend.' During a lull in the wind I raced out and cut the cloth off the tree.Now 3 cloths were inside for their own survival.
During another wind storm a tree was blown down. One of its roots flew up in the air and pinned the Arbutus cloth against the tree.
Luckily, my sailor is also a lumberjack and he was able to rescue the cloth once the storm had passed.
Thankfully, no damage was done.But the winter was hard on the cloths.