A what have you been buying thread!

[Gardenwitch]

Well I recieved a fantastic Victorian planter for Valentines day so of course needed to order plants! However I not only bought the strawberries, but also Honeysuckle vines, giant trailing fuschias, pansy can can plugs, and a butterfly bush; I have to say I'm in bliss

What have you been buying lately?

[greendean]

i got a tip today at work so i bought some fleece, a blueberry bush, a packet of seeds, a yoghurt maker from charity shop and a captain underpants book for my son. all for £7.50.

[allotmentlady]

where do i start? bought some fruit bushes, included, raspberry, blackcurrant and gooseberry, 3.75, I bought some fleece 1.00, some secateurs from charity shop 50p and who wants to be a millionarire board game for 1.00!!

[Gardenwitch]

wow great shoppings everyone and so cheap! Wish I could find more bargains like that around

[coreopsis]

Nothing...I'm skint...Just some food...
Honestly,I have my seed madness behind me(so I hope),I'm pretty well stocked.
I have 2 weddings to attend this year,1 of them is abroad so I have to save some pennies

[bramble]

My sister is home on holiday so its shopping time.
There are three of us girls,me being the eldest.
When she comes home we get together and spend as much time as possible together.
However, her holiday would'nt be complete without a day trip to town to do some serious shopping.
For myself, i bought a jacket, sweater, PJ's, socks and a locely cardi for my holidaysd.
My sister always heads for the irish stores just to see if she can find something different.
This time she will be going home with her case crammed.

[Alice]

Seed potatoes. Dobies have a good selection in and they have them in little bags so I was able to get a few varieties
Pink Fir Apple, Rocket, International Kidney and Red Duke of York.
Some Elephant Garlic, 2 Pieris and a few bags of compost.

[jackie j]

Far too much spent recently especially at the garden centre.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Wood for raised beds - £189 to date, but nearly finished now. It'll come in at about £225 in total.

But that's 8 raised beds of 20' by 4'.

(perspective time - 3' by 3' raised beds about £20 from Harrods Horticulture)

[JanieB]

This IS chitchat isn't it? .

So normally I don't do retail therapy. I hate shopping, but I did realise that the shoes I wear to work are a bit delapidated (decrepid). Soooh I went shopping. I bought: new trousers (couldn't find any tops I liked), slow cooker (leads to another story), a flat screen telly for the kitchen (absolute bargain), new shoes, curtain material for the lounge (I'll have to get the sewing machine out, but the ready mades in the same fabric made me feel ill).

Um, I liked some other stuff and think I might go back for it, it always worries me that having made a decision, the object may no longer be available.

[bluemoon]

Well, I got some bed-socks in a sale at 50p. They're bright pink and fluffy, but I don't care. They're in the drawer now awaiting another cold snap like the one we had over the last few weeks and then at least I won't be scared of getting up to use the bathroom again.

[kentvegplot]

Went out to get rhubarb - came back with that, plus 2 blueberries plus lovely Daphne mezereum.....can't bring myself to admit to the cost

[coreopsis]

Where do you get all these blueberries???
I had a look at Lidl's and Morrisons and nothing..

[pigletwillie]

Mmm too much

A new posh leather suite
solid oak flooring for the hall and landing
a most expensive wilton carpet for the stairs
an 18v bosch blue drill for me
a 1917 girls own annual for Kazzi
Stamps for sending out seeds
Red roses for Kazzi
Red roses for ?

Gardening wise

some Dorset naga chilli seeds
5 bags of multi purpose compost
onion sets

and now I am skint till the end of March.

[Claire72]

Thanks to poundland, recently, I have bought
blueberry bushes
strawberry plants
fleece
netting
polytunnel/mini cloches
garden string

also a gardening book from a charity shop for 2.00