Trenbania

Finally! We started work on the area that now houses our polytunnel in December 2009 by using a mini digger to scrape off brambles and other rough vegetation and to roughly level a lumpy, sloping site. The frame went in during March. More digger work in June 2010 saw more levelling, the moving of many tons of soil from and to various parts of the garden and the creation of a new track to the bottom of the veggie patch.

Once the mechanical help was returned to the hire store, it was down to hard work and determination to prepare the ground (and a trench into almost solid clay at one point) toreach a point ready for the cover to go on during a warm day in September.

The cold has been and gone (and come back again), but we spent the last couple of weeks digging manure into the soil and building beds. The soil is still rough and will need a couple of years of attention to get it into the state we’d like it but, for now, we can think about getting some plants into the ground! Finally!