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I thought that I would give a wee update on the polytunnel after the extreme winter! The one worry we had was that it would not cope with strong winds. Well, it was fine with the winds but the snow did affect it. We had snow here most days, the garden had a good couple of feet of it for weeks, so I ...

Try looking at the Thomas Etty website, it has loads of heritage seeds and bulbs and has things I've never heard of - Tree Primrose and Meum?
They are also good for medicinal plants and plants for dyeing etc.

I use soap on my hair once a week (I make it myself with Rosemary etc so that I know there are no dodgy chemicals in it) and if you don't rinse your hair with something you do get the build up of minerals from the water on your hair. If you put a slug of Cider Vinegar into water and rinse with that ...

I like your website Hedgerow hippy, even though i thought you were a hedgerow whippy (my eyesight is starting to go). I thought you were maybe making hawthorn berry ice cream!

I got the plastic from "First Tunnels" their website is quite good as it gives you a calculator on it to work out what size of plastic. I got the thermal anti fog one. The anti-hot spot tape I got as it was about an extra £10 and they say it gives you an extra year on the plastic. I have g...

We are in West lothian as well, by West Calder.

I know the sunny bit was a tall tale but I am always optimistic!

Out of interest is any one else LETS members?
I haven't noticed anything about it on the site, haven't looked either though

We made our own polytunnel this spring after mulling it over for a year and it has been brilliant. It cost £75 to make (the price of the plastic) but for that we have a tunnel 12ft by 8ft which is solid and producing lots of food. I started last year by aquiring some lengths of the blue alkathene wa...

I have been reading articles on this site for a while and thought I would join in the fun. We have a fair sized garden which I dreamt of having to play in for years and I still wake up excited about most days!! (the sunny ones). It has gone from being grass and trees to looking nearly impressive! al...