Liz would tell you – as would the kids – that I’m the hardest person in the house to buy for at Christmas.

If I am difficult to buy for (I’ll neither confirm nor deny), you’d never know it from this year’s gift. Liz nailed it and I couldn’t be happier. One of the local gardening centers had a good deal on this 3m x 3m (10′ x 10′) polytunnel.

Fellow gardeners will understand my enthusiasm and putting it together over the past couple of weeks has taught me a few things…