This week I got all the blades of off the wee rotovator that the Fergie uses for rotovating the tunnels.

It’s not the best job but luckily it is only every couple of years that they wear...

The cosy tunnel that has been fully harvested,  this week I went through it with the discs which helps to get the stalks and roots all chopped up, then we will leave it for a week for them to die...

 

March is here already, and the crops we planted in the tunnels for over winter are starting to come to life and grow, amazing what a wee bit longer daylight and a small rise in temperature...

There was no weekly story last week as I was away in Italy skiing with Erin and Calum.

We had a fantastic ski holiday, and it was Calum’s first time abroad and on a plane.

The cabin...

It has been a wet and windy week, perfect weather for making a start on building our shed.

We had to dig eighteen holes three feet deep for the posts, and the ground was just gutters with the...

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...

On Tuesday we had our yearly soil association inspection.

This usually takes around six to seven hrs.

Everything gets checked.

This week we had our first harvest of the Romanesco Cauliflower that we planted in the cosy tunnel for a trial last year.

 

We have never tried sowing these seeds late in the year,...

 I haven’t done a newsletter for a few weeks, with us all being on holiday.

Hope you all had a great Christmas and wishing you all a happy new year.

And many thanks for your...

 

 Last week I got a trail blocking tray for our squash seeds.

 

All our trays for bringing ours seeds on are the same size, for all the leeks, onions, Brassicas,...