Yesterday we held a special volunteering session to get as much of our new polytunnel built as possible, so many thanks to the 12 people who came along throughout the day to help. Simon and Hugh began on the Friday by marking out the site of the tunnel, using a laser theodolite to level and measure the site to within an inch (the new tunnel is 66 by 16ft, so we're working in imperial measurements).
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| Simon marking out the site for our new polytunnel. |
Which meant that when people arrived on Saturday morning we already knew where the 26 2ft-deep holes had to be dug and it was all hands on spades. By the end of the day we had all the holes dug, most of the anchor-plates and base-poles in place, half of the hoops erected, and 2 strengthening struts attached.
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| Putting the hoops together, with Alice, Nigel, Jean and Kent. |
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| Getting those anchor-plates just right, with John, Bob and Simon. |
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| Putting the community into farm - a well-deserved and delicious lunch in the farmhouse kitchen. |
We will be continuing the work on Tuesday afternoon, 1-5pm (our usual volunteering session) so if you want to lend a hand please come along.
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