This gardening lark is all about learning no matter how many years you’ve been doing it and how much you think you know, especially when it comes to the polytunnel.

We lost the two types of basil which was underneath a plastic bag on the workbench (above), we are getting a bit of condensation forming and we need to tighten the cover on the outside to make it a bit tighter as it will have a tendency to flap about in the winter winds and wear it down a lot quicker.

The first job this morning will be opening up the vents for a couple of hours even though it is on the colder side to get some airflow going (we don’t want mould, desease and damp to build up), get rid of the basil plants that didn’t survive and then a quick pick off of dead leaves and make some space around the plants for air to circulate.

Funny what we learn isn’t it? For us it was initially about packing everything in and getting a healthy looking polytunnel going. We have forgotten about that well use maxim; less is more!