From Seeds to Salad Bags at Incredible Edible Llandrindod

“Incredible Edible Llandrindod has a polytunnel secreted away in a back garden right in the heart of town.  It is here that the seedlings, destined for our Arlais Community garden, are raised by a dedicated team of volunteers.

Seed planting starts in early spring, with broad beans, peas, brassicas, salads, leaf beets and chard.  Next come tomatoes, chillies, aubergines and peppers before the tender seeds are sown:  runner and french beans, courgettes, cucumbers and squashes.

Surplus seed goes to our Llandrindod Seed Library and spare seedlings can often be picked up from produce stand in the Garden or at one of the Incredible Edible plant ‘give-away’ events.

Once the seedlings have been planted out, the polytunnel beds are filled with heat loving crops and salads which are harvested throughout the summer and put on the stand for members of the community to take home and eat!

2025 was a year of mixed success in the polytunnel. Tomatoes were outstanding with 24kgs being cropped.  Salad bags also fared well – 63 of these were picked along with 16 bags of basil and peppers. It wasn’t such a good year for cucumbers unusually but  that’s the way it is with gardening – win some, lose some,  and there’s always next year!

For now the polytunnel has been tucked up for winter beneath a thick layer of horse manure.”