My Tomatoes in the Polytunnel

I took these photos of my various kinds of tomatoes yesterday, just before I picked the really ripe ones to make more of my pasta sauce (which I store in glass jars for the year).

Moneymaker

Moneymaker

Roma

Auld Sud

Italian beef tomato

(can't remember the name so I'll get it tomorrow from the plant label in the tunnel!)

Moneymaker

Moneymaker

Moneymaker

Roma

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (ok plastic)

Roisín is learning how to wind me up very fast ! Every time she ran around - she knocked the cold condesation down onto me argghh

No sliding here - claws are great for mountain climbers ! Imagine what they do to my tunnel :(

Dex watched and said nothing....

And then - Oh such sweet revenge - She couldn't get down ! I had to lift up a bucket for her to climb into and bring her down...

Project of the Week - Create a New Raspberry Patch

Well, as you can see I have some hard work ahead of me. Sure is cheaper than a gym membership... and far more fun !

This is the patch that I started working on this morning. I want to turn it into beds for summer raspberries (and blackbcurrants further along). My friend John has given me a load of summer raspberry canes/plants and a tonne of blackcurrant canes rooting too. So, I just think of the calories I will burn clearing the growth and strim/dig/lift/drag away !


I have a Bosch battery operated strimmer (don't you dare laugh) as I no longer have the strength or grip to pull start my petrol brush cutter (it's not often I growl at illness). It's a great little machine, however the battery lasts for about 20 minutes only in this heavy stuff and then takes 3 hours to recharge ! It's a game of patience...

The polytunnel bits are growing nicely. I have mixed lettuce, radish and carrots all shooting through the soil in normal germination times, and Cambridge strawberries growing happily. I can't wait for the dwarf french beans, peas and spring onions to show also (all in the tunnel for an early crop).

But - I went to water the tunnel this morning and the hose was frozen all the way, so no water. I checked again at 12.15pm and it was still frozen ! I can see myself walking from the house with bottles and wateringcans soon...