Polytunnel Clean Up

The polytunnel has been a constant source of shame for me over the winter. Full of dead plants and a thick green slime on the plastic. 

I was desperate to get it back into tip top form this year, it's such an amazing space for growing I really need to be making the most of it. 

So I've been trying to tackle it in spare moments when I could. Not that many spare moments make themselves known however... It's taken a bit of elbow grease and occasional help from my children (well two of them) when it came to cleaning the plastic. 

It's so clean now someone thought I had put new plastic on it! the top isn't quite as good as the sides, we lost motivation towards the end! 

I honestly can't quite believe the difference in light levels. I had a good excuse for not doing it last year, but I'll make sure we do it every year from here on in! 

I made a fun video about the clean up, it shows just how tenacious my 10 year old daughter is, she gave herself blisters helping me clean the plastic. 

So now it's cleaned up and nearly ready to go. It's still too wet to bring any muck in there, but I have set up a few benches for my seedlings and the whole area just feels so much better. 

Hopefully I'll have my new greenhouse up soon and before I know it I'll be putting tomatoes in the ground! 

Watch the video and let me know what you think. 

How often do you clean the plastic on your polytunnel or the glass on your greenhouse?