Allotment Day 38 – Gales v Polytunnel
Possibly the wettest April I have ever known, and now gales?? UGH!
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Possibly the wettest April I have ever known, and now gales?? UGH!
An idea, if you haven’t got something done about it yet, is to get some hard plastic sheets or something similar to shove down the sides on the outside or inside of the polytunnel to keep the rain and from pouring into it. Putting them inside might be a good idea so you don’t cause an effect similar to the drainage thing you got on the side for rain. Obviously make sure that you keep about one 1/3 of the sheet of plastic up to create a kind of shield against the rain. just an idea, hope it helps
SerpentLight213
July 20, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Though that road looked familiar queens drive so your a Swindon gardener. Been watching your vids only just noticed small world I’m in rodbourne. Keep the vids coming
mbreak1
July 20, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Have u considered growing rice?
eyesdatsee
July 20, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Polytunnels will stand up to any kind of weather.
Polytunnels Rock !
allotmentdiary
July 20, 2012 at 11:43 pm
You should try to put down some mulch on the polytunnel, it may help you with some weeds. In the gardden outside, if you can find a way to incorporate some sand on the ground, it will drain a bit better… Don’t give up if everything doesn’t go weel, just keep trying (because I’m loving your gardening series!!) Tomas
MrVegetableGarden
July 21, 2012 at 12:18 am
well done Rick.
GuildF40
July 21, 2012 at 1:16 am
Glad the pollytunnel is ok Rick, hopefully the water will go as quick as it came. Thanks for the update. 🙂
007vauxhall
July 21, 2012 at 2:03 am
good job with building the tunnel
garryentropy
July 21, 2012 at 2:15 am
Yes its very odd weather in the states as well. We had 90F a few weeks ago in March and last week ‘snow’. Last night 26F. Both temps were record breaking.
(upstate NY, USA)
Love your videos just started watching, so Im not sure where you are??? Any Bio would be nice. For the Yanks could you explain allotments? Is this gov land you rent?
eveny119
July 21, 2012 at 2:48 am
Would love a tour of all of the allotments there see how others are doing still got another 2-3 weeks of the rain :(…
aschris87
July 21, 2012 at 3:02 am
Love your show and at these times I am so thankful I don’t live in Northern Europe anymore and all the rain one gets up there. :o)
chocko6913
July 21, 2012 at 3:59 am
Rick, I know this might be boring for some of your viewers that have been with you for a long time. Have you ever thought of doing a drive a round video of your area? I might be the only one interested but it would be interested to see. Someone did a short drive up our ghost town Main Street here and posted it on Youtube. Just a thought….
DJMovit
July 21, 2012 at 4:13 am
Glad to see that your Poly Tunnel survived. You are getting rain, we are getting frost warnings running to 9am. Northwest of me they got snow out by the Buffalo NY area last week.
DJMovit
July 21, 2012 at 4:56 am
Your certainly getting the weather down there. Up here in Scotland hasnt been all that bad at all. Which makes a change. Glad to see the poly tunnel has stood up to it all..
markasomerville
July 21, 2012 at 5:06 am
If your slugs are still getting in your polytunel then you should use crushed egg shell the slugs are afraid to go near it because its pointy and harms them,but not the environment.wish for more videos and good luck
ronan:-)
CodWarFar3
July 21, 2012 at 5:33 am
Glad to see everythings alright Rick Heavy rain here know and windy again 21 : 50 hrs . . . . Bri .
westmids11
July 21, 2012 at 5:45 am
rick I think you could do with some greenhouse staging in you polly tunnel specially for starting off seedlings in pots and trays.also you have nowhere to do any potting on of seedling before planting out in the polly tunnel soil or outside.
bern
mujawooja
July 21, 2012 at 6:42 am
Great work
cactusross
July 21, 2012 at 7:41 am
Rick it is Summer in the UK, LOL
Films4You
July 21, 2012 at 8:09 am
Is there any way you can do a quick video tour of the other plots in the allotment? How are the other gardens doing? It would be nice to do that every few weeks through the summer. Thanks for the vids. I don’t comment much but always watch. Take care.
RichcoMedia
July 21, 2012 at 8:55 am
Lost a 30ft Birch last night. Slept through the whole thing!
HylomantisLemur
July 21, 2012 at 9:14 am
I think the nematodes are still around. When you watered the plants the water got absorbed into the soil and the nematodes were able to situate themselves. I don’t think the water washed them away. I think they are probably still somewhere in the soil. All is not lost. 🙂 It looks like your polytunnel doors stayed closed though through the whole wind and rain ordeal so that is good. Good luck Rick. Think positive. All will work out. 🙂
WhiteTeaRoses315
July 21, 2012 at 9:35 am
should of check to see if your water but had taken much water
pumpbreaks
July 21, 2012 at 10:09 am
thought you would use compost in the polytunnel and not soil
bowler8
July 21, 2012 at 10:29 am
If you are thinking about weed killer, they should have something in the stores that kills the weeds but doesn’t affect your produce. I see it on commercials here on TV sometimes so I know something like that has to exist. Do you have a family member who has a garden store? Perhaps they could give you some counsel on this? I don’t think any gardener gets past weeds though. They are just a fact of life when it comes to gardening. The trick is learning how to work with them or get around them.
WhiteTeaRoses315
July 21, 2012 at 10:44 am