Easy Solution For Extra Seedling Space in Polytunnel
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- In this episode Clare and Duncan undertake an epic project to improve the inside of the polytunnel, to make the best use of the space, giving extra room for sowing seeds and protecting young crops from rodents and slugs for the 2024 growing season. Clare is very excited about this project!
This is a game changer for any polytunnel owner. A very easy project.
Anyone with a screwdriver and a tape measure can make this. It’s THAT simple!!
Watch the video to find out what it is.. we think it’s genius, and were inspired by a friend of this channel, over on instagram, who was herself inspired by the departed UA-cam gardening favourite Steve from Greenside Up.
Channels/instagram accounts mentioned in this video:
UA-cam: Ali @myrustygarden
Instagram: garden.of.weeden.allotment
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That’s a great idea, there never seems to be enough space no matter how much we have!
We ALWAYS want more, you’re right. Always. 🤪🙃😂
This was genius Clare. Love it. I'm learning a lot about what I will and won't want from a polytunnel with your channel - when I eventually get one.... 🤞🤞
Thanks Kerry. You will love a polytunnel when you get one. I’m so excited to grow in it this summer.
Such a great idea Clare! Love it! Skillfully constructed! 😄👍💕🌸
You could definitely add something above your staging in yours. You’ll be glad of the extra space.. we always want more ☺️
That's awesome.
I was always jealous of Steve's hanging shelves - so useful :D
It’s such an amazing addition.
What a great idea Clare. Very useful if you have a nice wide and high polytunnel.Nice bed heads too, can't wait to see what you do with those! Great video ❤
I don’t think I’ll be using the bed heads. They’re from my daughter’s old bed, probably been in there for about 8 years 🤣🙈
Love the shelf. It’s going to be a game changer for me. Thanks for watching x
@@TheFarmyardGarden Awe there's a shame Clare, they're lovely bed heads too and would make a nice feature. Shame Ali lives so far away or she'd snap them up 😂
I don’t know what I’d use them for. Definitely a shame postage is so expensive
😂😂 does Sir Duncan of the Shorts cringe when you say spare wood. Ohhh bed frames ❤. This is an amazing idea and will work an absolute treat. A poly tunnel set up to die for 🥰. Have an amazing week both of you 👍, Ali 🥶🥶🇨🇦❄️
If it wasn’t so expensive, I’d ship those bed heads over to you. 🤗🤗🤗
I love the polytunnel and I can’t wait to see it in all of its summer glory, full of tomatoes etc
🐝Thanks for the great video 🌻 that looks awesome
Thank for watching. It’s going to be sooooo handy. ☺️
Nice job- handy if you have a polytunnel! Well done. Happy gardening 😃
Definitely handy for polytunnel owners. I did a similar thing in my greenhouse, but just hung up individual trays
@@TheFarmyardGarden I can't see how to hang shelves in my greenhouse as the glass fits tight against the roof bars so no space to get a support chain through :-(
@bewoodford2807 don’t you have the channels in the metal struts? I fixed metal rings to those, specially made to fit in those channels and lock/screw in ok
I'm hoping my pasting table will be a good shelf at home too.
Come on Duncan! Tea break later 😂
1:20 🤣 get them shipped over for her!
Haha bossy like me too Clare 😂 poor fellas eh!
I bet your pasting table will work perfectly too.
I like to get my point across, as I need him to feel it’s his idea really… otherwise I’m doomed 🤣
@@TheFarmyardGarden 😂😂😂😂
A great idea. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome ☺️
Brilliant idea ,i would maybe clip the chain together at the top where it goes over the bar as that will stop the chains slipping and tipping your plants to the floor ,think I would cry for ypu if that happ .
Good thing. Could cable tie them. Thank you
They Will be a godsend 😊
Hope so! Thanks for the inspiration ☺️
What I'd give for some floating shelves 😍
I blooming love it! So happy with it
Great video Clare and Sir Duncan of the shorts, that is a very good use of space and as you say it can be taken now when not needed. Tony C Smith done the same thing in his poly tunnel last year, i think its a great idea. Well done 👍
I think everyone took their inspiration for she legend that was Steve, now departed, from Greenside Up.
As I only started gardening last year, I didn’t know this at the time. I simply saw it in an Instagram post by a friend of this channel. She was also a long time supporter of Steve’s channel.
Thanks for watching ☺️
@@TheFarmyardGarden yeah i think Tony also seen the idea in use at Steves. It is a so simple but genius idea. I like yours better as i think the chain and caribiner make it more safe.
@Jimmy.Plot.41.b I’ve since cable tied the chain around crop bar and the wood in a couple of places to minimise the risk of the shelf tipping. It’s such a simple idea but a massively handy area of extra space to start things off
@@TheFarmyardGarden oh Clare, you need to do an update video on it now. It really is a simple idea, i dont know why i cant think of something simple to help people maximise space, wish i could though
Hi Clare. I just watched Nanu at plot 9 and she showed the gift you sent her so I thought I’d pop over and say hello 👋.
