bamboo canes

[Flummery]

What is this "bus" thing of which you speak ma?

Like the online idea though - one additional benefit of that is that I won't be tempted to buy other stuff whilst wandering round the shop...

It is that thing by which we luddites save the planet by using one lot of fuel to take dosens of crotchetty old dears like me to the shops!

[HeyWayne]

It is that thing by which we luddites save the planet by using one lot of fuel to take dosens of crotchetty old dears like me to the shops!

Ah, I just thought they were big cars! D'oh. I only ever see them tearing round the country lanes with 2-3 people on them - including the chauffeur.

[lynda66]

ok, i'm off on the big people carrier for crochety old dears... to have a furtle around thanks for all the suggestions ..... (i'm not really going on the bus ..... it's only 5 mins into town) and it's actually further to the bus stop lol

Lynda xx

[annetteevans]

hi lynda
i got 10 four foot canes at wilkies for 99p this morning, maybe you should try again this week.

Good luck
Annette

[lynda66]

ok i went everywhere, and no straight canes at all ..... even in wilkies, but i did get 3 bent ones, which will do the job i want them for, though i still need long ones ....... guess i'll just have to keep checking

i might get sons friend to run me to B&Q or the garden centre tomorrow, and see if they have any

Lynda xx

[rayj]

You will probably find the Garden Centres will charge for the canes by the foot. I saw them in a Centre near Cheltenham recently, and that was the basis of their pricing. I know it worked out a bit more expensive than Wilkos, but if you need them - you need them!!

[lynda66]

i reckon if i can't get any, b & q do some thin piping that's fairly cheap, and when i've finished with it, i'll be able to use it to run the wire to my pond

it's currently hang myself height out of the utility room window, to the shed and diagonally to the pond lol i've bought a special outside socket thing so it won't go to waste, but i'll keep looking i'll find some eventually and as long as its only 2p a foot that will be fine

wouldn't mind, but i have some giant bamboo growing, that can reach up to 50 foot, unfortunately at the moment they are about 3 inches

[jackie j]

I get them at the allotment shop near us 10p each

[citygirl]

i got 10 5ft ones in morrisons today for 1.99. haven't got a decent sized wilko's with parking round here

[happybunny]

try freecycle

[Stacey Steve]

Instore are getting them in all the time albeit a little bit hit and miss. They told my OH that it all depends on what's on the lorry but as they get deliveries daily, you may have to go a few times before you get what you want.

The 4 foot canes are 20 for 1.99 and 6 foot 10 for 1.99

[lynda66]

i tried instore today as well, not a one lol .... we haven't got a morrisons nearby, and i've been searching freecycle, mind you i've an advert on there for a shed and a greenhouse already, don't want to overdo it lol we haven't got anything as exciting as an allotment shop

why is it so bloody complicated trying to buy a few sticks?

mind you i did find some 3ft willow wigwams in the pound shop today ...... for a pound

so i'll be back in town for some of them tomorrow

lynda xx

[bridget mc laughlin]

Hi there lynda66, why don't you try growing some of your own bamboo?

[jackie j]

She needs them now lol they take a while to grow .!!!

[lynda66]

i'm growing my own giant bamboo ...... unfortunately, it's currently 3 inches tall and the other bamboo i have is really thin and totally useless other than for looking pretty lol

Lynda xx