Photos of Pummelled Tunnel

Red and Blackcurrants planted

Aside from the polytunnel trauma, we managed to get some currant bushes planted. Two black and one red. Varietals are 'Red Lake' for the redcurrant and 'Wellington XXX' and 'Boskoop Giant' for the black. Spacing is probably a little tighter than advised at around 4', but should be OK, all a bit of an experiment.

Pruned the existing redcurrant bush, taking out all the oldest wood and downward facing branches - looks better (he says) and will hopefully encourage new growth this year. The other two bushes, guessing they must be blackcurrant, are already budding, so I thought it best to leave as is. Looking forward to summer fruit pudding already!

Polytunnel torn in high winds

Arrived today to find the polytunnel split all the way down one side. Looks like it's split along the line of fold or join in the original sheet. Anyway, a major rent and one that will need a substantial repair or even replacement. Food for thought. Suggest you go and have a view and we'll consider options.

To try and prevent the wind from ripping the whole thing right off, we've punctured some small holes and tied the sheeting to the metal frame with a view to holding it down. Not sure how successful it will be, but it was billowing when we arrived and it's clearly been tearing either end when a strong gust catches it.

You'd have had photo's, but the damned batteries on the digital camera decided to fail at the most inopportune of moments.