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Ultimate duck tape

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Mend greenhouseNeed emergency repairs after the wind and rain have taken their toll your allotment? Quick repairs that’ll last until you can do a full repair are essential sometimes – to stop a minor blip turning into a crisis! Tape up damaged polytunnels, tie things together and fix compost bin lids on with new ultimate duck tape.

DUCK GETS TO WORK AROUND THE HOUSE AND GARDEN THIS WINTER
New Ultimate Duck Tape is the perfect accessory for DIY enthusiasts and green-fingered gardeners offering quick, easy solutions for sticky situations this winter.
Ultimate Duck Tape is an extremely tough, versatile multipurpose cloth tape suitable for 1000’s of uses, making it an essential item for every garden shed, tool box and kitchen drawer.

Strong and super ‘tacky’ Ultimate Duck Tape is 100 per cent waterproof and temperature resistant, making it the perfect choice for projects and repairs indoors and outside when the weather turns wintery.

Ultimate Duck Tape is 50 per cent stronger than most cloth tapes. Durable and heavy-duty it will stick to almost any surface, providing a secure, long-lasting hold.

When bad weather is forecast, it can be used to make temporary repairs and patch, seal, reinforce, protect and bundle for a host of gardening and DIY tasks before you can make a more permanent fix.

Ultimate Duck Tape is perfect for jobs ranging from repairing a rip in a polytunnel, fixing a crack in the greenhouse window pane, securing loose guttering or supporting windswept trees or fencing in the garden.

Ultimate Duck Tape is incredibly thick and strong thanks to its triple layer technology, featuring super strength adhesive, toughened fabric and waterproof layers, yet it’s easy-to-tear by hand – so no need to search for the secateurs!

Available in silver, black, white and clear Ultimate Duck Tape is a must-have for either discreet on-the-spot gardening fixes or high-visibility applications.
Ultimate Duck Tape retails from around £7.98 per roll and is available from B&Q, Homebase and all good hardware stores.

For more information visit www.duckbrand.com or contact Duck Tape on 01442 275311.

Frosty out

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Hope all your delicate plants were covered up!

Frost on water barrel

Save your home from flooding – sandless sand bags

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

sandless sandbagsIf your home is at risk of flooding then this sandless sand bag might be what you need.

This has been the most horrific year for rain ever and yet more flooding has devasted homes across the UK.

PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM FLOODING THIS WINTER WITH QUICK DAM SANDLESS SAND BAGS

Flooding is becoming one of the most common hazards in the UK with one in six properties now at risk. Just one inch of water can cause significant damage to a property resulting in costly clear-up bills and months of emotional stress.
To help combat the problem, Easy Innovations has launched QUICK DAM sandless Sand Bags and Barriers – a new lightweight range of sandless flood control barriers designed to enable householders to quickly and easily protect their properties against flooding.
An innovative alternative to traditional heavy and bulky sand bags, QUICK DAM’S contain a specially formulated powder that turns into a gel and expands inside the bag when it comes into contact with water – creating an effective barrier to divert water in just minutes.
Householders can easily store the compact QUICK DAMS for up to five years and when the need arises, they’re ready-to-use with the minimum of fuss. There’s no sand, no mess and no labour required. Simply place in the required problem location and the bags will activate and expand when required.
Depending on your requirement, you can pre-activate the bags, by covering them with water or simply let the weather activate them. If left in position they can last for several months. They are re-suable for up to six months and will shrink if the water evaporates and then expand again when re-exposed to water.

The black environmentally friendly QUICK DAMS are manufactured from a durable UV resistant fabric that prevents the bio-degradable inner gel from breaking down for around six months.

Multiple QUICK DAM sandless Flood Bags can be stacked to build a high retaining wall while the longer QUICK DAM sandless Flood Barriers can be laid across driveways, sheds, front doors and garage doors to divert water away.

QUICK DAM sandless Sand Bags are available in *12” x 24” bags retailing at just £49.95 for a pack of 6. The 3mtr QUICK DAM sandless Flood Barrier measuring 6” x 10’ retails at just £42.95. All prices are excl VAT

QUICK DAM sandless Sand Bags and Flood Barriers are available from most good Builders Merchants and DIY outlets or go on-line at www.easyinnovations.co.uk.

*Measurements calculated when products are fully activated.

For more information visit www.easyinnovations.co.uk or contact Sales on 01227 712833

Last chance to plant..

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Can be sown up til the end of November so you’d have to hurry!


Cabbage Spring Hero F1 75 Seeds
 £2.99
Home Grown Cabbage Packed With FlavourContains Vitamins C and B, the darker the leaves the more nutrients they contain.This variety of Cabbage produces solid large round sized heads, medium green in colour with a creamy, crisp centre. The leaves have fanstastic flavour. To be sown between August and November.

