Fleece

[nick nack]

Tesco's are selling 8m x 2m sheets of fleece for 75p, they were £3.00 but they reduced them.

The store I picked them up from was Tesco Extra in Stockport, Extra stores are apparently one of the larger stores so the smaller ones may not stock them?

Steve

[Hazel at the Hill]

Fantastic, NN - thanks for letting us know.

Tesco Extra are the bigger stores, I think, and even they don't all have a gardening section, so worth a phone call first perhaps?

[Nicos]

Doh...just driven past that store!!!
Thanks for letting us know. You can never have too much fleece!
And welcome to the Vine!!

[Snadger]

They also had 8 metre X 2 metre black weed suppression sheet for a quid!

[Hazel at the Hill]

They also had 8 metre X 2 metre black weed suppression sheet for a quid!

I bet that's the stuff that I bought about 3wks ago for £2 per pack.

[nick nack]

Thanks Snadger, I didn't see any of that will have call in tomorrow during my lunch.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hi nicknack thanks for the tip and welcome to the vine! everyone is very friendly and has a wealth of knowledge, tips and advice regarding growing your own. Do feel free to post any questions or queries you may have - someone will definately know what to do. Best wishes. Looking forward to hearing about what you are up to and what you are growing. Bernie aka Dexterdog

[nick nack]

Hi DDL

Not got a lottie but have built 4 raised beds in the side garden 2 @ 10ft x 5ft and the other 2 @ 7ft x 5ft and also dug out part of the flower border to put in a row of 6 fruit bushes from Aldi. Trying the square foot gardening system in the beds to see how it goes? Did some growing in pots last year potatoes and tomatoes and also cherry toms in hanging baskets, have hated eating shop toms all winter!

Got my seeds growing in my 4 tier mini greenhouse and can't wait to get these in. Have planted onions, shallots and garlic already.

Will Iget a lottie in the future, don't know, if this works i will be able to get another 3 or four beds in if I want to so only time will tell.

may take some pictures in the future but it seems small fry compared to what the others have done.

NN

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hello nicknack - I started out exactly like you last year! It's addictive you know! I'm still going to use my back garden even though I am the very, proud owner of 1/2 lottie! Looking forward to hearing how you get on! Bernie aka Dexterdog

[Alice]

Hello Nick Nack, I don't think its small fry at all. I think you're doing great. We don't all have lotties, some of us grow in our own gardens. I'm growing in raised beds, some square foot gardening and containers - and the greenhouse. I don't grow for big crops for storing or freezing. I'm more interested in trying to get a bit of fresh something all the year round. And thanks for the Tesco info. Must check what they have.

[Flummery]

Hi Nick Nack - a grower after my own heart! We bought the house partly because of its long garden - all down to grass. After 7 years the first third is patio and seating area surrounded by hardy perennials, the second third is my husband's prized wild flower meadow - he's the plant recorder for our area for the Botanial Society of the British Isles (cor, eh?) and a summer house, and the bottom third is what I grandly call my potager - a wooden edged area with paths made of chipped bark, a cold frame and a greenhouse. I think I'm locally known as the grass murderer! We have no pretentions to being self sufficient - so much 'ordinary' veg is so cheap and takes so much room, but I love to grow things I can't easily buy or can't buy the freshness and quality I like.
You'll get loads of encouragement and advice here - I'm fairly new myself but I love this site and the friendly and helpful people here.

[nick nack]

Thanks for the encouragement Alice and Flummery. Hopefully everything will be a success, only time will tell. I am already starting to worry about when I go on holiday? Will somebody steal what I have grown? It's like being the parent of a new baby again?

NN

[Alice]

Sounds lovely,Flummery. Hope you have a great growing season.