Full Polytunnels

Been busy potting - here's a couple of photos inside my (very) full polytunnels

Lots of the shrubs are looking nice; the blue you can see is Ceanothus Repens (Californian Lilac - the spreading type), which goes nicely with the golden leaves of Euonymus 'Emerald and Gold'.

The begonias are coming on nicely – though they've been a bit slow until now, as I don't have any heating and the nights have been rather nippy. At the far end, growing like a jungle, are Honeysuckle - Lonicera 'Belgica'. They've grown about 4 foot this year already.






Potentillas are aplenty, got Pink Princess, Red Ace and Beesii (yellow). Some are starting to flower but the plants are slightly too small to sell yet.

Outside.
I've had to put my Spiarea 'Goldmound' and Hydrangea shrubs outside as they're growing too fast and a bit too soft (hope the weather doesn't get too cold for them). Got some lovely Viburnum Lanarth in 5 litre pots that have been outside all winter and are just about to burst into bloom. Lupins are growing strongly – can see quite a few flowers developing.

Veg
I've planted my runner beans today (10 May), Red Rum and Enorma - they should bounce up now. The tomato plants are not quite ready, again because of the cold nights, but are doing nicely and are strong, sturdy plants. The mice have eaten lots of my cabbage plants and nibbled off some young Broom plants – there's always some problem cropping up (I'm not happy!). The Strawberry plants I have in troughs to fruit for myself are struggling as they're infested with Vine Weevil and I refuse to use chemicals on my edibles. Does anyone know of a natural way to remedy this (apart from those bugs that eat them that is – I've forgotten what they're called – its a bit expensive for a few strawberry plants).

Narberth plant sale
Saturday 5th May, went to Narberth plant sale. Plenty of people and stalls there, and, although I sold a fair bit, not as much as I'd hoped for. I thought that been a plant stall in a plant sale would be sure thing.

About My Polytunnel.

I bought my polytunnel from First Tunnels in Lancashire, whom I found great to deal with – good quality product and service, and delivered promptly and on time. Its 20ft x 60ft and even though it was a lot of work digging the trenches and a little tricky putting the hoops up, I was able to build it all myself (with a little help from Dad to put the polythene on). Its great to have the straight sides as you can walk right to the edge – makes things a lot easier and the far plants don't get neglected. I liked it so much... I bought the company (not really ;) I have however bought another this year. Its a bit smaller, but only because of the space I had (but it does make it easier to construct).

My Little Nursery.

Here are some photos taken last summer (2011) of young shrubs and other plants in my lovely 20ft x 60ft polytunnel near Letterston in the beautiful county of Pembrokeshire. I grow shrubs (and climbers - Clematis and Honeysuckle) in 2 litre pots mostly and hope to sell them wholesale to local retailers (so if you're interested, give me a call).I also grow some bedding plants, such as Begonia, Geraniums, etc. and a few perennials like Lupins and Delphiniums.

Currently, I sell in car boot-sales at Haverfordwest on Saturdays, Carew on Sundays and New Hedges village hall on Wednesday in the summer. Until this builds up, I do some gardening, such as lawn mowing and hedge trimming for locals in the Letterston area but growing plants is my real love.