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brassicas) with light fleece, making sure that it goes right down to the ground on
all sides. The plants will still get enough light to grow, although they may be
delayed a little - but at least you'll be the one getting the harvest.
At the end of the summer
A polytunnel adds roughly four weeks of productive growing to each end of the
season. This is one of the main reasons to have one, but it also leads to an
annual dilemma:
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Should summer plants be pulled out now, on the basis that the harvest can't
continue for much longer, because you need the space for winter crops?
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Or should they stay because the thought of being able to pick fresh cour-
gettes, green peppers, aubergines and tomatoes as late as possible is just too
good to miss?
This is one of the choices you will need to make each and every year. Gardening
is a constant challenge, and presents an abundance of opportunities to learn
from your successes and your failures alike - and come what may, we can all be
sure to have plenty of both. So don't be discouraged by failure: learn from it. And
don't be carried away by success: eat some of it, and give the rest away.