Holly

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

holly is such a traditional Christmas plant – why not grow some in your garden?


English Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) 1 Plant 9cm Pot
 £7.99
A traditional variety of hollyAttracts Wildlife: These plants provide cover, protection and food for birds.A lovely evergreen shrub with bright red berries from November to February. The glossy green foliage on this variety is beautiful and very traditional. These plants provide cover, protection and food for the birds.

English Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) 1 Plant 3 litre
 £12.99
Grow your own Christmas decorationAttracts Wildlife: These plants provide cover, protection and food for birds. Buy 2 Shrubs and get the 2nd for half price! Click here A lovely evergreen shrub with bright red berries from November to February. The glossy green foliage on this variety is beautiful and very traditional. It is a slow grower and perferct for christmas decorations. These plants provide cover, protection and food for the birds.

English Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) 3 Plants 9cm Pot
 £15.98
A traditional variety of hollyAttracts Wildlife: These plants provide cover, protection and food for birds.A lovely evergreen shrub with bright red berries from November to February. The glossy green foliage on this variety is beautiful and very traditional. These plants provide cover, protection and food for the birds.

English Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) 2 Plants 3 litre
 £19.49
Grow your own Christmas decorationAttracts Wildlife: These plants provide cover, protection and food for birds. Buy 2 get the 2nd shrub for half price!!A lovely evergreen shrub with bright red berries from November to February. The glossy green foliage on this variety is beautiful and very traditional. It is a slow grower and perferct for christmas decorations. These plants provide cover, protection and food for the birds.

Garden Rakes

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Stainless Steel Garden Rake
 £16.33
12 toothed head, polished and securely fixed to tubular steel handleBlack plastic hand grip with hang hole

Stainless Steel Lawn Rake
 £8.16
Sixteen flexible, mirror finished round stainless steel tinesHead securely fixed to tubular steel handlePlastic hand grip with hang hole

Carbon Steel Lawn Rake
 £6.99
Head securely fixed to tubular steel handleSixteen flexible round steel tines with carbon steel epoxy coated finish

Carbon Steel Garden Rake
 £6.49
Carbon steel epoxy coated finishHead securely fixed to tubular steel handleHandle with hang hole

Compost and soil at Wickes

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Top Soil 25L
 £3.05
Specially selected and graded soilSterilised, lime and chalk freeFor creating beds and bordersIdeal for lawn preparationFor general garden use

Multi-Purpose Compost 70L
 £4.07
NEW FORMULATION – Suitable for cuttings, window boxes, hanging baskets and outdoor plantingA mix of 85% peat and 15% wood fibre that provides the perfect environment for root growthRetains moisture and requires less wateringDrains easily to prevent waterlogging

Peat Free Multi Purpose Compost 60L
 £4.07
100% Peat Free reducing the impact on the environmentSpecially formulated compost that promotes strong, healthy growth growth all around the gardenNot suitable for use with ericaceous (lime intolerant) plants

Forks at Wickes

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Carbon Steel Hand Fork
 £1.42
Epoxy coated carbon steelHardened and tempered with plated ferruleLeather wrist strap with plastic handle

Stainless Steel Hand Fork
 £4.07
Resists soil adhesionLonger life

Wooden Handled Steel Hand Fork
 £4.64
125mm handle lengthAntique finish solid ash handle sanded and lacqueredMirror polished with polished steel ferrule and hang holeThe ash used in this product is sourced from Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certified forests

Powagrip Garden Digging Fork
 £7.49
D grip plastic handle with black rubber hand gripManufactured from carbon steel

Professional Builders Fork
 £15.99
All steel tubular shaft construction with solid forged headY-Dee shaped handle

Stainless Steel Garden Digging Fork
 £18.37
Soft hand gripResists soil adhesionLonger life

Spades at Wickes

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

Powagrip Garden Digging Spade
 £7.99
D grip plastic handle with black rubber hand gripManufactured from carbon steel

Treaded Digging Spade
 £16.89
Strong tubular steel shaft constructionSolid forged head39″ length

Stainless Steel Garden Digging Spade
 £18.37
Soft hand gripResists soil adhesionLonger life

Professional Solid Forged Fencing Bar
 £26.25
Solid forged, hardened and tempered steelSpade end for removing rocks and stones

Professional Long Handled Fencing Spade
 £29.99
Strong tubular steel shaft constructionSolid forged head

Garden bargains free gloves offer

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Garden Bargains have this great offer of a Free Gardening Gloves Worth £4.99 with EVERY Order
Use this Code: AFFGLOVES
Start Date: 27/11/2012
End Date: 15/12/2012

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