Grow Your Own Magazine

Today I decided to take stock of the current contents (plant wise) of my polytunnel, so in no particular order I have the following;
Planted in the tunnel
1 bucket of Scallions
1 pot of French Tarragon
200 x Lettuce Charita
55 x Silver Chard
19 x Chilli Cayenne
11 x Tomato San Marzano
11 x Tomato Golden Sunrise
12 x Tomato Roma
12 x Tomato Gardeners Delight
28 x Aubergine (can't remember variety atm)
33 x Perpetual...

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It's been a while since I posted but now that things are beginning to move I thought I'd update my blog.
Since last blod update, I have taken over the running of two walled gardens - one in pristine condition and the other we will call a long term project. The addition of these two sites means that I will hopefully be able to not only increase the veg I grow but also that I will be able to grow slightly more tender crops.
Anyway, to date I have sown approx 1000 Cabbage Primo, 500 Cabbage...

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I swear I thought my polytunnel was gonna vanish on Tuesday but it held, although the end frame that seemed to take the full force of the wind does seem to be leaning in a bit as opposed to being vertical.
I have started to clear my courgette patch up and the 250 tyres I used to grow them in are now forming a windbreak down one length of tunnel.
I'm hoping to "accquire some 30 railway sleepers over this winter and the idea is to use them to form raised beds/walkways in the tunnel...

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It's been about a month since my last blog entry so here's a brief update on what's been happening.
The Major news is that I now have a mains water supply - it's taken 19 months but in the end I got fed up arguiong with Scottish Water and just connected it all up myself (I did this in a previous job so know what I'm doing)
Summer crops are dying a death just now - a few courgettes left, broad beans completely cleared today, enough cukes to take to the Farmers Market this Saturday then...

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Sorry it's been a while.
Well, today was a monumentous day !! After 19 months of waiting for permission to connect to the mains, I finally have water on tap - one outside the shed and one in the polytunnel - I still don't have full written permission but it gets to the point where you just think "sod it, do it and argue the toss later ". So I hired a mini digger and laid the pipes, connected everything up and Voila - water on tap
So now instead of anywhere between...

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