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RE: The garden from scratch - Small chilli - 08-05-2021
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The drone photos are a great help for visualising how the garden might be laid .
I’ve added a little secret garden at the back of our wooded area. It’ll be only accessible through the wood.
RE: The garden from scratch - Veggie - 08-05-2021
Perfect!!!
On the photo, what are the parallel lines, bottom right?
RE: The garden from scratch - Small chilli - 08-05-2021
No idea! I keep forgetting to go have a look at that area. Those lines aren’t obvious from ground level.
It’ll be quite interesting to find out.
RE: The garden from scratch - Veggie - 08-05-2021
They seem to feed into the stream - maybe drainage channels?
Is that bit on your plot or next doors?
RE: The garden from scratch - Small chilli - 08-05-2021
They may well be drainage. It’s on our neighbours land and he dug drainage the same time as us which is why some of the drainage channels on there plot & ours are joined.
RE: The garden from scratch - Small chilli - 28-05-2021
My plant and cuttings bench is quite full and starting to look quite pretty.
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RE: The garden from scratch - Small chilli - 26-06-2021
I’ve been have thoughts! Your opinion please.
I’m thinking of putting my little tunnel inside my big tunnel.
Little tunnel is 10x10ft big tunnel is 14x25ft
Something like this
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Obviously not to scale.
Was thinking I could still get round the little tunnel. Give it a loose fitting cover that comes off in summer, on in winter.
Argument for
Only having 2 tunnels on view not 3.
Extra protection for delicate plants in winter.
Against
Loss of internal space
RE: The garden from scratch - JJB - 26-06-2021
Russian dolls? A cold frame inside the little tunnel?
joking apart, perhaps an experiment to see the level of added temperature protection would make your mind up.
RE: The garden from scratch - Veggie - 26-06-2021
If you put a 10 x 10 inside a 14 x 25 and need room to move around the 10X10 you'll be losing the space on the sides for cultivation - even if the small one was right against the end wall, it will take up 10 x 14 space.
How about the height difference? Is there one? Covers may be touching? Ease of removing cover inside another tunnel??
May be better to create smaller covered beds within big tunnel and keep small tunnel for later when you decide you need it.
RE: The garden from scratch - mcdood - 26-06-2021
I know that Bob Flowerdew has a tunnel within a tunnel. Hes written an article on it, I haven't read it but might be useful to you?
http://bobflowerdew.com/double-polytunnels-grow-tropical-fruit-veg-home