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Robinsons Greenhouses

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

New products at Keen Gardener

Robinsons Octagonal Greenhouse

Robinsons Octagonal Greenhouse £1891.00
Robinsons Renaissance Octagonal Greenhouse is an interesting structure for your garden, that not only makes a statement but is also a practical space for raising plants. With the highest eaves of all the Robinsons models, the Renaissance is perfect for pottering, storing or growing. The Renaissance includes a automatic opening roof vent, two louvre side vents, cresting and finials, and toughened glass. Simply choose from the 3 sizes and colour options. Or upgrade to a package for 1 additional roof vents, 25″ deep aluminium staging and high level shelving. For over 60 years, amateur and professional gardeners have recognised Robinsons as the name on the very best aluminium greenhouses. Combining strength and durability with innovative designs and the highest quality materials.

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Potato fertiliser

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

New products added today at Thompson & Morgan

Chempak® Potato Fertiliser - 4 x 1.2kg packs

Chempak® Potato Fertiliser – 4 x 1.2kg packs £16.99
Chempak organic potato fertiliser is a specially formulated granular fertiliser with essential nutrients, in the correct balance, slowly released throughout the season to give tastier and increased yields of quality potatoes.(N:P:K – 6:5:7 + 4MgO) 1.2kg is sufficient for planting 4 x 3m (10ft) rows of potatoes.

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Order your pototoes NOW

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Get your potatoes ordered now!

New items today at Thompson & Morgan

Potato Collection (Christmas) - 4 x 20 tuber packs

Potato Collection (Christmas) – 4 x 20 tuber packs £29.99
Second cropping (Christmas).Grow your own new potatoes for Autumn & Christmas. This collection contains four of the best varieties for that ‘New Potato’ taste out of season. Ideal for growing in potato bags. Height and spread: 60cm (24″).Collection comprises:Potato ‘Orla’ – Creamy skinned, pale yellow fleshed, round-oval tubers.Potato ‘Vivaldi’ – Oval tubers are yellow skinned with pale yellow flesh.Potato ‘Carlingford’ – Oval white skinned and waxy fleshed tubers.Potato ‘Maris Peer’ – Firm creamy yellow fleshed tubers that retain their colour and have a superb flavour.Useful links:How to grow potatoes in the ground Potato Selector GuideHow to grow potatoes in bags     How to stop blight

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Leeks – an excellent winter vegetable

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Thompson & Morgan have a variety of leeks available – seeds and plants!

Cabbage 'Tundra' F1 Hybrid (Winter Savoy) - 15 plants

Cabbage ‘Tundra’ F1 Hybrid (Winter Savoy) – 15 plants £5.49
Solid, sweet, crisp heads that are ideal for winter salads. Winter Savoy Cabbage ‘Tundra’ is high yielding and particularly hardy, so it can be harvested right through the winter. Cabbages are easy to grow being perfectly suited to the British climate, and make a delicious and healthy side dish, as they are high in vitamins and low in calories. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 60cm (24”).Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, and adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.

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Cabbage plants

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Thompson & Morgan has cabbage plants available to buy.

Cabbage 'Tundra' F1 Hybrid (Winter Savoy) - 15 plants

Cabbage ‘Tundra’ F1 Hybrid (Winter Savoy) – 15 plants £5.49
Solid, sweet, crisp heads that are ideal for winter salads. Winter Savoy Cabbage ‘Tundra’ is high yielding and particularly hardy, so it can be harvested right through the winter. Cabbages are easy to grow being perfectly suited to the British climate, and make a delicious and healthy side dish, as they are high in vitamins and low in calories. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 60cm (24”).Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, and adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.

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Kohl rabi

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Thompson & Morgan has this easy to grow unusual vegetable. Should grow in most gardens with minimum effort.

Try it! It’s a bit like broccoli stems – that’s the easiest way of describing it! Slice thin to stir fry or lightly steam it!

Kohl Rabi 'Kolibri' F1 Hybrid - 1 packet (35 seeds)

Kohl Rabi ‘Kolibri’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (35 seeds) £2.89
Attractive, purple-skinned roots with pure white, succulent flesh, best eaten when golf ball size, although the flesh still remains succulent and bitter free when roots are larger. Easy to grow, quick to mature in under 8 weeks from sowing. Plants have a neat, compact growth making them ideal for early sowings under cloches or fleece.Prefers well-drained, moist, rich soil in full sun. A rich source of the provitamin A, vitamins C and K and folate as well as the antioxidant carotenoids b-carotene and lutein.

Comfrey – great for your garden

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Thompson & Morgan have comfrey available to use straight away, as seeds or to grow from a plant!

Comfrey Pellets - 1 litre bag - 600 gms

Comfrey Pellets – 1 litre bag – 600 gms £12.99
All the superb attributes of comfrey – rich in potash, trace elements and minerals – for all of your vegetable plants, particularly beneficial with potatoes. Apply the pellets direct when planting, 125g per sq.m, also makes a concentrated liquid feed (200g steeped in 1 litre of water for 3 days, then diluted 1:25 as a foliar feed). Pellets can be added to rotted garden/ farmyard compost, 600g incorporated in 125 kgs of compost. Comfrey pellets naturally enrich the soil, as a soil conditioner, essential for the long term health of your vegetable garden.

