To explain the rose below first of all, it is in 'a sheltered pocket of great value' and gardening on this site is most successful when I can match the plant to a benign environment. Given that we are on an exposed site, the tunnel house project will create an optimum environment that I've been looking forward to.
There was a small hiatus in a week of wind and whitecaps on the harbour - Thursday evening from 7.30 to 10.20. Three hours was all we needed to put the plastic on the tunnel house which has been a tunnel skeleton hitherto.
There was a small hiatus in a week of wind and whitecaps on the harbour - Thursday evening from 7.30 to 10.20. Three hours was all we needed to put the plastic on the tunnel house which has been a tunnel skeleton hitherto.
Here it is with all the framework, not quite waiting because I merrily planted it out and just as well as according to the well worn rule, the project took a lot longer than we thought.
When it came to attaching the canopy, the tomatoes were easy enough to avoid but amongst a forest of weeds, and planted in between plants as it was anyway, the basil was trampled. Never mind, the plastic has a guarentee for 10 years so let's say it will be another 15 years before we dance the plastic manouvres again.
The diagonal struts that reinforce the sides are the old tent poles from 'the big top', Bill's family's old canvas tent that eventually rotted out. Fortunately we kept the poles.Unfortunately we are want to keep many things that may or may not achieve a phoenix reinvention.
When it came to attaching the canopy, the tomatoes were easy enough to avoid but amongst a forest of weeds, and planted in between plants as it was anyway, the basil was trampled. Never mind, the plastic has a guarentee for 10 years so let's say it will be another 15 years before we dance the plastic manouvres again.
The diagonal struts that reinforce the sides are the old tent poles from 'the big top', Bill's family's old canvas tent that eventually rotted out. Fortunately we kept the poles.Unfortunately we are want to keep many things that may or may not achieve a phoenix reinvention.
The compost heaps were on the dirt patch above until very recently when I moved them for construction purposes. It is solid clay beneath the dirt veneer, full of worms courtesy of the compost.
I did say I wasn't going to extend the vegetable garden but that little plot has suddenly become 'a sheltered pocket of great value for special things'. I have put in a few beans already. It suggests corn to me for another year.
That's two chairs folded up at the end of the concrete path and ready for morning teas. A shelf is on the way to hold the cups, and before long, plants.
It's too dark to see but throught the door, on the lower third of the far curve, there is wind cloth for ventilation down the length of the house, with a plastic roll-down blind to close it off at night. Next post I will detail those features with photos.
The neighbours who intitially gave us the curved pipe that it is built on ( they had salvaged and stored them for about 10 years) came around and we launched it today with champagne and blackcurrant shortcake.
The cinnamon roll dough below is just to show off my prize holiday purchase in Nelson, $4 at the hospice shop, a heavy enamel baking tray that is in perfect condition. Perfect.
