Polytunnel Paradise

What could be better on a showery day, than to spend it in a warm polytunnel, planting everything up  and preparing for future crops.

I`m not quite sure why I have planted so many tomatoes. At the last count it was 23 and I still have at least 36 lovely plants at home. They all needed stringing. Steve had the hard job and has put a wire down the whole length, tying strings as he did it. I attached them to the posts and then tied tomatoes in. I had to remove strong sideshoots from 3 plants already.

Next we used some old floorboards to retain the last bed. 

I put in melons and watermelons.

I labelled all the varieties clearly.

 

The cucumbers have taken away very well.

And I got the aubergines in.

I had 30 packets of seeds to scatter such as godetia, candytuft and nemesia.....they were all either very cheap or in the sales.

I thought they would make a nice splash of colour in odd corners so some of them went in as well.

Steve got the sprouts in, in between showers.

They look a bit sorry for themselves. It remains to be seen whether they survive the slug on-slaught.

A really long but productive morning followed by a long snooze in our garden room.