The polytunnel has been a constant source of shame for me over the winter. Full of dead plants and a thick green slime on the plastic.  I wa...

Feels a little late, but also feels good to have the polytunnel planted up for the summer.   I'm looking forward to this being a place o...

No, not that type of horse!  Pure Carpentry horses here (and a peening pony). I hate seeing them outside in the rain but don't have enou...

A couple of years ago I did a post and video showing some of my mistakes from my first year growing in a polytunnel.  Well, it's my thir...

A few weeks back I asked everyone's advice about enclosed pens for poultry.  In the end, after much thinking I decided to get a small (i...

 The polytunnel is clear of ducks! This makes me so happy!  I swear there is no chance they are going in there this winter should their be a...

 This year I'm trying to go for lower effort in the veg garden. I want a year to get on top of the weeds, they're really taking hold...

So this week the poultry could come back out and free range! Woop!  It hasn't been too bad as I have lots of pens, but I was desperate t...

 The polytunnel has been a place of absolute abundance for us this summer - but it's not been a place I'd be keen to show people rou...

I love this time of year when we start to pull more than just salad out of the garden!  Creating meals with lots of fresh veg is alwa...

I always struggle with the edges of my garden. This is where weeds encroach into the veg beds and I generally loose control!   The si...

So I've made new doors for the polytunnel.  These are simply made from 3x2 treated timber with some big heavy duty hinges I got fro...

With the poly tunnel covered it's got me thinking about the layout inside it.  How would you layout a polytunnel? I normally gard...

Silly mistakes always cost time.  Normally the sillier the mistake than the longer it takes to sort. Which is what happened today whe...