The polytunnel is now up and we are in business! There’s nowt much in there now apart from some assorted chillies, a few different types of tomatoes and some freshly sown spinach but we’re sure that’ll change in a week or so.
It took us a good morning and a bit of “That isn’t the right piece, where’s 5B?”, the thing falling apart and it looking like a skeleton of a whale on the lawn, and parts moving when they weren’t supposed to but we got there in the end. After a good tighten up, the frame was put into place (above). Thanks to Alan C for lots of tips, especially this great one: “I put a layer of woodchip under mine but some use wood strips or gravel/stones. This gives a nice evenly flat base and slows the frame rusting – the woodchip quickly dries out and separates the poles from the soil.”
As soon as we put the cover on we dug a little trench and tucked the excess of the cover into the ground and put broken concrete slabs, bricks and whathaveyou to weigh it down and then backfilled with soil and more woodchip so it is hopefully stays put in the wind.
As we said there’s not much in there at the moment but we’ll update you. Cheers to Alan C again for his tips and advice. Big up all Polytunnel crew!
Weeds up to me knees 
Looks like the perfect spot and love the little table; well thought out and weed free:)
Cheers Gerry! It won’t be weed free for long and there’s a good few insects in there today. I suppose it’ll develop.
Where did you get your polytunnel from please?
Will reply via email Debby. You’ll laugh!
Looks just the job! Hopefully it will withstand the ravages of climate change. Is it time to start prepping o ask myself.
Cheers Rich, ha ha I didn’t really know what a prepper was until a few years. We have a fair few tins of beans and tomatoes in the cupboard. With the Polytunnel does that make me a prepper ha ha? Hope all is well. Pete
No place of rest is complete without the wireless, nice to see the D-219 hanging up in there!
Cheers Kit! That had to be in there. Hope all’s well. Battling with flies at the moment in there as I think they are attracted to the woodchip that I put in there to level it all out. Every day is a learning day! How’s life? Pete
Still pursuing the lifelong battle against the bindweed in my little garden! The recent spot of rain has encouraged it to redouble its efforts, but I’ll never let it start climbing up my antenna pole.
Good stuff Kit. I wonder if a blast of RF will stop it in it’s tracks! Only had a little bit of rain here of late. Pete