Anglesey Smallholder

The polytunnel has finally been completed!  Despite the wind being somewhat stronger than desirable, we spent last weekend battling to complete the polytunnel.  Getting the cover on is quite a task, and should definitely have been scheduled for a wind-free weekend.  However, wind-free weekends don’t exist around here so we did the best we could.  It was quite a task even with four people, but result is good and the polytunnel construction is now complete.  The next task is to dig over the soil, introduce some fertilizer, and create a path down the middle.  That means that there’s still a fair amount of work to be done before the fun part of planting can begin.  It measures 30′x10′, so there is plenty of room for growing.

The weather this weekend has been fantastic, so I’ve used the opportunity to spend a fair amount of time in the garden.  After demolishing a small retaining wall in the drive, I reclaimed about 100 bricks.  I took three loads of rubble to the tip, so the driveway looks much neater now.  The grass has had its first cut of the year, and I expect it will be growing like mad soon due to the warm wet weather.