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Looks like the polycrub works then

I’ve not even got it finished yet (yeah, I know), but some of last year’s peppers are still looking healthy despite multiple frosts, which is certainly not the case in the polytunnel and even the ones in the greenhouses are … Continue reading

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My take on the “polycrub”

I came across the polycrub concept a few years back. It’s not hard to find examples on the interwebs, but simply put it’s a very robust and better insulated version of a polytunnel, originally developed for use on Shetland as … Continue reading

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So I might build a “polycrub” sooner than planned

Given the problems I’ve been having with my cheapy polytunnel, it struck me today that I could turn it into a kind of polycrub given, say, some recycled scaffold boards for the sides and six sheets of twinwall polycarbonate. I … Continue reading

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What on Earth is a polycrub?

I came across these for the first time today. A polycrub is, apparently, part way between a polytunnel and a greenhouse. It is (can be) a similar size to a polytunnel and has the usual hooped frame that a polytunnel … Continue reading

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