The Kindness and Generosity of Strangers

A friend asked for help to move a polytunnel to his home. I was genuinely expecting a wee home sized frame, despite him having an enchanted field and woodland behind his house. On my arrival I saw loads of commercial sized polytunnels and thought “I must be in the wrong place.”

In the past, these polytunnels were used to grow mint for supermarkets. Under the guidance of Richard the polytunnel was dismantled and loaded on the trailer in about an hour and a half. I thought it would take all day. Fiona and Richard were really interested in what we were doing at the Sanctuary Garden. “Would you like one?” pointing at another monstrous polytunnel, my heart leapt. WOW what a gift!

We are planning to pickup the polytunnel in January, weather permitting. I’m still pinching myself and am very grateful for this gift that will continue to to keep giving! My expectation is that it will allow us to produce around 1000kg of organic vegetables every year! The CAD drawing below, shows the ‘big’ polypipe tunnel we’ve been designing, next to this commercial 8m x 22m polytunnel that is double the size!