Busy day on Sunday, off to one of our local garden centres in the morning to pick up a roll of heavy duty weed suppressant material and 5 growbags. Had a £5 off voucher to use so that helped. Then down to the allotment to put up the new polytunnel we had bought the weekend before. Again, had a £5 off voucher to use last weekend and put it towards a half price polytunnel. We weren't sure whether we were going to replace the big old polytunnel we had before as the crop we had from it last year was poor in relation to money spent out on growbags etc, however this new polytunnel is a bit smaller, wont be leaking like a sieve, wont be like a wind tunnel and we may have more success! So we raked over the top left hand corner of the plot and then dug it over and levelled it. Put down the weed suppressant - we did think about planting direct or building up raised beds but for its first year we are just using grow bags. If we have more success this year we may invest in a bigger, better quality one, we shall wait and see....
The polytunnel went up and so far so good. All seems very sturdy and plenty of room for at least 7 or 8 decent sized growbags. Got some tomatoes, cucumbers and aubergines started off at home so they will have a home to go to now. Also started off some courgettes but expect they will grow outside as they tend to take up a lot of room. Will see how things go.
Had some 'help' from a new little friend that joined us for the day.... young male cat with lots of energy and enthusiasm, more energy and enthusiasm than we had by the end of the day!
........... And we harvested some January King cabbage to take home to have with tea.
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