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New products at Gardening Direct

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Loads of new products today at Gardening Direct

Geranium Zonal Collection 2 Pre Planted Containers

Geranium Zonal Collection 2 Pre Planted Containers £19.98
A unique collection to add to your Summer gardenA unique collection of pretty, colourful combinations of pink and white speciality Geraniums. They are prolific flowering, freely branching and they keep fantastic shape. Now available, pre-planted in containers and troughs.

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New products at Waltons

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

New items today at Waltons

11ft Jac Flower Domed Pergola

11ft Jac Flower Domed Pergola £769.99
The 11ft Jac Flower Domed Pergola has been traditionally designed and features the use of roped between the upright supports to provide a suitable ground for climbing plants. A fan decking base is also included to easily create a hassle free seating area! This Pergola is manufactured using FSC sourced pressure treated timber, which has then been planed to give a clean, modern appearance. Pressure treatment impregnates the wood with a resin designed to prevent rot. This makes the pergola very low maintenance. Ideal for placing creating a seating area or just to add some verticality to your garden!Delivery is FREE to most UK postcodes

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New products at Suttons Seeds

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Suttons Seeds just added these new products

Lobelia Plants - Crystal Palace

Lobelia Plants – Crystal Palace £11.99
This award-winning lobelia is a stalwart of British summer bedding displays, producing dome-shaped plants that become completely engulfed in bloom. Note that each plug contains approximately 3-4 seedlings. Height 15cm (6); spacing 15cm (6). RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.

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New products at Jersey Plants Direct

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Jersey Plants Direct added loads of new items

Osteopermum Pinks 2 Pre Planted Troughs

Osteopermum Pinks 2 Pre Planted Troughs £19.98
Great value for Summer gardeningThis variety produces multishades of pinks from a single plant, unique colour changing of blooms from day to day. Now available pre-planted in containers and troughs, for easy, great value summer gardening.

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Price reductions at GreenFingers

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

GreenFingers has cut the price of these items

Gardman Sun Border Stake

Gardman Sun Border Stake was £4.99 now £2.49
This Gardman Sun Border Stake not only acts as a plant support but also adds an attractive touch to your garden border or plant pot. A striking complement to your garden d

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Price reductions at Crocus

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Reduced products at Crocus

Solar party lantern

Solar party lantern was £4.99 now £4.49
Traditional Chinese style lanterns solar powered add ambient lighting to barbecues and parties Measurements: 25cm height x 15cm width

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New products at Crocus

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Crocus just added these new products

Hurricane conique foolen for tealight

Hurricane conique foolen for tealight £19.99
This generously sized and elegant hurricane style Tea light holder is produced from fine Borosilicate glass which is know for having very low coefficients of thermal expansion, making them resistant to thermal shock, more so than any other common glass. The tealight is also easy to light at the glass can be lifted off to make it easy to light. They are subtle and blend into any garden or patio providing a discrete and nuetral light source. Tealight holder: Diameter: 10cm Height: 20cm

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Woodfordes home brew kits

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

Home Brew Online has this range of woodfordes kits

Woodfordes Micro Brewery  Nelsons Revenge

Woodfordes Micro Brewery Nelsons Revenge £64.95
36 Pints Premium Pub style beer in just1 month!
Anybody can use this kit! New or Experienced Home Brewers! It’s Never Been Easier!Nelsons RevengeRich and floral aromas,sweet Norfolk malts and a burst of citrus hops embody this mouth-watering premium beer. (36 Pints)
Normal RRP 74.95 – Only 64.95!
If you’re looking for a home brewing kit that will easily and economically enable you to brew top notch, real ale in the comfort of your own home -this is it!
Not only is all the equipment included, the ingredients to make 40 pints of award winning, Woodforde’s Real Ale is also contained in this kit. If you’re planning a get together, what better way to impress your friends than by pouring your guests a pint from your very own Micro Brewery!
Special Occasions Family get-togethers BBQs Relaxed home drinking
It’s never been easier to brew your own premium pub style beer. Using the Micro Brewery is quick, easy, fun and low cost. The use of pure, natural ingredients such as those in the included Real Ale kit ensure that you are drinking a high quality cask style ale, with no pasteurisation or additives often associated with cheap supermarket beer.
Complete and easy to follow instructions are included with the kit, making brewing your own real ale a breeze. The process of brewing your own beer is not only very cost effective but also highly enjoyable, rewarding and gives a hands-on, practical understanding of the processes involved with brewing beer the first taste of your very own beer is a satisfying moment!
The Woodforde’s Micro Brewery Complete Starter Kit makes a fantastic gift and introduction to a new hobby. After brewing the first batch of beer with the included Real Ale kit, all that is required to start brewing future batches is anotherbeer kit (ingredients). ThisMicro Breweryis suitable for brewing real ale, lager, stout, cider and all varieties of beer.

