October 2005 saw us taking over a fabulous plot that had been cultivated by a charming old fellow called Ray who was 77 and losing his sight. He along with his brother decided they needed to downsize to 3 plots. He had had the plot for 27 years and the soil is fabulous. We quickly built a homemade polytunnel on the site and planted espalliered and cordon fruit down two sides.
The polytunel proved so successful last year that it is being joined by another home made one this spring. We aim to have it up and running by April. As this plot has no raised beds (primarily because the soil is so good) we can grow crops on this plot that are better grown direct into the ground, things such as parsnips and brussels sprouts.
As an experiment we have also festooned a plum tree that was bought as a Christmas present for Karen in 2005, a tree incidentely that cropped two fruits the year it was planted.
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