Last year I didn't get the full advantage of the polytunnel because it wasn't completed until June so I had missed all the early crops. This year I want to rectify that. At the moment I have a range of things overwintering in there including turnips, cabbages, winter lettuces and japanese onions but I want more!! Compostwoman on her blog said that she started plants like tomatoes in a heated propagator before putting them in a cold frame in the polytunnel. I don't have a heated propagator and there were none at the garden centre on Friday (when instead I bought lots of seeds and some first early seed potatoes). However, on the suggestion of another friend (thanks J) I have a cunning plan - to germinate my seeds in ........ the drying box. Then, once the seeds have germinated and need more light I plan to put them in the cold frame in the polytunnel and if really cold weather is forecast I may try and build a hotbed using J's donkey poo. Currently I have lettuce, cabbage, broad beans and sweet peas in there and if it works I'll start other more tender plants soon.And if it doesn't work I'll have lost nothing - there are always too many seeds in any one packet so nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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