I knew yours would be neat and methodical. As well as an overall picture, here are some closer pictures of the different areas. We got the biggest tunnel we thought we could fit into the available space, but it's nowhere near big enough.
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Down the left hand side we have a few fruit trees and soft fruit bushes - these will probably be dug out next spring and potted up so we can grow them outdoors in the summer and move them to more sheltered areas - we have very high winds which blow straight off the loch. These were the plants we found buried under tall grass so the polytunnel is doubling as a hospital. Having said that they're all looking fabulously healthy now - no sign of fruiting though.
We've inter-planted with peas and beans, then there's the ubiquitous nasturtiums and parsnips and also a couple of caulis (we think) - all self sets. In the terracotta troughs we grow mixed cut and come again salad leaves. The tall flowering one is an edible chrysanthemum which we tried this year, very tasty. We're hoping to get seed from it for next year, hence the pretty flowers.
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Down the right hand side bed we have an unidentified fruit tree (more of the Lidl ones we found buried) another fig, tomatoes and aubergines in pots. We've also harvested several weeks worth of red mustard (self set) and Kometsuna (planted) which have been used to make kimchi. They've now gone as the tomatoes are taking up most of the room. There are also pots of tomatoes, pepper, courgettes and herbs along the back wall on varying heights of staging. The hanging baskets contain strawberries.
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Here's a close up of our centre beds, with a lemon tree, a lime tree, jostaberry, redcurrant, several tomato plants (in the bed and in pots), a fig, spaghetti squash, onion squash, beetroots, spinach beet, a red kale and, of course, the self set nasturtiums and parsnips. Oh and there's the odd lettuce dotted about where there looked like there might be gaps.
The citrus trees are struggling a bit, although they are much healthier than when we had them in the house. I think they're being watered far too much, b eing in the middle of various other very thirsty plants. So we've been making a point of not watering immediately under them, except when they're being fed and they seem to be happier. We'll probably pot them back up in the autumn, and then leave them where they are, so we can control the watering better.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that we plant French and Pot marigolds amongst everything else - since we've started doing this we've never had an aphid problem. We just need to find something that does the same for snails - in this jungle they hide everywhere!
