Can you build your own polytunnel? Yes, and plenty of smallholders manage it every year without much drama. A DIY polytunnel is more than a frame with plastic draped over it, though. Skimp on the groundwork and you’ll be pulling off a ruined cover before your second winter’s out. So what’s in the box when one of these kits turns up? What’s in the Box Crack open a standard DIY polytunnel kit, and you’ll find galvanised steel hoops, base rails and door frames packed inside. The

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A domestic polytunnel can be used for commercial growing in some situations. That is the honest answer. If you are raising a few trays for plant sales, growing salad for a local box scheme, or testing a crop before investing properly, a domestic polytunnel may be enough to get started. But there is a big difference between growing more than usual and relying on the tunnel for income. Once the crop has to pay its way, the weak points show quickly. When a domestic tunnel can wo