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1 Eco- Tunnels Sustain Your Health / Sustain Your Life

2 Advantages of Eco-Tunnels We use the 200micron, UV resistant plastic which is imported from Israel and can with stain the harshest sun rays. Plus we give you the option to cover your tunnel with the 40% black / white shade netting for added protection against animals, hot conditions, and hail and doubles the life span of your tunnel. We do recommend you take this option. The strongest, thickest greenhouse plastic you get on the market Plastic has a 3 yr guarantee and a lifespan of about 10 yrs It is cut to size to fit over the entire tunnel, NO joins in the plastic The Structure is made from PVC UV resistant 50yr life span The Door Frame is made from treated wood / netting and closes tightly with a latch to lock No RUST DURABLE & Long lasting 2 doors for ventilation The tunnels are anchored firmly to the ground and can withstand harsh weather conditions. DIY Kit Easy to assemble Comes with a complete manual

3 Benefits of Eco-Tunnels Protection of plants from bad weather & solar radiation Off-season nursery can be raised Crops are of very good quality and give good yield Use less water and save labour time Pests and diseases can be controlled easily Extend your growing season Eco-Tunnels are perfect for Hydroponics, The 9 pod systems are ideal for the professional and beginner grower. Each tunnel is wide enough to have hydroponic Systems running along each side of the tunnel.

4 Sizes of Eco-Tunnels We do the standard DIY Sizes 3.5m wide x 2.2m high Length: 3m / 6m / 12m Each Tunnel comes with a Gift Pack of Heirloom Seeds. Heirloom seeds are precious! Some of these seeds date back hundreds of years and have developed their strength over long periods of time to withstand the vagarities of climate and resilience. The purity of heirloom seeds allows us to produce harvest that we know will be same as the parent plants. Heirloom seeds are the original seeds, untampered with by human hands and certainly not genetically modified, essential for our worldwide food security! To learn how to grow your vegetables organically please click here.

5 Feedback I am happy to report that our tunnel has arrived after the idiotic truckers strike. We spent the weekend assembling the structure, and are now well on our way to growing our own food!! I have been in business for almost 40 years, and seldom have I come across a company that is so service driven. I live in the Gauteng area, and you guy's are on the Garden route and you still managed to render the service that you did. In the modern day, service is something that is often spoken about but not very often implemented, so to have been on the receiving end of great service, at a distance to boot, has been a real pleasure. The only way to beat the large Corporate is through service. One can only hope, that one day, the message about service will get through to more people, and make this a better country in which to live. That said, the product quality is also exceptional. The only thing that worries me, is that I will wake and this will have been just a pleasant dream!!! I shall keep you posted on our progress, and send you pics of before, during and after. Thanks again, and may your business go from strength to strength - you deserve it Best regards. Tony Campbell. I would like to thank you for the tunnel you supplied us with. I was shocked at the length of time it took to have it put up, I have had tunnels in the past and never has it ever taken less than a day to be erected, and you managed to put it up, doors and all, in under 2 1/2 hours! The latches work perfectly, keeping the doors well secured and sealing the tunnel. I would recommend you to anyone should they ask! Although you said the plastic was not drip proof, I have noticed that it actually is, and that is a definite bonus for me. Best regards and with great thanks Yvonne Maspero

6 Photos Plastic Covering Netting Covering

7 Eco-Worm Bins There are hardly any good reasons these days NOT to have worms hard at work munching on your food scraps. Worm farms are easy, if you don t have a garden, there s absolutely no excuse you can keep them indoors under your sink! So, if you haven t already started your worm farm, here are some good reasons to get cracking as soon as possible 1. Free compost and plant food. A worm farm is a really (really) easy way to convert all your food scraps into the Most amazing plant food. The hungry red wigglers gobble it all up and provide you not only with compost exceptionally rich in the micro-organisms that make for enthusiastic plant growth, but also with worm tea, a fabulous (natural) liquid fertiliser. And they do it all for free! 2. Less waste going to the dump. Landfill sites are bulging at the seams. By processing all or most of your food waste (in addition to recycling) you can reduce the amount of garbage you re sending to our already over-burdened waste dumps. 3. No more smelly garbage bins. The less food waste you put in your bin, the fewer flies and other nasties you re likely to get coming to find something upon which to munch. If all that s in there is stuff you can t either recycle or compost, you won t get horrible smells and sudden hideous eruptions of maggots (blech reason enough for me!) 4. The earth is running out of topsoil. Topsoil you know, the stuff that s ultimately the source of most of the nutrients and minerals we get in our food? The food that makes human life sustainable? Well, it s washing right off the land and into the ocean at a mind-boggling rate (in some places as quickly as 10 times the rate that it forms) because of erosion mostly as a result of modern agricultural practices. The compost formed from vermiculture nourishes our increasingly depleted soil, and gives it a chance to produce more vegetation (which in turn goes back into the soil, boosting it further). Every little bit counts.

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