A funny story
At the supermarket my folks noticed some vegetable seedlings for sale. My mother wanted a butternut squash, saw this label and bought it; there were two seedlings as well. When they got home and looked up the translation. It’s a giant squash, the size…
Prepping for the cover
Most of the trenches were dug using the mini-digger, I did need to dig about four or five yards of trench by hand. The tree roots held up work but nothing a bit of sweat could not fix. The next job was to cut…
Mini Digger
Lynda, our neighbour, hired a mini digger and I was given a chance to use it for the afternoon. The hoops are 1.5m apart, and the digger was able to squeeze between them. I did manage to knock into one of the door uprights…
Digging Holes
There is a lot of prep work needed when you build a poly-tunnel including a lot of it is digging holes. I’ve dug four holes, each 2ft back from the door and will be a corner of a raised bed. It will act as…
A new Door
With some old fence posts donated by Brian Goodfellow, I’ve made a door for the East end. The wind from the North is really a north easterly so this gable end will keep out the cold. In hindsight, I may need a base board…
Layout of the Poly-tunnel
The layout has gone through several design iterations. My constraints that have been through various changes are: 3 ft wide path down the center, allowing easy access for wheelbarrows and wheelchairs. 2ft reach, so a 2ft bed if accessed from one side, and 4ft…
Mice
While I was away for the weekend, the little buggers have enjoyed a diet of broad bean seeds with seedling lettuce on the side. Crunchy peanut butter will be their last supper…. One of the courgette stems has split, and I’m blaming them too….
So far so good
The poly-tunnel has taken a few weeks to get to it’s current stage. The structure is not ready; the two ends need to be trimmed, the doors added, strengthened and ready to accept the poly-tunnel cover. Conventional steel poly-tunnels have a tape that insulates…