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Polytunnel Polyculture Video

June 9, 2006

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Summer is here

May 4, 2006

Spring appears to have given away to summer and we are left scrambling to plant everything to take advantage of the hot weather. All the tomatoes, eggplants, chillies and basil have been planted in the polytunnel and the average temperature in there is 85 degrees F. Outside it has hit 70 degrees F. here today [...]

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Wind damage to polytunnel

March 2, 2006

We have been having some severe gales here this past week with winds gusting to 60 miles per hour. A few days ago I awoke expecting to find the polytunnel gone. Fortunately there was only some minor damage. Last night there was another horrific wind storm with gusts shaking the house and all kinds of [...]

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Polytunnel Update

February 20, 2006

It has been hovering around freezing here for over a week, and there has been a mixture of gale force winds, rain and crystal blue skies. But none of that has stopped progress with the Polytunnel. This past week found me braving frostbite to haul in several wheelburrow loads into the tunnel to improve the [...]

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Spring Planting

February 20, 2006

Despite freezing temperatures this weekend, we didn’t let that keep us from preparing for a great gardening season. Although the seeds came some weeks ago, we finally just now found time to sort through them and get some started. After dividing them into groups based on when and where we were going to plant them [...]

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Polytunnel Update

February 10, 2006

The weather finally broke enough to warm up and quit blowing. Over the last few sunny days I have ventured out to work on the polytunnel.  You can track the complete progress here. I am glad to have it finally covered so the soil can begin to warm up and dry out enough to work. [...]

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Polytunnel Stage II

January 22, 2006

Over the past week I’ve had a bit of a chance to work on the polytunnel. Now that the seeds have arrived there is more incentive than ever to move the project along. This past weeks efforts have included adding a baseboard along the outside, beginning to frame in doorways, anchoring the ribs to the [...]

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The Polytunnel

January 16, 2006

This past weekend saw the beginning of our first polytunnel. The project will be documented in pictures here, so keep checking back. As DIY projects go this one is fairly easy to tackle and the materials are simple to come by. I scoured the web for ideas and never quite came up with what I [...]

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