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Archive for July, 2009
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
New items today at Jersey Plants Direct
Sundaville 6 Plants £14.99
Web Only Offer.These 6 easy to grow pink and red Sundaville are climbing AND trailing patio plants.Flowers appear continuously from late spring to autumn.They will thrive through summer on a patio or in the garden then just bring them into a bright part of the house or conservatory in early autumn and they will continue to thrive.Height and Trail 25 to 40cm. Spread 25 to 30cm.Plant in full sun to partial shade.To ensure that your plants arrive in the best possible condition each pack will be despatched individually.Despatching now.
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Filed: Jersey Plants, New Products
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Record breaking peas! They over 16cm long which is enormous!
Giant Mange Tout peas
These are massive, but peas and mange tout are fairly easy to grow.
They’re something that my neighbour has been growing and has had a really good crop from. They’re also very dear in the supermarkets – £1 for a tiny tray of them so well worth the money to buy some seeds and have a go!
There are normal peas which you pod, mange tout which you eat all of and sugar snap peas which are thicker and have more of a snaap to them!
There are many types of peas and all good seed sellrs will have a wide range of seeds available. The seeds are dried peas! So you can keep some of the pods and leave them to grow on the plant until they’re dry – then store and you can grow from these again.
Filed: Uncategorized | Tagged: mange tout, peas
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Growing your own spuds is somethhing most people try at least once. If you’ve not got a garden you might think it’s impossible, but even with just a small outdoor space – a yard or patio you can use this fab kit to grow some potatoes.
Suttons sell seed potatoes
Thompson
& Morgan also sell seed potatoes
Using these special bags called Grow-Pod it’s easy. They are made from a fine weave of hard-wearing, rot-proof polypropylene with lots of integral drainage holes plus they have 2 strong handles for easy carrying make them easy to move about on your patio.
You put the potatoes in at the bottom in a few inches of compost and gradually fill the tubs keep covering the foliage up until the bags are full.
Remember to water regularly too! Potatoes need plenty of water for even growth.
The potatoes you get are:
RED DUKE OF YORK
early cropping, nutty flavour, attractive smooth red skin makes it easy to ‘scrape’
CHARLOTTE
second early cropping, wonderful succulent flesh, waxy texture, delicious eaten hot, or cold in salads
YUKON GOLD
early main crop, yellow skin, golden flesh, good as bakers and for mash
REMBRANDT
main crop, yellow skin, cream flesh, gorgeous taste, good for chips and roasting
And don’t forget the bags are reusable so year after year you can grow potatoes at home. Loads of places sell seed potatoes too so you don’t have to worry about that!
You can also try more unusual types that you don’t get in the supermarkets too. That’s one of the nice things about your growing your own veg!
You also avoid any problems with diseases in the soul by growing in this way.
Filed: Garden Bargains | Tagged: bag potato kit, potato in bag, potatoes
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
The proliferation of wheely bins now means most homes have 3 or 4 wheely bins to hide in the garden. You can of course leave them out, boldly positioned to announce your keenness on recycling but they are mostly horrid looking and there’s so many of them!
Hiding them in the garden is a good idea as long as they’re still easily accessible for putting rubbish in. The more of a pain it is to put the rubbish out means you’re more likely to make is stack up in the kitchen and that’s a bad idea!
Some people have wooden enclosures to tuck them away in, but not everyone wants a wooden structure, or has a flat enough area available. If you have they can look very nice as these here do: Wheelie Bin Storage – Tuin
These include a double bin and a single bin hider.
Alternatives include hiding them behind a fence panel, behind a hedge, or keeping them in a shed. You can get stickers for wheelie bins but they have a tendency to start peeling off if you’re not careful and then they look terrible!
A neighbouhood watch hint would be to not leave bins where they can be used to climb onto rooves.
A simple thing that wouldn’t be too expensive would be a simple piece of trellis used to grow plants up and keep the bins behind this. This would make an attractive feature in your garden too. Climbing plants could be picked so that they are scented too, also disguising any smell issues you may have with your bins in hot weather!
Filed: Uncategorized | Tagged: bin store, trellis, wheely bins
Monday, July 6th, 2009
It’s easier than you think to grow fruit and vegetables at home. You don’t need a massive garden, a patio or balcony is enough if you’ve got room for a few large pots. Decide what you really like eating best if you’re short of space and if you’ve got more room then you can grow more!
