Relaxed Farming - our farm in your classroom

We have been collecting quotes from various polytunnel suppliers for either recovering our existing frame in some way OR building us a new polytunnel. Back on 31st December, we wrote that the design of our current frame has proved to be the reason why the polythene keeps ripping and all of the companies we have been in touch with us agree. Most are not prepared to even try to recover the frame as they have said it will rip again.
To build a new one will be expensive plus we have fencing along one side and raised beds in place and both of these things will make it hard to get a new polytunnel constructed.
Of course, all our planting plans for the coming year are on hold and without a fully working polytunnel, it is unlikely we will be able to grow as many vegetables as we need to last us throughout the year! This time last year onions and garlic were already planted and the potatoes were chitting ready to be planted.
Before Christmas we had started to pile lots of compost on the old beds to get them ready for the new planting but as you can see some beds are yet to be filled, although we still have parsnips (HUGE ones) and lots of leeks for harvesting.
It's all very frustrating...