2nd February

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking about tunnel two needed some repairs.

The polythene was ripped last year, and we done a patch repair just to save the spinach and ruby chard.

It worked a treat.

The tunnel is over thirty years old, and through the years of stormy weather the tunnel hoops have been bent here and there.

So, we got the polythene of a couple of weeks ago, stripped both wooden door frames of the tunnel ends, then started the lengthy job of dropping the ridge bar that runs the length of the tunnel and keeps the tunnel hoops at the correct distance apart, and increases the strength.

Next job was marking each hoop that looked bent or too low.

Once they were marked, we then used the John deere and pulled out the hoops that were marked, sorted them, then put them back in position at the correct hight.

This job on its own took around 3 days.

Next job was to re do both door frames with new wood.

When they were finished, we then re bolted the ridge bar, and finished of tweaking things here and there to get everything looking in line.

It is now all ready to be re sheeted.

Along with the tunnel needing repaired, we had another shed needing built for the Fergie, which was also an area under cover for servicing the vans and repair jobs, this shed was made from old tunnel hoops and green polythene, nice and cheap but done the job, under cover and dry.

But it got destroyed one night from a storm that decided to change direction and almost blew it away as I was watching it.

So, this week we started the framework for a new shed, it will be 9.6-meter square.

I am putting in fifteen posts for the sides and the back, then using the old hoops for a roof and again will use green polythene, again nice and cheap.

We build a shed similar for the John deere in the covid year, with old hoops and timber we had lying around, and it has never moved.

There might not be a newsletter next week, as I am of to Italy skiing with the kids.