Filed: Garden Bargains | Tagged: fruit, grow your own, vegetables
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Delicious summer fruits are often so expensive that you might be put off buying them in the supermarket.
Suttons sell tons of soft fruit and fruit trees – great prices too
Gooseberry, Ben Nevis Blackcurrant, Thornless Loganberry and Chester Thornless Blackberries. this is a great range of fruit meaning you can eat fresh berries, make summer fruit puddings and delicious jams.
They’re easy to grow and will look fantastic as the fruits develope. Impress the family by making them fresh fruit desserts with home grown fruit. There’s nothing better than eating berries picked straight off the stems and this is just amazing to do. The kids will be very impressed and will enjoy helping you pick berries!
We should all be eating more fresh fruit and this is a great way of doing that!
Filed: Garden Bargains | Tagged: blackcurrant bush, fruit bushes, loganberry bush, summer fruit
Monday, July 6th, 2009
I’d asked earlier in the year about whether anyone had grown sweet potatoes and no one had recently, but I’d not seen anywhere selling them so I’d forgotten all about wanting to grow some.
Suttons
should have some though! And they have sacks to grow them in to make it even easier, so you can grow them on your patio.
Sweet potatoes are lovely! They’re not that hard to grow, but you don’t plant tubers, you’ve got to plant special plantlets that are offcuts grown off the tubers but using a high starter temperature and humity – not something easy to do at home apparently Once the plants have started though they will grow very easily. They want to be in the warmest part of your garden but don’t forget to water them. This variety is Beauregard improved and is designed to grow in the UK. Should crop in 100 days. You put 5-6″ of compost in the bottom of the special bags and then plant in the tubers (3 per bag) and then you top up the compost always keeping the foliage above the compost level. Once you’re at the top of the bag you can move the bags to a sunny spot and keep watering them regularly. You can easily grow 30lbs of sweet potatoes using this kit. It’s brilliant! If you’re as big a fan of sweet potatoes as I am you’ll enjoy growing this in your garden!
Filed: Garden Bargains | Tagged: Garden Bargains, sweet potaotes
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Therereally are smoe fantastic bargains to be had online I’ve been impressed by what they have for sale and their prices are excellent.
Suttons
Growing oranges and lemons sounds impossible given the temperamental British weather but these trees are specially picked to thrive here in the UK.
If you want a home orchard then it needn’t cost there earth:
Suttons have an excellent orchard collection including an apple, a pear, and a plum tree. These trees will be easy to grow in your garden and you will have the pleasure of picking fruit from your own trees. They come as 5ft tall, readyto- plant specimens that quickly grow into 6-7 ft. tall heavy croppers giving you your own fruit to pick. The apple is the Braeburn Apple, the plum is Victoria (which is a fantastic purple sweet plum you’ll love picking and eating straight off the tree!) and the pear is a conference pear which is almost certainly the same pear you buy in the supermarket.
When you consider how much fruit costs in the supermarket (70p a lb easily!) you can see how much you could save by growing your own. Fruit trees need very little maintenance and will keep cropping year on year.
It’s fantastic for children too who’ll love to see apples pears growing on the trees in the garden. This is a fantastic opportunity as it’s only £29.99 for the set of three trees. I think this is very good value and the trees are a good size too.
This isn’t the extent of what’s on offer at garden bargains as they have many more garden offers available, all designed to get you gardening and eating more fruit and vegetables.
Ideal for the credit crunch is some credit munching! Growing your own fruit can save you lots of money – over the years you’ll gather fruit from your trees the amount will increase year on year.
You can add a Stella Cherry and/or Bramley Apple tree to your order too giving you a fantastic orchard for your home.
Planting fruit trees is a long term investment that can give rewards quicker than you think.
Filed: Garden Bargains | Tagged: apple tree, fruit trees, lemon tree, pear tree
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Filed: John Lewis, New Products
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Reduced price on products today at Focus DIY
Two Seater Bench Cushion Purple Check was £19.99 now £15.99
Available in Blue Purple Green Check DesignSuitable for Arden Storage bench but not Arden Two Seater benchHeight:50mm Width:430mm Depth:1120mm
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Filed: Focus DIY, Price Reductions
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