Julia has secured funding to replace the cover on the large polytunnel. She has also secured agreement from the company doing the work that they will bring the work forward to March. There are so many broken polytunnels after recent weather that the original date she was given was in May.
She’s like that. I have to be constantly on my guard or I’d be forever doing housework and tidying up after myself instead of blogging and drinking tea.
The problem is that they don’t really have much to work with. There’s no mains water and no electricity. As a result of that there’s no light to work by when daylight fails. When there’s no large polytunnel the only shelter they have to work in is the container, which is a bit small for the full group and is not very light at the best of times.
Mencap, Nottingham – the broken polytunnel
You can’t work outside all day in the cold, and the smaller tunnel is set up for growing space, not as a work area. For the last few weeks they have been packing up halfway through the day and walking back to the youth centre.
It’s been a dispiriting time, but with agreement to funding and a bit of better weather things are on the mend.
Fortunately it looks like the other tunnel, though well overdue for a new skin, will last another year. That gives time for her to raise the money, and as it’s a smaller job, the group ((and volunteers) should be able to do the work without help.
Glad to hear a new covering for the polytunnel is coming!
So is Julia – she was running out of ideas!
“I have to be constantly on my guard or I’d be forever doing housework and tidying up after myself instead of blogging and drinking tea.” This made me laugh out loud.
Congratulations to Julia on her success.
I’ll pass it on. 🙂
Light at the end of the tunnel?
Indeed it is! 🙂
Yay for Julia! Keep us posted.
I will. 🙂
Well done Julia. Success indeed
She does tend to get things when she sets her mind on them. I have often found this to my cost.
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Sounds like good news! It’s bad not to have workspace, though.
Yes, it will be good to have it replaced. She was unlucky to inherit a project that had lacked investment for years but it’s coming right.
Yes, it sounds like quite a burden with little support.
She’s used to it after being married to me for 28 years. 🙂
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With no other proper shelter Julia and her team definitely need the polytunnel. I am glad she has worked her magic and will have a new cover in the next few weeks.
Yes, they definitely need the new cover so it’s very good news. 🙂
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