By the end of last week, the tunnels at long last have started to heat up.

And what a difference a wee bit of heat has made.

The spinach, rhubi chard, spring cabbage and lettuce have shot...

This week we started taking the Brassicas and Onions out of the tunnel.

They need to be out for at least a week, to get hardened off before we plant them in the field.

Although they have...

 

With the new tunnel yet to be sheeted, I was still waiting for a day of no wind.

And on Monday morning we arrived at work with no wind.

Quickly we pulled the polythene out...

Last weeks job was getting all the tunnels hand weeded.

The temperatures in the tunnels have got quite warm over the last couple of weeks and the crops are growing nicely.

With Erin and...

Last week there was a wee bit of heat during the day, with temperatures reaching double figures.

And this heated up the tunnels nicely.

Most of the plants that have been planted in the...

This week we got almost all the squash plants blocked.

Again this is earlier than I would usually do them, so fingers crossed we don’t get hit with a severe frost.

Last week we got a lot of planting done in the tunnels.

All the spring cabbage, Kohl rabi, lettuce and ruby chard are all planted.

But we have had to fleece them, this week there is forecast...

Our early start to blocking the seeds looks like it has paid off.

We started all the seeds, a month earlier than we usually would, this will hopefully get us off to an earlier start in the season...

We had an extra couple off workers this week, Erin and Calum were at work with the schools being off, which gave us an extra couple of workers.

Last week Rab finished of blocking the eighty thousand onion seeds, and made a start on the eighty thousand early leek seeds, these will be finished early this week, then it will be onto the brassicas...