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Archive for January, 2012

Lettuce seeds from Wilkos!

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Fantastic lettuce seeds – great value.
Is this the cheapest lettuce seed in the UK?

Wilko Vegetable Garden Webbs Wonderful Lettuce

Wilko Vegetable Garden Webbs Wonderful Lettuce from Wilkinson Plus £0.54
Popular crisphead type with large crunchy hearts. Sow Mar-Jul, harvest May-Oct. Sow thinly in prepared seed bed. Average contents 950 seeds.

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Frugal Soul website

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

This site belongs to a friend of mine. She’s just started it and only has a few articles on at the moment but it’s a really great site and I’ve enjoyed reading every post so far! Frugal Soul is well worth a read if you’d like to save money and enjoy the idea of being more self-sufficient.

Her and her family have an allotment so will be posting plenty of useful and interesting articles about that!
Enjoy!

Greyhound cabbage seeds

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Where’s cheapest?

New products today at Plants and Seeds

Wilko Vegetable Garden Greyhound Cabbage

Wilko Vegetable Garden Greyhound Cabbage from Wilkinson Plus £0.54
Tasty and reliable summer pointed cabbage. Sow Mar-May, harvest Jun-Sept. Sow thinly in prepared seed bed. Average contents 400 seeds.

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Green manure seeds

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Ideal for using on empty ground – captures nutrients which you then dig back into the soil.
Plants and Seeds has this new item today

Wilko Poultry Manure Pellets 7kg

Wilko Poultry Manure Pellets 7kg from Wilkinson Plus £5.98
A natural organic plant food with slow release nutrients to feed for longer. ideal for feeding all types of plants around the garden and helps enrich the soil and maintain the delicate balance. Contains phosphorous pentoxide.

Tomato seeds at Wilko!

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Great prices seeds at Wilkinsons!
Johnsons Shirley F1 Tomato £3.49

Levington Tomorite Liquid Tomato Fertiliser 1ltr £3.48

Johnsons Sungold F1 Tomato £3.05

Johnsons Sweet Million F1 Tomato £3.05

Johnsons Garden Pearl Tomato £1.99

Johnsons Marmande Tomato £1.85

Johnsons Gardeners Delight Tomato £1.85

Johnsons Outdoor Girl Tomato £1.85

Wilko Patio Favourites Tumbling Tom Red Tomato £1.58

Wilko Patio Favourite Minibel Tomato £0.98

Wilko Vegetable Garden Roma VF Tomato £0.98

Wilko Vegetable Garden Gardeners Delight Tomato £0.78

Wilko Vegetable Garden Alicante Tomato £0.78

Wilko Vegetable Garden Moneymaker Tomato £0.54

Wilko Collection Tomatoes £3.99

Plant food to get the most from your tomato plants

Wilko Sulphate of Potash Plant Food 1.5kg £4.48

Wilko Tomato Feed Liquid 2ltr £4.98

Wilko Slow Release Plant Food Granules 1kg £5.68

Wilko Tomato Feed Liquid 800ml £2.28

Gardening Magazine offers

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

Fab magazines deals – a gardening magazine gives you loads of seasonal hints and tips and something to read when it’s too wet to go out and fo the gardening!

Garden Answers Six Monthly Direct Debit + 100 Packets of Seeds to UK

Garden Answers Six Monthly Direct Debit + 100 Packets of Seeds to UK from GreatMagazines £20.50
Solves all your gardening problems every monthGarden Answers magazine is the most practical gardening monthly and much more. It inspires, encourages and helps you to garden with a no-nonsense approach. You can trust our experts and our advice to help you get the most from your gardening hobby.

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Chicken Magazine offer

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

New product today at Magazines

Your Chickens Magazine Subscription

Your Chickens Magazine Subscription from Subscription Save £19.50
Your Chickens is a magazine for the back garden chicken keeper. Full of tips, advice and real life stories of people who have joined the chicken keeping boom. Your Chickens celebrates all that is good about chicken keeping. Your Chickens is published 12 times a year.

24 Months Direct Debit
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55% OFF
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24 Months Credit Card
£38.99
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12 Months by Direct Debit
£19.50
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12 Months by Credit Card
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Harvest rainwater

Friday, January 6th, 2012

These two items at Unwins Seeds & Plants will be invaluable in saving water! Collect rainwater and use this to water the plants. Daisy chain barrels together to collect more.

200Ltr Water Butt

200Ltr Water Butt £54.95
This green wood grain effect 200 litre water butt is a must in any garden. It’s made from a minimum of 75% recycled HDPE plastic and comes with a 5-year guarantee. Unlike many other water butts advertised elsewhere ours comes complete with a stand child safe lid Quick Connect and downpipe diverter kit -ready for immediate installation. Downpipe converter kit will fit 68cm diameter round pipe or 65cm square pipe. Maxium distance from pipe to butt is 50cm. The butt with stand measures: 68cm diameter (at the widest point) and 118cm high (2.3 x 3.9ft).

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Harvesting hint

Friday, January 6th, 2012

When you’re cutting lettuces, and other cut and come again plants, do you just pick bits of plants off with your hands? If you do then you’ve almost certainly disturbed the roots or even damaged the plant. Using sharp scissors is one way of cutting neatly without damaging and for micro- leaf plants it’s essential.

Get maybe a second pair to leave in your greenhouse so you’re never tempted to just pick with your fingers.

Swiss Chard

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Unwins Seeds & Plants have these two types of swiss chard

Swiss Chard - Galaxy Seeds (Gro-sure)

Swiss Chard – Galaxy Seeds (Gro-sure) £1.99
Easy to grow Swiss Chard Galaxy has bright green leaves and deep red stems which when harvested early brings colour and deep flavour to salads. More mature stems and leaves are excellent in stir-fries.

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