Pound Shop Bonanza!!

[Samurailord]

I dropped into my local Pound shop over the weekend and found that they have got the new season's stock of seeds and bulbs in.

I came out of there with several bags full of stuff, and not much lighter in the pocket either!

I picked up a couple of packs of onion sets - Sturon and another I can't remember (Sturrock??).

I also got a few multi-packs of seeds - one had 30 runner beans and 10 french beans, a few more had six packs of seed - including coriander, two sorts of chilli, pak choi, salad leaves and tomatoes.

For a bit of colour I got a pack of Sunflowers - including a mini propogator, compost and 15 seeds for a quid

I don't have the packs in front of me right now, but I do remember thinking that some of the packs had fewer seeds than in a standard pack, but at the end of the day a smaller quantity of more varieties suits me much better as even I can't sow and eat 1,000 carrots in a single year!

There were also loads of flower seeds, bulbs and also some seed potatoes available - I would recommend a visit to your local shop.

After all, for only a pound it is worth a try. - let us know what you buy to encourage those of us who are currently reluctant to enter a pound shop

Andy

[Bigmallly]

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ner_69213.html

[Matt94]

I picked up a couple of packs of onion sets - Sturon and another I can't remember (Sturrock??).

Your other variety is more than likely stuttgarter

[Samurailord]

Ok, back home now so I can list my goodies in detail.

GYO Mushroom Kit
Bean Collection - 30 x Dwarf Bean Tendergreen, 10 x Runner Bean Scarlet Emperor
Nice & Spicy Collection - Coriander x 40, Chilli,Thai x 40, Chilli, Habanero x 40, Basil, Cinamon x 50, Mizuna x 100, Pak Choi x 50
Sweet Pea Spencer Mix including 25 seeds, seed tray, compost and plastic lid.
Pea and Bean Collection - Broad Bean, Bunyard's Exhibition x 10, Pea, Early Onwards x 30, Pea, Greenshaft x 30
Onions, Stuttgarter x 250g
Onions, Sturon x 250g
Cherry Tomato Micro Planting Pouch
Sunflower Micro Planting Pouch
Container Garden Coleection - Alyssium Pastel Mixture, Viola Bambini, French Dwarf Marigold, Mixed Salvia, Lobelia Crystal Palace, Petunia Colourama, Mixed Stock, Mixed Antirrhinium
32 Plastic plant labels
4 pairs of gardening gloves
2 x Potato planting bags
Mini hand saw for pruning
Outdoor Thermometer

All this for £18

Andy

[Feral007]

Wow! I'm jealous!

Have fun with all that.

[Plot10]

I take it you're referring to P****land? I'm within walking distance of a P****world and they don't have all they're gardening stuff in yet. but to get to P****land I have to get a bus, which at £4.20 return kind of wipes out the savings.

[veggiechicken]

I'm not near any of them - so I settle for reading the shopping lists on here and having a "Would I, wouldn't I" conversation with myself We're usually undecided

[Bigmallly]

I take it you're referring to P****land? I'm within walking distance of a P****world and they don't have all they're gardening stuff in yet. but to get to P****land I have to get a bus, which at £4.20 return kind of wipes out the savings.

Yep, I think it's £land as £world are still trying to get rid of xmas stuff......

[Bigmallly]

I'm not near any of them - so I settle for reading the shopping lists on here and having a "Would I, wouldn't I" conversation with myself We're usually undecided

There's one @
Unit 13, Queen Street
Cardiff
CF10 2AQ

or

http://www.poundland.co.uk/store-finder/

[Lando]

I went to the £land near me last week, and bought some maincrop seed potatoes, they were already chitted!!

[veggiechicken]

There's one @
Unit 13, Queen Street
Cardiff
CF10 2AQ

or

Store Finder | Poundland

Yeeeeeeeees, but that's not "near" - that's in town - and I haven't been there since last summer. Its a big scarey place where they tempt you to spend money.
Anyway. imagine me struggling home on the bus laden with cloverleaf planters and a bucket load of seeds. If I take the car, the parking charges would turn a trip to Poundland into £10land.
However, there is one in Caerphilly where parking is free and is nearer!!

[alldigging]

I have to get a bus, which at £4.20 return kind of wipes out the savings.

Can you not convince someone with a freebie bus pass to go for you?

[Mikey]

But she'd have to drive to catch the bus?!!

Don't blame you VC, its been a very long time since I went into Cardiff, it was definitely pre John Lewis. I wonder if the £land equivalent in Crosshands (behind Leekes) has seeds in yet. Can't remember what they are called.

West is Best.

[Samurailord]

I take it you're referring to P****land?

No, these were actually all from P****World! Get your boots on and drop in!

Andy

[Bigmallly]

Sorry VC, from previous posts I thought you commuted to & from Cardiff...........