polytunnel
Britishnoun
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"We converted what was our old propagation room, covered all the cement and concrete with old wood from the polytunnel benches," Ruth explained.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
The record-breaking cucumber was grown in a polytunnel on Mr Suski's allotment where he also grows large water melon and butternut squash.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2022
But this year, instead, the 26-year-old is in a polytunnel in north Nottinghamshire picking strawberries.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2022
Sorting out the food problem may also take time, but within several months someone might have been able to knock up a polytunnel to grow a couple of undersized cabbages in the smectite clay.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2015
A strawberry ripened beneath the winter sun of Morocco can have a smaller carbon footprint than one raised in a polytunnel at the height of a so-called British summer.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
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