Finally finished! (Kind of) Fancy a nosy at my polytunnel? :)

Now before I post the pics, I do need to acknowledge that I've gone wrong on a few bits but it's a learning curve for me and I'll know the next time when the cover needs replacing. I'm also very very tired and feeling my age after trying to lug 10ft lengths of 4" x 4" around so any mistakes I've made, I can live with for now.

Tunnel is 6m x 3m. It's on a rough and uneven hardstanding surface that is cracked in parts with weeds showing through (car park area). After getting rid of as much growth as possible I made a base with the timber and covered it with 2 layers of thick Geotextile membrane in the hope that I wont have anything growing in the tunnel that wasn't actually invited!

The tunnel was built on top of the wood frame and fastened to it with pipe clips then the cover was fixed with battens all the way round. I couldn't fix the battens the way they 'should' have been fixed (with the top batten under the cover) simply because there just wasn't enough excess in the plastic to pull the cover over the batten all the way round. So I had to improvise, time will tell if it will work or not. Or you lot will, one or the other, lol.

The black plastic beds I have had for years, many were given to me as presents and a few I got lucky with when a company was closing down and sold them off really cheaply.

There is a double height section at the end for carrots or parsnips or whatever other long thing I decide to grow there.

Mutt is hoping for carrots, he loves them. He's made his presence known already. Gratuitous shot of mutt included.

I bought some crop bars online (only 3, not one for every hoop) and added them to this tunnel but they are quite low down. Not sure if they will end up being a help or a hindrance tbh but they do help improve the strength of the tunnel so a bit of head ducking here or there will be a small price to pay I think. They are only maybe 4 or 5 inches too low so not the end of the world.

I still need to line the beds with the leftover Geotextile stuff and I'll need to order some bulk buy topsoil as it would be too costly using individual bags to fill the beds (each one takes around 110l roughly). I also have beds set up outside the tunnel that need filled too.

I'm also considering whether to put in a highish shelf along the left hand side for smaller pots but I'll decide that for sure once I've finalised where the plants are going.

I will need to get something to put on the ground so I can kneel down more easily. The rough hardstanding underneath is very sore on the knees and the kneeler mats I've had just seem to break easily. I would imagine the Geotextile stuff would also start tearing if it was walked on constantly. Will need to look for ideas on that.