An amazing product from Ryobi designed to make your life easier – Ryobi RBC-30SBSA Petrol Brush Cutter with Bike Handle + Line Trimmer Head 460mm Cut Width 30cc 2 Stroke Engine with Quick-Fire Expandit Compatible : Tooled-Up.com

This is the perfect tool to clear large amounts of grass and scrub in a large garden. You could use an electric strimmer, but they tend to struggle over tougher stuff and of course you’re limited by how far your leads can go.
This will be noisier than  most electric strimmers, but it’ll get the job done a lot easier. It has a two year manufacturers warranty.

What should you do with what you cut? You can rake it up and put all the trimmings on your compost heap. The more you have the hotter the pile will get and will rot down quicker.  Long grass can be composted with other types of strimmings. Nettles are great for the compost heap but wear gloves. You should probably wear ear defenders when you use this tool even if you’re only doing a little bit of strimming. Goggles will keep the health and safety nmob from worrying about your eye sight too.

Strim when it’s not just rained – wet stuff is much more hard work to walk through and heavier to pick up. If you can hope for a nice dry day soon then wait.

Features:
– Adjustable bike handle for added transport and storage convenience – makes it easier to use
– Split shaft for Expand-it attachments and ease of transport
– Includes Reel-Easy head – ‘Thread and Load system’ and Pro Cut II head – ‘Push and Pull system’ for easy line feed
– Quik-Fire system – Quick fire carburettor for easy starting
– Dual ring piston for more power, a hard chrome plated cylinder for more durability and heavy duty clutch for optimum power transfer
– Straight shaft trimmer – Provides extended reach for hard to get-to-areas
– Tri-arc cutting blade 200mm cutting path width

Specifications:
Engine capacity – 30cc
Output Power – 1.0hp
Tank capacity – 0.415litres
Cutting path width – 46cm
Line diameter – 2.4mm
Blade diameter – 200mm
Weight – 7.13kg

Included as standard:
Cutting line heads
Holding pin
Grass shield
2-stroke oil
Spool head and retainer
2 x wrench

New products at John Lewis

John Lewis Flowerpot Candle, Cement £2.75
Ceramic flowerpot and candle in soft neutral, with zesty citronella-scented wax for keeping bugs away after dark.

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B&Q have everything you need for your garden. You can shop online for home delivery with B & Q or use their next day delivery service from their new service – B & Q Next Day



What do they sell for the garden? They have a fantastic garden section as you’ll know if you’ve ever gone round one of their enormous warehouses. They sell everything from garden lighting, to paving and hardcore sand and gravel, plants and seeds, plus loads of compost. They also have some brilliant stuff for making the most of your garden once you’ve made it look just right with a large choice of tables and chairs and other outdoor furniture. You can even buy  a barbeque there! That way you can turn that garden into an outdoor room!

With a range of sheds and summer houses you can be sure that B&Q really do have everthing you might need. Their lawnmower range is also very good with some top brands there at bargain prices.

Price cut on this product at Thompson & Morgan

Primrose Primlet 36 plug plants + 6 FREE was £12.99 now £7.99
If your garden needs a pick-me-up after the dull days of winter, let new Primlet come to the rescue. Cleverly disguised as a miniature rose, its tiny buds unfurl in a mixture full of colourful, scented surprises, and flower with great gusto. Suitable for beds, containers and window boxes. Height: 4-6 inches.

New lines at Thompson & Morgan

Begonia Inferno 10 plants + FREE Flower Pouch™ £17.99
Performs superbly – come rain or shine! How’s about that for a towering inferno? Possibly the brightest begonia ever – Inferno is a brand new variety from a modern breeding programme Offering colour, vigour, all-weather performance and unbeatable flower power. Plants are fast growing; giving almost instant impact. There’s no need to deadhead either, so this really is a low maintenance plant!

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Bargains to be had on next years seed sales at Thompson & Morgan: 50% off selected seeds clearance

This is a great chance to buy some bargains for next year.

You should always try to grow one or two different things each year, so even if you’ve got plenty of ideas already, be open to new suggestions.

