Polytunnels 101 | Farm In My Pocket

More tools for your polytunnel

Here’s another set of really useful polytunnel / greenhouse tools. Some are obvious enough, some less so - but they're all pretty much essential!

Having the right tools and materials in your polytunnel saves time and effort, and needn't cost a fortune.

Spend time planning the beds and paths in your polytunnel, because they'll probably be there for a long time.

Once the polytunnel doors are in place you have a much better chance of keeping out slugs, rodents and other unwanted guests.

When you put the cover on your polytunnel frame the space inside warms up immediately. If it's your first tunnel, you'll be amazed.

Now that the foundation poles are in place, it’s time to put the frame together.

The second in our series of polytunnel installation articles looks at how to get the tunnel foundations exactly right.

This is the introduction to a series of articles covering the installation of a new polytunnel and its first year in production.