Where Have I Been? Gardening with Ben Is Back! | Allotment Catch-Up

So what big changes have been happening down at our allotment recently? So our biggest change down at the allotment, the biggest work, the biggest project that we did down at that allotment, and probably the most expensive in a long time, was renovating my polytunnel.

My polytunnel's now been up about 16 to 17 years.

Every single year, I think to myself, it's gonna go, the skin's gonna rip, it's gonna have it, and it's gonna go.

But no, every single year, it keeps lasting that bit longer.

And I think it's down to me keeping on top of repairing it.

Every time I spot a little rip in it I'll get some polytunnel tape and I'll stick it back together again.

Because they do seem to rip quite a lot on the seals on the polytunnels where the folds are.

That's where they seem to rip the most.

So if you are having a polytunnel make sure that you do get some polytunnel tape to keep on top of that job because all you need is a strong bit of wind and you've lost your polytunnel skin which you don't want and like I said it needs to be the actual polytunnel tape that you need to get.

Not none of this duct tape.

It needs to be the special polytunnel tape.

Most places sell it online.

So if you have a look for polytunnel tape, you'll find it.

And it's really sticky and waterproof as well.

It works absolutely fantastic.

So, my polytunnel was starting to get a lot of rubbish in it.

It was becoming a dumping ground.

I weren't using it to its full potential of what it could actually do.

Yes, I was growing some tomatoes in it, I was growing cucumbers in it, and I was starting a few seeds off in it, but it had lots and lots of rubbish in it.

16 years worth of rubbish, to be honest with you.

So I thought sod it, we're going to do it, we're going to renovate it, we're going to spend some money on it.

Each year I like to do a massive project on my allotment and this was the project that I wanted to do.

So first up we removed every single bit of rubbish, we completely gutted it, there was nothing left in it whatsoever.

We got rid of all the rubbish, took it to the tip and we scrapped everything that was in it.

Next up I took all the flooring up which is black membrane because I have black membrane now because I have an issue with bindweed down at my plot.