spring 2011 compost and seed offers

[Bigmallly]

Cheers BM, might have a trip there tomorrow.

I think it's 3rd March FF.............

[pinns]

EDIT - Doh!
already beat me to it while I was typing !

Sorry Florence, it doesn't start until 3rd March - next Thursday! But looks good!
Except the cold frame is a tenner cheaper than the one I just bought in Aldi's :-(
(could always buy a second one!)

[snohare]

Ta BM, very timely.
Now if they would just do their insect mesh netting in 10m x 2m sections I could stop buying all their door and window mesh screens !
Anyone know if their cloche tunnels are any good ? At that price I am inclined to suspect not, and I don't want to go to all the bother of spending an entire day in town if they don't have the right thing.
Ideally of course they would have loppers - the ones I bought from them once before have been half-inched, which gives you an idea of how good they are !

[binley100]

uh oh I can see some more money having to be spent.........

[fruitylou]

Thanks for the heads up! I will be popping in next week

[Glutton4...]

I have one of their 'pop-up' tidy/bin thingys - brill. Will be going in to get another couple...

Thanks for the heads-up!

[smallblueplanet]

New Horizon peat-free 50lt offer

New Horizon peat-free 50lt - just gone into my local garden centre to buy some compost and the bags of NH have a '3 for 2 offer' printed on them. I got extra lucky as they quoted me the wrong price on the phone and got 3 bags for a tenner!

So look out for those '3 for 2' bags.

[madmum23]

Thanks BM. I will pop in next week to grab some bargains. Managed to grab some great buys last week. I feel a real buzz of excitement about the garden/allotment and the year ahead.

[ginger ninger]

Love the look of the Free-standing Trellis, it'll hide mi dust bins in the corner of the garden. Thanks for that B.M. I'l have to make a trip to Lidl on the 3rd.

[Davyburns]

Bought a Cold Frame Last year, couldn't keep the darn thing together. Stronger glue needed, I think!

[jojo2910]

Just been to Homebase and they have the tomato gro bags for £1.43 (50L) or their own gro bags for £2.49 (half price).

[Jono]

That is cheap. How do they manage that??

[miker2d2]

thanks for the link

I'm quite new to veg growing and usually buy my seeds (suttons, unwins etc) from the local garden centres, do these budget seeds offer the same quality and germination?

cheers

[Ouya Mellsa]

Bower's Compost 60L: 4 for £10

B&Q are selling 60 litre bags of J. Arthur Bower's compost for 4 for £10 until Monday.

Bargain!

Is this good compost?

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Used Bowers compost a couple of years ago and found it okay for raised beds but not for starting off seeds or transplanting young plants it's not fine enough. Now thanks to BM I've just been looking at the Lidl bargains coming in on Thursday. Has anyone any experience of the self watering planters? They sound very much like a hydroponic kit for salads, only for about an 1/8 of the price.