Behind the barn...

No, I'm not talking about going smoking hiding from the adults

We have a big barn, and behind it has a flat area that is stony as all hell, and then a few trees and a slope, and that is perfect for my tunnels. It's sheltered from the wind, at least a little, and the ground is much less stony. It's also protected by trees.

The tunnels are normal, round, 3 meters by 6. We will use breeze blocks to build a base to lift them up a bit, and take down the tree that is bang in the middle of where we want the tunnels. The barn is facing east to west, and this spot is on the north side of the barn, but gets plenty of sun in the spring/summer/autumn.

How would you place them?

https://youtube.com/shorts/9LOTK83Ww3Y?s...LwaQvq9aH3

I loved the video and feel ever so slightly envious but I haven't the foggiest about your polytunnels. Sorry!
What are the options:- Side by side, end to end, V shaped, L-shaped, T-shaped?

Great video. Love the space you have. I wouldn’t put the tunnel between the trees. In summer when they’re in full leaf. They will create a lot of shading. The ideal direction is to have the ends facing north to south so they get the best of the sun. Obviously this isn’t always possible. What beasties do you have over there that are going to devour your plants at any opportunity?

Excellent video Sarriss. You know how we all love to be nosy. You have a stunning place. What did you say you were putting on the concrete hardstanding, I couldn't make out the words? As far as polys are concerned, I haven't a clue. P was very envious of your barn.

I loved the video and feel ever so slightly envious but I haven't the foggiest about your polytunnels. Sorry!
What are the options:- Side by side, end to end, V shaped, L-shaped, T-shaped?

They're normal tunnels just straight lines. My options are either to put one at the end of the other in one straight line to make a 3x12 tunnel... or directly side by side so the two doors are next to each other..... or side by side but one a bit in front of the other... I think we're leaning towards simply putting them side by side, with the gable-ends in line with each other, for simplicity of building the base.

I'm in such a hurry to get them up that I can't even begin to think how we could make them into a cross or T shaped... although if we consider another location, an L shape would be an interesting experiment!

And thank you

Great video. Love the space you have. I wouldn’t put the tunnel between the trees. In summer when they’re in full leaf. They will create a lot of shading. The ideal direction is to have the ends facing north to south so they get the best of the sun. Obviously this isn’t always possible. What beasties do you have over there that are going to devour your plants at any opportunity?

Thank you! I'm not worried about the shade, as the sun will come up from over the barn roof, and will have no shading until about 7 at night in the summer months. We're taking down one tree that is in the middle of it all, and the huge tree on the left will have three major branches taken off, and we will trim the ones on the other side too so we avoid falling branches.

The directions of the tunnels will be north/north east to south/south west. It's only slight off north to south. So that's perfect then - thank you!

Beasties - the normal insects and bugs that destroy stuff, but also a LOT of roe deer who eat everything, wild boar that want to dig everything up, and rabbits/hares. The tunnels will hopefully be safe without any further security measurements, but all my veg beds will have fences around them or it will be snaffled quite quickly.

Excellent video Sarriss. You know how we all love to be nosy. You have a stunning place.  What did you say you were putting on the concrete hardstanding, I couldn't make out the words?  As far as polys are concerned, I haven't a clue. P was very envious of your barn.

Aww thank you! The surroundings are almost surreal in their beauty. It's very typical grazing land for this region. I am so in love with this place

The concrete hardstanding is at the end of the barn, where all the cow muck was heaped up (the automated pulley system that drags it all out there is still intact!). It's got a huge concrete back wall that's probably five foot tall, concrete floor and two foot side walls, and no wall on the fourth end, if that makes sense. It's probably 8 meters by 6, so it's huge! I'm not sure if I describe that very well lol The afternoon sun blasts straight onto that back wall and it gets very warm as it's very protected, and it keeps warm all night, and already doesn't go frosty when everything else does. I want to build cold frames there, but might actually go wild and do something that I can walk upright in. I need it to protect my seed trays at every stage before planting out. 

I'll do a video of the barn, one of the old chicken shed that we will turn into living accommodation for visitors in the future, although that's a couple of years ahead of us I think. I've only laid one veg bed beside the pond yet, but I'll do a 360 video of that and the house too if you want