Polytunnel progress

With lots to do, we work to keep all the plates spinning and work in the polytunnel continues to progress. The plan is that the tunnel will kind of be split into two - the conventional growing and the aquaponics growing.

Melv finishes constructing the three conventional beds at one end of the tunnel and he uses the muck truck to move a combination of soil, sand and manure in to create a range of different growing substrates for our conventional crops.

The hand-held Mantis rotavator comes into its own  as it gently mixes up the different combinations of materials and two of the beds are soon ready for sowing and planting. These will be perfect for crops such as asparagus, carrots, beetroot, radish and garlic.

 

Melv soon finishes the third bed too, which will be covered in black plastic and will be for crops such as beans and potatoes. 

 

 

Next we sort out our watering device, which is an IBC which we will paint black and install a pump in to, attached to a hose and a sprinkler.

 

 

In the meantime, Sal gets ready for the aquaponics bit of the tunnel, that's Melv's next job...