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Chas and His Rock’n’Roll Allotment

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Chas and His Rock’n’Roll AllotmentChas and His Rock’n’Roll Allotment is a book by Chas from Chas and Dave.

Chas and His Rock ‘N’ Roll Allotment
features a series of vignettes and anecdotes about his life as both a famous musician and amateur gardener. –Welwyn Hatfield Times

This has to be the most hilarious gardening book I’ve ever read. –Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

Judging by this book the cheeky Cockney musician seems to be at home as much in the allotment as he is on stage. –Rural Life Magazine.

Chas and His Rock n Roll Allotment is a gardening book like no other. Written by Chas Hodges, better known as half of musical duo Chas and Dave, the book is full of funny stories and anecdotes interspersed with the author s tips for growing your own . The book is aimed at the novice gardener and aims to prove that hoeing and sowing can be an enjoyable way to while away an afternoon and that tending a garden should be fun, rather than a chore. Chas s pearls of wisdom are drawn from personal experience of getting his hands dirty, rather than text book gardening techniques, and his light hearted approach makes the book an easy read. So if the idea of Sunday roast accompanied by your own home grown vegetables appeals to you, this book tells you how. And if all that digging proves to be just too much, you can always settle down with a pint of beer and enjoy the tongue-in-cheek humour of a born raconteur.

I think that means he knows how to rabbit. 🙂

Tooled up vouchers

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Tooled-Up.com are running 2 general voucher codes throughout the month of February.

£5.00 Off Orders Over £50.00 during February 2012

Voucher Code : FEBFIVE12

Get £5 off any order over £50 at Tooled-Up throughout February
2012.

1. Voucher only valid when the total value of goods purchased is £50
or more (excluding any carriage charges).
2. Offer cannot be redeemed against Delivery charges or Gift Vouchers.
3. Offer cannot be redeemed in conjunction with any other voucher.
4. Offer only valid via the web and trade counters.
5. Offer valid From 00:00 1st Feb 2012 until 23:59 29th Feb 2012.
6. Offer is open to all UK & Ireland residents aged 18 years or over.
7. Only one voucher can be used per UK household.
8. There is no cash alternative.
9. We reserve the right to withdraw vouchers at any time.
10. Voucher can not be used to obtain discount on any Festool products.

£10.00 Off Orders Over £100.00 during February 2012

Voucher Code : FEBTEN12

Get £10 off any order over £100 at Tooled-Up throughout February
2012.

1. Voucher only valid when the total value of goods purchased is £100
or more (excluding any carriage charges).
2. Offer cannot be redeemed against Delivery charges or Gift Vouchers.
3. Offer cannot be redeemed in conjunction with any other voucher.
4. Offer only valid via the web and trade counters.
5. Offer valid From 00:00 1st Feb 2012 until 23:59 29th Feb 2012.
6. Offer is open to all UK & Ireland residents aged 18 years or over.
7. Only one voucher can be used per UK household.
8. There is no cash alternative.
9. We reserve the right to withdraw vouchers at any time.
10. Voucher can not be used to obtain discount on any Festool products.

Felco Model 12 Compact Deluxe Bypass Secateurs With Rotating Handle

Felco Model 12 Compact Deluxe Bypass Secateurs With Rotating Handle £60.95
High performance model for the smaller hand with rotating handle which reduces the effort by a third when pruning. For heavy and prolonged pruning as well as for small hands. The revolving handle spreads the muscular force evenly over the five finger…

Basil seeds

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

How small are basil seeds?Basil grows best in a pot. The seeds are tiny. Start a new pot every couple of days if you like to have a lot of basil.

Seeds a mm wide and about 2-3 mm long. Tiny! So you’ll have to take care to spread them thinly!

Best value seed listed first – 4000 seeds should give you enough basil to last all summer long if you’re a huge basil fan. Different types available to give you slightly different tastes!

Basil ‘Genovese’ – Vita Sementi® Italian Seeds – 1 packet (4000 seeds) £2.29

Basil ‘The Spice Boys Collection’ – 1 packet (1500 seeds) £4.29

Basil ‘Lime’ – 1 packet (400 seeds) £1.99

Basil ‘Sweet Green’ – 1 packet (400 seeds) £1.99

Basil ‘Aristotle’ – Kew Collection Seeds – 1 packet (35 seeds) £2.99

Basil ‘Crimson King’ – 1 packet (150 seeds) £0.99

Basil ‘Genovese’ – Duchy Originals Organic Seeds – 1 packet (300 seeds) £1.99

Basil ‘Large Leaved’ (Lettuce leaved) – 1 packet (250 seeds) £1.99

Basil ‘Purple Ruffles’ – 1 packet (150 seeds) £1.99

Basil ‘Siam Queen’ – 1 packet (100 seeds) £1.99

Basil ‘Christmas’ – 1 packet (150 seeds) £1.99