March 2010 is my first month with a fully built poly tunnel.
LEFT HAND SIDE
The left side is fitted with 24 Autopot trays (48 x 6.5 ltr pots) and at the far end (most shaded) is a 350 ltr water butt.
Some pots have been fitted with air domes to help aerate the plant roots.
I have tended [...]
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After along wait because of frozen ground and bad back, work really started on the last week end in January.
I should make it clear that due to continuing issues with my back, I can only work for 30 minutes or so and then need to take a break. So whilst building my poly tunnel will [...]
After checking out a number of polytunnel websites and weighing up options and costs, I decided that I would go with aluminium bars instead of wood to help reduce long-term maintenance. The following Polytunnel kit was ordered:
Polytunnel Size Width – 10ft Length – 20ft
Thermal Anti Fog Cover – “Thermal Anti [...]
Ever since I started building my vegetable garden (based on square foot garden principles), I was looking at a poly tunnel. The plot was laid out with two rows of 8ft by 4ft raised beds with about 2 feet between them.
The more vegetables that I could grow under cover the better as I wanted to [...]