Seeds on sale at Thompson and Morgan  include:
Salad : Niche Oriental Mixed,
Cucumber : Tiffany F1 Hybrid,
Onion : Bunching/Spring : White Lisbon,
Carrot : Early Nantes 2
Radish : Rougette (Globe),
Radish : Rainbow Mixed,
Romaine : Chartwell,
Salad : Herby Salad Leaf Mixed
Pepper : Sweet : Mini Bell Mixed,
Beetroot : Globe : Red Ace F1 Hybrid,
Carrot : Mini Finger,
Leek : Bandit F1 Hybrid
Lettuce : Mini Green Improved,
Basil : Sweet Green,
Broccoli : Belstar F1 Hybrid,
Carrot : Autumn King 2

If you love perrenials in your garden – and who doesn’t? Then you can buy a lucky dip selection at Thompson and Morgan. This is a great value opportunity to buy something really exciting!

You can find out more about the Lucky Dip Perrenial plant collections here

For just £5.99 you can receive a ‘surprise’ pack of plants worth at least £8.95 Each lucky dip contains one plant – so you’re basically saving nearly £3 on each plant plus you don’t have the trouble of deciding what you want. Of course for the decisive amongst us you can go through all their lovely perrenial plant collections and decide for yourself but if you love a surprise and a bargain this is a great plant buying opportunity.

What is a perrenial plant?  They are normally  ornamental plants that do not die after one season of growth, making them different from annuals. They may not live forever and some may only live 3-5 years but they continue to grow in the border without the need for annual sowing.

Herbaceous perennial are plants that die back in winter.

If you have a break from your allotment whilst you go on holiday make sure you’ve got the watering covered if you’ve got plants that need it. Tomatoes in the greenhouse need regular watering so unless you’ve got a tried and tested watering system make sure you’ve got a willing  person to water for you. Show them a couple of times so they know what to do. Don’t forget they need to know how to feed them too! You can’t expect people to offer to weed whilst you’re away so get the plot as neat and tidy as possible before you leave and then it shouldn’t be too bad when you get back.

You might be surprised how much you have to harvest when you get back. Giant courgettes that you’d have picked days before, tons of beans ready to pick, peas waiting, tomatoes ripening, salad by the bucket load.
If you’ve got too much to pick then decide what’s best picked first. Runner beans quickly go tough if you leave them too long, so prioritise all your veggie harvesting.

Holidays are a time for viewing other people’s gardens. The local tourist information centre will give you plenty of leaflets about garden to visit and local shows that may be on. they should be the first port of call whilst on holiday to make sure you get the latest info for the time you’ll be there. If you’re in Cornwall the Eden project is well worth a visit. It’s on the pricier end of gardens but it’s absolutely huge and Will take you hours to get around and is probably best
covered in several visits which you can do if you gift aid and get a years free entry. The biomes are massive – the Mediterranean one is amazing with lots of plants you’ll recognise from holidays! Some pretty impressive plants are in
there including some tomatoes and other veggies growing away! The tropical rainforest biome is amazing. It’s very hot though and will make you feel uncomfortable but make sure you take a bottle of water with you to go round with, there are drinking fountains provided but a bottle of water for yourself is much more convenient. The tall trees offer an impressive scene as you go round and past the various levels of planting and the waterfall. Stand at the spray at the
top – it’s very pretty – and the jungle is packed with edible useful plants we almost take for granted. There’s very little in the way of insect life in there that I noticed, some very small ants and that was all I saw – but I didn’t root round anywhere! There are a few birds.

The Eden Project is built in an amazing location in the Cornish countryside in what was a quarry – a huge undertaking to build beautiful gardens and has a plant shop so you can buy some brilliant new plants or seeds for your own garden.
Enjoy the outside gardens, take a coat too incase the weather isn’t perfect!

Reduced price on products today at Tooled Up

Wolf Garten Bypass Garden Loppers 40mm Cut 780mm Long was £31.31 now £24.95
Features:- Bypass cutting system.- Double lever transmission system.- For branches up to 40 mm.- L: approx. 780 mm…

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Reduced items at Garden Buildings Direct

Garden Wooden Shed BillyOh Lincoln Tongue and Groove Apex 6′ x 4′ was £184.95 now £182.95
The BillyOh Lincoln Tongue and Groove Apex Wooden Shed comes complete with fixed side windows that allow a generous amount of light that is needed for any Work-Shed , also floor joists to give extra strength for a work bench or storing heavier items and it’s main feature that is the double doors allowing extra convenience when accessing the Wooden Apex Tongue and Groove Garden Shed . Comprehensive assembly instructions, fixing kit and roofing felt included.

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