Polytunnel Progress

The polytunnel is starting to take shape, we have the metal structure mostly completed with the door frames, doors and cladding yet to complete. The cladding requires a warm still day and a few friends to lend a hand. The problem is that we need to get it all done in one day. One of the tasks involves digging two 15m long trenches 30 x 30cms so by my calculations that's one person digging for each trench, two sets of two watching one set for each trench and then another person to get the tea on. It's not me, this is just how these things work. We also have to tape over all the metal parts that come in contact with the plastic and then there's some pretty fiddly bits and pieces involved in finishing everything off and getting the plastic nice and tight so it won't damage during the winter.

What has been erected so far has been with Sally doing most of the calculations and Jake and I doing the heavy lifting. Jake lifted so much he had to take a rest after lunch...

Foundation tubes carefully positioned and hammered into the ground

Jake having a rest after lunch

The first few poles going up

Starting to take shape

Looking more like it

Does that look straight to you?

That'll do, we hope

Harvest

While the weeds and the slugs are growing rampantly we have managed to harvest a few pieces of veg successfully. The potatoes in the raised beds have been a hit and my mum harvested a load of onions the other day while dad and I attacked the lawn with the strimmer and the mower.

Potatoes

Onions

The supply of veg has been fairly good considering the neglect the garden has suffered of late. It's good enough that when we go to the supermarket I get slightly paranoid about turning up at the tills with very few fresh veg.  If there are a few veg in your basket the donuts, crisps and chocolate look much healthier as part of a 'varied' diet.