Woodfordes Micro Brewery Norfolk Nog £64.95

Woodfordes Micro Brewery Sundew £64.95

Woodfordes Micro Brewery Headcracker £64.95

Woodfordes Micro Brewery Wherry £64.95

Woodfordes Micro Brewery Admirals Reserve £64.95

Ken Ridge Wine Kits

Thursday, December 19th, 2013

New item at Home Brew Online

KenRidge Showcase 16L - Australia Cabernet Sauvignon

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Australia Cabernet Sauvignon £74.95

Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 6-WEEK, 16L. KIT

Alcohol Vol: 12.0

Deep ruby colour with black currant, eucalyptus and cedar nose. A rich, full-bodied wine with silky tannins, ripe black fruit and oak. Excellent with wild game, steaks and roast beef. Also great with full flavoured pastas and aged firm cheeses. Includes premium American oak.

DISTINCTIVE STYLE AND ELEGANCE. CELEBRATING EXTRAORDINARY WINES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.

KenRidge™ Showcase features wines of extraordinary elegance and sophistication from the most celebrated and acclaimed wine-producing countries around the world. Each ultra-premium kit will create a wine that is distinctive, showcasing unique characteristics produced by the specific terroir and climatic conditions of the country of origin. KenRidge™ Showcase world renowned varietals and superior blends can be served proudly to family friends and will stimulate the palates of the most discerning wine connoisseurs. Professionally designed self-adhesive labels are included.

KenRidge™, a worldwide Showcase of exceptional character.

6-WEEK, 16L. KIT

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Australia Cabernet Shiraz £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Australia Chardonnay £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Australia Shiraz £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Chile Cabernet Malbec Carmenere £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Chile Malbec £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Chilean Chardonnay £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Chilean Merlot £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – France Cabernet Sauvignon £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – France Merlot £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – France Sauvignon Blanc £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – German Gewurztraminer £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Italian Amarone Style £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Italian Pinot Grigio £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – New Zealand Pinot Noir £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – South African Chenin Blanc £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – South African Pinotage £74.95

KenRidge Showcase 16L – Spanish Tempranillo £74.95

Brilliant books

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

For anyone with an interest in home brewing, these books would be great for Christmas.


The Big Book Of Brewing
 £7.95
This is the book for any really enthusiastic and ambitious brewerthe person who wants to brew high quality true beers that were long thought beyond the ability of the amateur.

The Big Book of Brewing brings to beginners and experts alike a simple method of mashing for producing the finest flavoured beers, ales, stouts, and lagers from all-grain. It is the most advanced and comprehensive book on the subject.

Along with explaining how easy mashing is, Dave Line makes the concepts understandable and describes all the necessary equipment and ingredients needed to succeed. He uses his practical experience at home brewing his training as an electrical engineer and his outstanding sense of humor to shed new light on the topic of making beer from all-grain.


Brewing Beers Like Those You Buy
 £7.95
Quite simply, this book explains how to brew beers like those you buy
Real draught ale, bottled and keg beers, lagers and stouts are included in the 107 recipes collected from around the world. Home brewing is now a competent hobby backed by a mature industry that provides all the necessary ingredients as used by the commercial brewers.

