Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Polytunnel

The polytunnel is finally up - a little late in the season but will come in handy to get things started next year. We took advantage of Andres the builder and his sons who were here doing the barn roof which was close to collapsing. They kindly offered to help get the wire mesh in place which wasn´t that easy but with three hefty lads was no problem. The doors are yet to be done - maybe in another couple of years!
The plastic is agricultural plastic from the local hardware shop - not cheap and considering you only get a couple of years out of it before it starts
to show signs of breaking you have to make sure
you get good use out of it.
The temperature soon builds up in there as does the humidity so good ventilation is essential hence the ladders holding up the rear plastic. All my DIY skills are up to at the moment.

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The Journey Begins

In actual fact the journey began some time ago. The Design course has reinforced decisions that had already been made and given me the tools to put together some sort of plan to make that first step a little less daunting. I returned from the two week course today and although extremely tired I have been so motivated not just by the course, but by the people I had the good fortune to meet, that I have created this blog. I owe a great deal of thanks to those people, for their inspiration, support and a great deal of laughter. I'm not sure what the outcomes will be, but I am sure it will be an interesting journey and welcome you to join me.