On 2 Mar, 16:35, Ted wrote:
Am thinking of buying a "Gardman" polytunnel...My allotment is quite
exposed and fairly windy..I was thinking of putting a piece of wood on
the skirts and then covering the wood with soil this would stabilise the
base and also prevent draughts ??...Anyone used one of these polytunnels
and have any thoughts on my ideas ?

When covering or recovering poly tunnels we used to trench along the
sides, making a square sided trench, then bringing the polythene down
into the trench and back out, the trench was then back filled with
the
soil traping the polythene against the trench walls. You could lift
on
the waste side of the polythene and by pressing down on the soil you
could tension the polythene
We started from the centre and worked out to the ends.
We would then trench ther polythene in at the ends.
This way we could get the sheeting as tight as a drum, esp when
covering in
sunny weather.
You would put the sheet over the frame and let the sun warm the air
inside before the final fixing.
David Hill