How are the veggies coming along?

[scbk]

Got some seeds started in the house

 

 

This was the first winter where I've tried growing stuff in the polytunnel over winter. Winter/spring greens and the like. Sown in trays then planted out in the tunnel in october, with no additional heat.

The plants have done well, unfortunately the tunnel hasn't, and got squashed

 

Two photos, one taken 31 Jan, the other today 23 March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bare in mind this is the north of Scotland, and there's not much growth started outside in the big bad world

 

 

The one thing that died was the "standard" non hardy lettuce

Edited March 23, 2022 by scbk

[Peasgood]

@scbk what happened? A tree?

 

What do you think of the IBC raised beds compared to the ones the other side. I am struggling to decide how to construct raised beds or do I plant in the soil along with all the weeds and rabbits.

[htb]

Snow I would guess.

[Doug Tait]

In the first pic it looks like there are conifer branches on the tunnel. I bet someone can ID it.

[scbk]

50 minutes ago, Peasgood said:

@scbk what happened? A tree?

 

What do you think of the IBC raised beds compared to the ones the other side. I am struggling to decide how to construct raised beds or do I plant in the soil along with all the weeds and rabbits.

Yes the tops of a couple of windblown spruce just reached the tunnel.

 

The wooden beds were just made out of scrap wood. The IBC ones do the job, and were cheap as chips, and won't rot but less opportunity for worms to get in.

I suppose if you had a large polytunnel with big doors (and a forklift) you could have the pallet bases and move IBC beds in and out as the season progressed!

 

Along with a couple more wooden beds outside, I've also got one which is made out of an old plastic heating oil tank with the top cut off

[Peasgood]

48 minutes ago, scbk said:

I suppose if you had a large polytunnel with big doors (and a forklift) you could have the pallet bases and move IBC beds in and out

It just so happens that I do, cool. My MF35 fits in if I lower the roll bar and have a set of forks for on the back, I have dried pallets of logs in there and moved them this way.

I hadn't thought of that and it might well work out. As for the worms, I have a pile of manure that is absolutely riddled with worms so no bother to introduce my own.

Have an old oil tank doing nothing too....

I had thought to go and buy some wood to make some pretty raised beds but the cost makes it a bit silly. £200 of timber to grow £50 worth of cabbage doesn't add up.

[josharb87]

Picked up a greenhouse for the garden last weekend, shifted it in place this eve 

 

Been wanting a greenhouse for the veggies for ages, but with a full house renovation ongoing, it felt like an unnecessary expense for a while. 
This was on Facebook marketplace, free, but all the windows had been glued in place so no chance of dismantling….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sime42]

Cracking job! 🤞

[Macpherson]

On 23/03/2022 at 20:35, scbk said:

Got some seeds started in the house

 

 

This was the first winter where I've tried growing stuff in the polytunnel over winter. Winter/spring greens and the like. Sown in trays then planted out in the tunnel in october, with no additional heat.

The plants have done well, unfortunately the tunnel hasn't, and got squashed

 

Two photos, one taken 31 Jan, the other today 23 March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bare in mind this is the north of Scotland, and there's not much growth started outside in the big bad world

 

 

The one thing that died was the "standard" non hardy lettuce

 

I'm not sure if it would be any help but I'm currently building a bespoke kind of lean to polytunnel using various half hoops and other stuff from Northern polytunnels who make their own stuff and bend their own tubes, I suspect the Highland polytunnels in Inverness is from the same source but they don't seem to offer all the parts individually... at least not on the website.

 

Anyway if that's where yours came from all the individual replacement parts can be had and really not too costly.

Of course I'm just guessing Highland Polytunnels.

 

Northern Polytunnels

NORTHERNPOLYTUNNELS.CO.UK

 

[Stere]

Northern is good quality better than first are anyway having compared ones from both.

 

Heavy frost this morning should of bubble wrapped the veg seedlings ....

Edited April 3, 2022 by Stere