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We are thinking about buying a 10x10 polytunnel for our new garden -

The other option is, of course, a greenhouse,(snip)

Both could be exposed to some of the gales that can blow in the valley
where we live. Here on the Isle of Arran we don't get too much snow and
the winter temperatures on the whole are fairly kind.

We almost got stuck in drifted snow on your road last winter; we got
taken by surprise because there wasn't any at all over on our side or
down on the W coast.GH roofs are better able to cope with the weight of
snow, I think.

Although there are polytunnels elsewhere on the island, I've not
noticed any in your neck of the woods. It might be a good idea to ask
locals if polytunnels can survive there.

I know of perhaps half a dozen polytunnels that have been blown away
here on Islay over the years, but they should be covered by normal
household insurance. I bought the very much stronger, though more
expensive, solartunnel (www.solartunnels.co.uk) which the supplier told
me was being used successfully on Orkney and Shetland. Not only is it so
constructed that it is much less likely to blow away, but the plastic
cover is a great deal tougher as it incorporates a mesh and so cannot
tear.

What you can grow is only limited by your imagination! Tomatoes,
peppers, sweetcorn, salads, peppers, cucumbers, beans, winter
cauliflower, carrots, etc., etc. I can recommend the book 'Gardening
under plastic' by Bernard Salt (Batsford 1999) ISBN 0 7134 8448 9.

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Malcolm