Securing a Garden or Allotment Polytunnel, Feb 2019 

Thank you, and it is still holding strong. 👍

Thanks Mark. Much appreciated. An update on my deeply planted onions and garlic and top-dressing them with chicken manure pellets arriving within seconds...

Thanks Vivi. 😀

Thank you. 😊

Thanks Mags. Looking forward to Chicken Tuesday later. 😀

Thanks Terry. Much appreciated. 😊

Good luck! Thankyou 😊

Indeed Pat. I am glad I did the video as I might not have noticed that the top tape had come off the frame, which would have let the wind in and then the whole thing might have acted like a big balloon. 😀

Indeed, better to be prepared! Living in such an area I am sure your garden's lit up with the sun reflecting off those lovely white wings! Good luck Marie! 😀

Thanks Anna. Much appreciated. And do let us know what type you choose and how you get on. 😀

Thank you HBS. Much appreciated. 😊

I certainly hope not Tamara, though if you ever find a green poly cover has blown on to your Swiss plot let me know! 😂

Too many beans? 😂😂😂 I think the strongest we have had since the poly has been up is 85mph gusts. 😀

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Holding so far! 😊

Many thanks, Oh Gurrruuu. I'm trying to be clearer, though always spot things that I wish I'd done or said. 😊

Thanks Rachel. 😀

Certainly worth a try!

I'll certainly give that a go! 😊

Thanks John. Do do a video of you erecting your 2nd poly. I will see if I have Portuguese Cabbage seeds. 😀

Thanks Nick, and yes on the replacement covers. In fact now I think of it I may have bought one and have it in the shed. 😀

Greta - I think you should put one up. If the wind is in the right direction it may end up at our allotment, and it would be lovely to have another. 😊

We got them on Ebay, from SureGreen I think. 😊

Will look those up. 😊

Thanks Dawn, as I did not know that. 👍 I am now reusing plastic ones that have been left on lampposts when planning notices or such like have been removed. 😊 We seem to have a glut of them. 🤔

Oh no!! That must have been a nightmare. Was it torn to shreds or nowhere to be seen? 😀

@@paulsavident the frame was snapped in 6 places and the zip door was ripped both sides, i thought it was a goner but john a good friend of mine repaired the frame with bamboo and gaffer tape and charlie another great friend build me to doors in a door frame and it is still standing now so i didn't lose it but it a unique to me

@@50shadesofgreen Great to have such handy and helpful people around. 😀

Thanks Brian. That is a nice size, and I guess gives you extra width for a wider path too. 👍

@@paulsavident the extra width allows me to drive in with my mobility scooter...............brian

@@briansgardenandpolytunnel8172 that's what I thought. Great idea. 👍

Thank you. 😊

We bought them from a store on ebay. They are just tree square stakes. 😊

Oh, that was no work at all Christine. Though it was nice to get to my desk and get on with my paid work in the warmth! 😀

Oh heck, I really must be getting ancient . Even the notion of your endeavours fills me with exhaustion . Looking forward to the Wily Wednesday . Hope your Mum is doing well , please convey best wishes . ❤️

@@christinethornhill 😂😂 I must admit on far too many occasions I feel the same!! Mum's doing OK. Operation is next week so... Fingers crossed...

Darling boy , thank you for your honesty. You have a lovely Mum, and I wish her all the very best. Her ' Chat ' in one of your previous videos was a delight. I'm sure that you will be getting quite concerned about things at present. Take heart, you have many folk who will be keeping you in their thoughts. 🌿🕊

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Good luck Anna. 😀

Did you get one Anna? I’m considering one of the cheap £60 ones

@@TheDavros69I got a green house 6ft ×7ft for 67.dollars..polytunnel would be too long for my yard..excited to put it up. Plastic covering but will fit my needs. Thanks for asking🌷

We were restricted on budget and did not want to spend more than £100, and in that price range I found the green polys seemed to have better reviews. Certainly in terms of heat and light I have not noticed any difference to others similarly placed on our site. I would place it in a different area of our plot if I could have done as the big shed from our plot neighbours and also the large buddleai (which needs a cut back) does shade this area. We have grown tomatoes well in it, and this year the cucumbers and salads are doing well. Over wintered salad leaves did OK too. I have also read that clear/opaque let more light in though we have not had an issue with this green cover, which is now in its fourth year of full growing. When we do need to replace it I would do more research on covers, though would certainly not shy away from replacing like with like. 😊

They are rain proof.

Denise, it's Paul rather than Richard. 👍 The tape was a white gaffa tape, which is light reflective, has a cotton core and bonds well. 😊

Apologies Paul, 😏 thanks. Shopping now for tree stakes, hot tape,cable ties and gaffatape. Won’t be reinstating our cover until late next week, which I will film and mention your tips and some others that I have picked up over the last couple of days. Thanks again Paul 😁

@@deniseinthegarden no probs. 👍 I am now reusing cable ties I find around and about - in our area they are often used around lampposts or similar for securing statutory local notices, and can be removed with a fingernail (once the notice period is up, of course!). 👍

@@paulsavident Gaffa tape and plastic ties have arrived today and tree stakes will be here on Friday. Guess what I’m doing at the weekend depending on the weather of course 🤩

@@deniseinthegarden 🤞😊🤞

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Kenneth - ours is galvanised steel and has stood up well to date. Another plotholder had an aluminium one and his bent even during the installation. Good look with your new one. 😀

Linda, the velcro tabs came with the polytunnel, so are firmly attached... however I did need to use a strong tape to add length to some of them as the velcro tabs were too short to fit onto the rails. 🤔 I have seen some people tape a plastic ring to the cover and then attach this to the frame of the polytunnel, though do not know how this worked for them longterm. Let us kn ow how you get on as we'd be keen to know what solution you go with and how it works for you. 🤞🤞🤞

Paul Savident many thanks x

Yes, as we have salad crops growing in it and Rocket, Parsley and Coriander. 👍

@@paulsavident I would like to leave mine up, but our winters are harsh here in Atlantic Canada.

@@thetownyhomesteader3393 Wow, yes, in Canada you have SO much more standing snow for SO much longer than us. 😮 Our snows usually hold for a few days at most, that's if we have any substantial snow at all. 👍

I used a sticky white Gaffer style tape; fiddly though it has done the trick. I think any woven tape should work. 🤞

Yep. 👍

I know what you mean on size. Unfortunately we can't have anything larger. I do have a spare cover already I think. For ease, if I don't, I will just buy a replacement cover. I am hoping it lasts a few more seasons yet. 😀

It's 3m x 2m, and works for our full plot fine. 👍 This exact model has increased in price quite considerably since we bought it unfortunately, though is still good value. 😊

@@paulsavident thank you so much for taking the time to reply, it is so kind of you. I have been looking all night on eBay, and they are indeed expensive. May I ask if you have any particular online shop or manufacturer you would recommend? or are they more or less all the same? thank you

@@PaolaBisicchia ours is a FeelGoodUK branded one and I think they are just over £200 on Amazon now. 😳 Even so, I would still for the same model even though it is much more expensive than when we bought it as it has done well for us so far, and we are now in our fifth growing year with this one. 🤞

Hi Chris. They are tree stakes from eBay.