Home Brewing Self Sufficiency
 £7.95
What could be better than enjoying a glass of delicious home-brewed organic beer? This book includes everything you’ll need to know to brew a variety of beers at home, from the equipment and techniques needed to a few inside secrets from a professional brewer.
In this timely book, John Parkes demystifies the brewing process and explains in easy-to-follow terms how anyone can produce delicious beer with the help of just some basic equipment and a few key skills. Those new to home brewing will love the easy-to-follow instructions and the detailed explanations of the brewing process and anyone already adept at home brewing will be delighted by the original recipes.
Made without unnecessary chemicals and additives, the beers featured here will appeal to anyone seeking a more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Real Cider Making
 £5.95
Cider is a quite delicious drink which has been known for thousands of years and which has enjoyed a fashionable makeover in recent years. This practical book by Michael Pooley and John Lomax, both cidermakers of national repute for more than 20 years, explores both modern and traditional approaches, and has been designed to enable the enthusiast using any type of apples to make real cider with skill and confidence. The book covers the history of cidermaking, techniques for preserving apple juice for drinking, washing and crushing the apples, pressing the pulp, fermentation, blending and storing, cider-based recipes, the making of perry from pears and also includes instructions and a set of superb scaled plans for building an inexpensive cider press using hardwood or good quality softwood.

Making Sparkling Wines
 £5.95
Sparkling wines, or champagnes have a charm and attraction all their own: the are synonymous with celebration and happiness and are the natural choice for celebration and happiness and any kind of festivity.
And for a winemaker to produce his or her own sparkling wine is one-upmanship to the nth degree.
John Restall and Don Hebbs have spent decades exploring and in discovering the secrets of producing champagne-like wine of superb quality.

Making Mead
 £5.95
Mead is an alcoholic drink made by fermenting hone and water with yeast . A glass of lightly chilled mead on a summers evening is a splendid delight. And yet, of all the crafts of mankind, mead-making is certainly one of the oldest. it is likely that mead was made even before the wheel was invented a stone-age cave paintings depict the collection of honey from bee colonies. The drink made from honey became a staple Celtic, Anglo-saxon, Medieval and Renaissance Britain.

Growing Vines To Make Wines
 £5.95
Following his conversion from elderberry to the grape thirty years ago, Nick Poulter and his former business partner began planting a commercial vineyard to Cranmore on the Isle of Wight. By 1984 the vineyard was producing 15000 to 20000 bottles a year and the associated vine nursery around 30000 plants. The vineyard was sold at the time but the nursery continued until 1996.

130 New Winemaking Recipes
 £6.95
130 New Winemaking Recipies from fruit, flowers, vegetables and foliage are all dealt with in this great book
More than 500,000 copies of this practical little book, now in its updated third edition have been sold. This book supplements the best-selling First Steps in Winemaking and together both books form a comprehensive collection of recipes.

First Steps in Winemaking
 £6.95
Wines from fruit, flowers, vegetables, foliage and kits are all dealt with in this great book
More than three million beginners have been happily launched into the fascinating hobby of winemaking by this practical little book, the phenomenal success of which has made it the accepted introduction to the craft.
Wines from fruit, flowers, vegetables, foliage and kits are all dealt with and, for the more advanced winemaker, there are notes on making wines in bulk, showing wine and judging you will find it all in this book. Your fingers will itch to start winemaking right away!

Making Wines Like Those You Buy
 £5.95
In recent years there has been a rapid growth in the popularity of wines of all sorts. And although commercially produced wine has become less expensive, it is always a challenge to turn your own hand to reproducing the flavour and quality of commercial wines in your own home, using easily-obtained ingredients. Sauternes, Hocks, Moselles, Chianti, Madeiras, Champagnes and Liqueurs can all be made at home cheaply from easily available ingredients – are all possible with the help of this book. You can become a wine connoisseur on a shoestring budget! The line illustrations are all based on photographs from the Radio Times Hulton Picture Library.