[puravida]

Apologies if this is posted in thew wrong section.

I have five raised beds in my garden each measuring 4ft x 10ft.
I don;t have a greenhouse though and my wife is not keen on taking up more space in the garden or spending too much money.

I wondered how feasible and sensible it would be to convert one or two of the beds into polytunnels??

[Celtic Eagle]

Sounds like a plan to me plastic water and old scaffold pipe comes to mind sure there's been a topic on here for plans someone will remember

Good Luck

[richyrich7]

Try this link http://www.overthegardengate.net/UserPages/pp_view.asp?FName=polytunnel&Page=1

[puravida]

Oh perfect.
I'd not even considered something so wide but that makes perfect sense.
I could build a large one to cover two beds and be able to walk down the middle of them!!

Thanks so much for the link!

[richyrich7]

  pleasure

If you do it pics will be nice 

[puravida]

you betcha!

[Celtic Eagle]

That's the one Richy. Cool

[matron]

That's brill Richy and as OH is a builder he is bound to have these bits lying around. 
So after he has built me a shed, a trellis for my sweet peas, a bean frame, covers for my cabbages and 101 other things I can show him this. 

[woodburner]

Oh perfect.
I'd not even considered something so wide but that makes perfect sense.
I could build a large one to cover two beds and be able to walk down the middle of them!!

Thanks so much for the link!

Hmm, how would you reach the far side of the beds then?
Interesting discussion of it here, as well as Geoff Hamilton's, which I was going to mention. They showed it again on GW before Christmas. Got me thinking

[Trillium]

this is a smaller version, perhaps what you were originally thinking of.

www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/today_in_your_garden/geoffhamilton_index.shtml

p.s. you'll have to click the standalone player button to make it work
 

[GreenOwl]

Trillium posted this link recently:

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This bloke has greenhouse/polytunnel things that fit over his raised beds.  If you beds are all the same size, then you're not fixed as to which is is the greenhouse/polytunnel every year.