New polytunnel!

Finally! After much hard work (mostly by Compostman) and a huge amount of sorting out and clearing out all the contents of the polytunnel, taking off the old cover, digging out the sides, waiting for a calm day to put the new cover on (just Compostman and I, and it was hard work!)

New geotextile floor, new stable door and window system at far end.

It's finished!

Now to put all my stuff back in (!) and fill it with the plants waiting in the Gabriel Ash coldframe (see here  A tidy garden and a full cold frame)

and I'm slowly putting back pots, bags of growing medium, and getting the buckets and trays ready to put out the tomatoes. But that is for tomorrow.

In memory of  Algy @algyseramachicken I loved him very much. He is much missed, several years now since his passing. Such a lovely companion at workshops and festivals such as @greengathering_ @springgreensdeli @green_gathering_permaculture

His son, Jimmy, was just as daft!

Taking the plunge and covering the polytunnel

 Old cover off.

 Trench being dug to get old buried cover out and to put new cover in

Worried about the wind. This is a huge piece of polythene, so we needed it to be dead calm.

We waited three hours until there was a lull in the breeze, and then we went for it!

Cover on, corners and sides weighted down with soil in trench, we then started the pleating around the door frame at each end. This is hard work as the cover needs to be pulled as taut as possible

By the end of the day we had the cover secured, the battens fixed in place to hold the ends down and the soil backfilled in the trench enough to keep everything secure

A lot of work for just the two of us, but very satisfying

:)

Clearing out the polytunnel

I've just spent a day clearing out the polytunnel, in advance of the Great Recovering which will happen in the next week (weather permitting)

I took the opportunity to have a good clear out of 22 years of accumulated plant pots, and other gardening s related stuff

Any one local to me want some, or all of these? Plant pots large and small, multi cell trays large and small, seed trays, gravel trays, a bit dusty and most of them have been used, but are all in vgc.

I Will NOT send them to be landfilled or incinerated!

Wonderful Candle making workshop from @craftworkshops tutored by @lansdowneSoaps @lansdowne_originals today. Look what I've made! (including the origami box) #instablog #blogpost

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