#polycrub

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 18 April 2024

In the shelter of a Polycrub I really enjoy growing tulips as a cut flower. The star at the moment is Tulipa 'Rasta Parrot' (tulip) which provides an explosion of colour with twisted, curling petals, of irregular shape and in unusual patterns.

Jill Raggett

#Tulipa #tulip #tulips #cut flower #bulbs #orange flowers #parrot tulip #plants #horticulture #polycrub #garden #orkney #container

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Expanding Alfie's horizons

#animals #vizsla #puppy #dogblr #views #polycrub #Alfie

[heelanhomestead]

Wow, it’s been a long day …

We’ve been working hard, and have finally managed to get all the raised beds placed in the Polycrub. With a short break for lunch ( I made a vegetable curry with some of our green tomatoes. Yum 😋), we headed back out.

Alongside the raised beds, we cleared out the old grow bags, did a spot of weeding and harvested the rest of our leeks.

It’s been a very satisfying day, but boy does my back ache. 😅

Time to head in … a mug of coffee and a toasted sandwich sound really good right now. 👍

#scotland #lifestyle #outdoors #adventure #family #homesteading #gardening #garden #homegrown #homesteader #autumn #harvest #polycrub #winter #growyourown #food #countrylife #countryliving #countrygirl #happiness #grateful #simplelife #homesteadkitchen #cooking #baking #healthyfood #fruit #vegetables #self sufficiency #self sufficient living

[theshepherdsadventure-blog]

Cut flowers

I think of all the interests Chris has had (and he has had many), this is my favourite, running closely with the allotment. He started growing cut flowers a few years ago, and we now always have an enormous patch of self seeded corncockle and this year some calendula too and fox gloves. We also grow lavender and some daisies, which come every year and this year have cosmos, carnations and…

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#Adventure #calendula #Cut flowers #faith #Family #higgledy #Husband #Polycrub #Shetland #sweet william #Travel

[geralldhopp]

UK: Polycrub pioneer joins SAC Consulting’s Oban team

An enterprising SAC Consulting advisor, who pioneered the use of the robust Polycrub polytunnel for numerous island businesses, has moved from Stornoway to join the Oban-based team. Rob Black, who worked for SAC Consulting on the Isle of Lewis for four years, successfully applied for grant funding from… UK: Polycrub pioneer joins SAC Consulting’s Oban team published first on https://yeuhoavn.tumblr.com/

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 2 March 2024

A member of the brassica family Brassica rapa var. nipposinica (mizuna, Asian greens, Japanese mustard greens, California pepper grass, spider mustard) can grow with protection through the winter. The feathery leaves have a mild mustard flavour which are sweet enough for salads and older leaves can be cooked like spinach. This biennial plant was in its second year and so was producing flowers.

Jill Raggett

#brassica #mizuna #asian greens #Japanese mustard greens #California pepper grass #spider mustard #plants #horticulture #biennial #polycrub #gardens #productive garden #salad #garden #protective growing #yellow flowers #foliage #edibles

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 21 August 2023

Spotted this amazing blue-black tomato variety in a Polycrub tunnel on the island of Hoy, Orkney. Solanum lycopersicum 'Indigo Rose' (blue tomato) contains high levels of Anthocyanin and Lycopene - two key antioxidants.

Jill Raggett

#solanum #tomato #tomatoes #bluetomatoes #plants #fruit #edibles #purplefruit #horticulture #gardens #polycrub #protectedgrowing #polytunnel #garden #orkney #Hoy #edible

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Crub Life

#animals #vizsla #polycrub #produce #puppy #dogblr #Alfie

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Goods inwards inspection.

Larch planks for the polycrub planters!

#animals #vizsla #polycrub

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Sunset from the polycrub

#views #polycrub #sunset

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Excited for our own salad and herbs and grateful for the foraged chickweed, bittercress and primrose flowers while our lettuces are still very small!

#polycrub #produce #foraging #self sufficiency

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Alfie has had a pretty exciting day. We are chuffed he is happy and settled in the polycrub as that is where we spend a lot of time 🥰

#animals #vizsla #puppy #dogblr #polycrub #Alfie

[heelanhomestead]

It’s been so nice to potter around in the garden again and enjoy the warmth of the sun. With the lighter evenings, we’re able to work late and things are moving fast.

Our plants : leeks, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, peppers, green beans, broad beans, courgette, asparagus and pumpkins are all doing really well in the Polycrub … and the raised beds have been a godsend for my back. 🙏

We still have 3 or 4 more boxes to make for the Polycrub, and then we’ll move onto making boxes for the garden. Raised bed gardening is definitely my go to … 👍 🌱

Anyway, hope you’re having a good weekend too … 😊👋

#scotland #lifestyle #outdoors #adventure #handmade #travel #family #homesteading #craft #design #homegrown #fruit #vegetables #salad #herbs #polycrub #greenhouse #garden #gardening #summer #growyourown #food #countrygirl #countryliving #countrylife #weekend #home #life #plants #happy

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Morning rounds checking the polycrub

#animals #vizsla #polycrub

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

About 3 tones of soil girl handled today and a crub load of seeds sown...

#polycrub #friends

[greatgreenwelshadventures]

Frosty Friday!

#views #snowdonia #eryri #yr wyddfa #polycrub