polytunnel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"We started with the grass, unwanted containers and the polytunnel and now we have all of this – we've got the pond, tree bed and vegetables as well," she explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
But this year, instead, the 26-year-old is in a polytunnel in north Nottinghamshire picking strawberries.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2022
The Scottish company is developing its own method to make the fuel from non-recyclable, or least recycled, plastics such as polystyrene and types of plastics used in making polytunnel sheets and toys.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2021
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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