I’m looking forward to seeing how you get on with your plot.
Hello
Thank you for dropping in. Love the name of your channel.
Nanou and Grinch, plus Fluffy, are just the most lovely family. Totally adore them all.
I’m looking forward to what this season will bring too. Happy gardening ☺️
Thanks Clare. I chose the name for a few reasons. Firstly as it’s basically what I am, working full time and having a busy family life I only really have the weekends to get down to the allotment which is a situation a lot of people find themselves in. I was hoping that others can relate to that and by keeping a productive, tidy allotment I wanted to show people that it can be done with a little hard work and planning.
Have a great Sunday 🪴
Glad I found this channel,
I’m about to get a polly tunnel from first tunnels and your videos have helped me decide which one to get, will definitely be going for the 14’ option, so thank you for sharing your thoughts on your tunnel, you’ve got a new subscriber in me too. 👏👍
Thank you for watching and hitting that subscribe button. I appreciate all subscribers.
I’ll have polytunnel envy with a 14” one. I really do think, with the benefit of hindsight, that it is the perfect sized width. Good luck with it and happy gardening.
The spring sowing season is almost upon us. It’s so exciting. Hope 2024 is a successful season for you ❤️
GENIUS! I am so copying this! I just need some scrap timber 🙂. That is a very long shelf! I'm going to make my own UA-cam video of me making my own floating shelf. Thanks for the inspo!
It is just over half the length of the tunnel, but seems longer. Is your greenhouse wooden or aluminium? Just be mindful of the weight if it’s not wooden. A lot of people just tie up gravel trays with thick string.
Will go and check out your account now ☺️
@@TheFarmyardGarden My greenhouse is aluminium so I guess I should be certain to make the shelf smaller and not load it up too much with goodies 😊.
@@TheBeginnerGardener yes.. lightweight, use a larger gravel tray, so the weight is in the plants and not the shelf. My shelf is pretty heavy really
Floating shelves give you so much flexibility.
They really do. I’m excited to get it used to full capacity
Very very good idea! Love the teamwork making the dream work lol 😅 I need to get better at diy I’m just used to bob doing it for me! Lol
I think I could have easily made the shelf myself but would have needed help putting it up.
I can’t take any credit for the concept. It was very much inspired by Pammie, whom herself was inspired by her departed friend, Steve from Greenside Up.
@@TheFarmyardGarden lol I don’t work any power tools! Wait I can use the chopsaw just not a drill…
@ThatBritishHomestead drill infinitely less scary than a chopsaw 🙌🏼
@@TheFarmyardGarden I just round the bit out
@ThatBritishHomestead 🤣
A great build there Clare or should i say Duncan?😂 I'm surprised that you saw it being done on Instagram as UA-camrs have been making these for years now, Steve at Greenside Up RIP has been putting them in his Polytunnels for years, and talking about Steve he had staging in his that as soon as he had finished with its use he folded it up against the Polytunnel (not against the Plastic) clipped back and carried on growing in the same area, until he needed the staging again then he just folded it down. He used to dry his Onions off on it as well, it's worth thinking about? Take Care.
Barry (the Wirral)
I only started growing things last June, so I guess a lot of the floating shelves were moved out by then. Think I started watching UA-cam gardening channels mid-June
I’m very wet behind the ears. The first one I saw was Pammie’s but she did say her inspiration was Steve. Sadly he’d already passed away when I found his channel, and it seems wrong somehow to watch him now.. as a new grower. Such a shame as he seemed to be so well loved and respected. 😭
@@TheFarmyardGarden He was good at what he did he always grew Sweet Peas up a frame and when they were ready, he always picked some for his wife at home (it was his partner then) Everyone thought that his wife would take down the Channel but she said she won't do that so new and old growers can still watch his videos if they needed any help with stuff.
His allotment has been taken by somebody now and i think there is only one Polytunnel now his main one, he had 3 maybe 4 defo 3 and his wife gave them away JB has one of them now😥
@barryroberts6470 yes, it’s lovely to see his sweetpea frame and polytunnel live on with JB.
He seemed such a wonderfully kind man. Life can be so cruel. 🥲
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Always good to have that extra layer to grow undercover and out of the pests way. Job well done.👍👍🤗🤗🦘🦘Cheryl
Yes.. soooooo many pests. I’m surprised we get anything left for ourselves. Thanks for watching Cheryl 😊
@@TheFarmyardGarden I enjoy your videos and the work you and Duncan do. Imagine when it's all green and blooming come spring and Summer
I can’t wait for brighter, warmer days and the lushness of greenery growing.
Thank you for such lovely comments 🤗