I spent some time last week clearing the last of the weeds out of the polutunnel and picking the dead leaves off the strawberries, leaving it all neat and tidy and ready for the new season. At the weekend we added edging to the path down the centre of the polytunnel – nothing fancy, but it will help keep the place neat. The black felt will stop the weeds coming through, and will at some point be topped with something more durable like bark chippings. Half the edging used to be a base for my mum’s greenhouse, which was unfortunately destroyed by a gale. The rest of the edging is just old planks that were lying in the dairy when we moved in.
As well as edging the path we also built a rough brick standing for the doorway and the table – this should help to keep it from turning to mud in the wet autumn. We even dug a small soakaway hidden under the bricks to try and keep the water from pooling on the surface.
Everything is ready for the spring, now I just need to get some seedlings growing!
