New items at John Lewis

Kosta Boda Atoll Bowl, Red, Dia. 11cm £21.00
Decorative tea-light holder featuring vivid, blood-red swirls dominating the clear glass. Designed by Anna Ehrner and made in Sweden. Founded in 1742 by two Swedish generals, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, the Kosta glassworks is still in use today and is the oldest in Sweden. The name comes from a combination of the founders' surnames ('Kos' and 'Sta'). The small team of designers and artists draw on a wide range of influences to create stunning pieces of decorative art.

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New item at Focus DIY

Champion R484SP Petrol Self Propelled Mower £149.99
Save up to £100 off All Petrol Lawnmowers! Offer available while stocks last150cc petrol engine46cm Cutting width5 cutting height settings – 30mm 41mm 52mm 63mm 75mm55L grass collection boxself propelled

The BBC were giving away free vegetable seeds this year in an effort to get
more people growing food across the UK. I applied for my free seeds and planted
them. The tomatoes grew well and I’ve had plenty of fruit off them, but the
butternut squash wasn’t so successful.
Following the instructions I grew four plants and these seedlings did really
well.
4 weeks after sewing you can plant them out into a football size hole filled
with compost. They need plenty of water and to be kept free of slugs which seem
to love this plant in preference to anything else apart from lettuce. I planted
mine out and the slugs decimated three of them leaving one to grow on and flower.
its not set any fruit though at all. It has continued to flower though and there
is always the option of picking the flowers and battering them and deep frying
them. This is supposed to be very delicious but it won’t make up for the fact
I wanted to grow butternut squashes this year.

Thompson and Morgan sell two types of Butternut Squash

Butternut Squash Waltham – this is an organic seed from Duchy Originals and it produces attractive tan coloured fruits with sweet, creamy yellow flesh.

Barbara Butternut F1 Hybrid – rich orange, delicious tasting flesh with an unusual striped green skin. Can be harvested small or fully grown.

It’s getting time to think about planting onions, shallots, rhubarb, asparagus and garlic. You can buy all these online if you’ve not got a good local garden centre near you. Online at Thompson and Morgan you get great value and fantastic quality plants, bulbs and seeds.

Special offer – Onion Set Santero – ONLY 99p with orders over £8.99

Asparagus : Mondeo : Autumn Planting

All male hybrid. Creating huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season.
Fairly easy to grow and a good reward crop as it’s something quite expensive to buy in the supermarkets. The spears of Asparagus Mondeo have tight tips throughout the season, excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Someone on our allotment plot has a well establish asparagus bed and it’s very impressive. Good fat spikes of delicious spears of aspargus.

10 crowns ONLY £16.99

Autumn Planting Garlic : Messidrome

Softneck variety from French production, producing large white bulbs with excellent flavour for all culinary uses. Well worth growing if you’re a big garlic fan!

3 bulbs ONLY £3.99

Onion : Electric -lovely red onion
Shiny red skinned, semi globe shaped bulbs with pink tinged crisp flesh ideal for salads or in stir fries. Overwintered and ready for harvest early July.
Pack size: 250g when packed, sets size between 17-21mm (approx 50 sets), or 14-21mm (approx 75 sets), dependent on weather, harvesting and grading issues.
1 pack ONLY £3.99

Shallot : Echalote Grise
Khaki coloured shallot rarely seen in Britain. A gourmet shallot prized in French cuisine with its intense and concentrated flavour. Approx. 500g. Approx. 20 sets.
1 pack ONLY £5.49

Rhubarb : Champagne
Early variety, forced to give early, pinkish tinged stems. Stems have a darker red base and colour if not forced. Fantastic stuff for crumble or puddings. Offers great value – will get you started on your own rhubarb patch!

2 budded crowns ONLY £5.49

Reduced products at Focus DIY

Arden Square Table was £33.49 now £24.99
50% Off!Hardwood Seats 4 in comfortWeatherproof fittingsEasy AssemblyImage is for illustration puposes only chairs not included.Height:735mm Width:925mm Depth:925mm

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New product today at Focus DIY

Cotswold 5 Piece Garden Furniture £59.99
70% Off!Eye-cathcing outodoor dining set that can seat up to 4 people.Comes with foldable chairs for ease of use.Made from FSC Eucalyptus sourced from South America.The sustainable growth of the timber used provides density and greater strengh.Pre-oiled to enhance natural finish.Easy AssemblyWeatherproof fittings

Price cut on this product at Garden Buildings Direct

Playhouse Mad Dash Peardrop 8′ x 6′ Wooden Playhouse was £359.95 now £348.95
Wooden Playhouses – This Wooden Playhouse features a loft area with safety rail and ladder, ensuring that your child remains safe whilst having lots of fun. There are four georgian style windows included as standard. Comprehensive assembly, roofing felt and fixing kit is included.

New items today at Garden Buildings Direct

Garden Wooden Shed Billyoh Lincoln Workshop 10′ x 25′ £1049.95
This Workshop is one of our own range. This Wooden Workshop made in the UK. The Billyoh Lincoln Workshop Apex has traditional toungue and groove cladding. The BillyOh Lincoln Workshop, you have optional personnel door. Full fixing kit, felt and instructions are included.

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Jersey Plants Direct just added these new products

Link a Bord 2 for 1 £28.49
Unbeatable fantastic special offer 2 Link-a-bords for the price of 1.Link-a-Bord is a unique modular system each of the 2 packs contains 4 double skinned boards easily fitted together with plastic links to create raised beds.The boards are made almost entirely from recycled non toxic upvc that does not rot.Boards supplied per pack are 4x1m lenghts and are 15cm high.Currently dispatching.

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New products added today at Crocus

garlic (softneck) £8.99
Position: full sunSoil: any soilRate of growth: averageHardiness: fully hardyA strong-flavoured British garlic, that is largely grown on the Isle of Wight. It has become a very popular variety which is well adapted to the British climate and produces a good crops of large bulbs with plump tasty cloves. One of the best garlics for plaiting and storing, as if kept cool and dry, the bulbs will store for months after they have been harvested. If planted early in the season, you can expect to be lifting and using the mature bulbs from July.Garden care: Plant from October to early march (if frost permits). Space the cloves 15cm apart in rows 30cm apart. Uproot as soon as the leaves start to yellow, and leave them on the surface of the soil to ripen before storing them in a light, airy position, which is dry and frost free.

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