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Grow shallots

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

If you grow shallots then you can either use them for cooking or make them into amazing pickled onions.

Lots of shallots available at Dobies!

Shallot Bulbs Jermor - French 400g Pack

Shallot Bulbs Jermor – French 400g Pack £4.95
An excellent, slightly elongated shallot, with copper coloured skins and great tasting pink-tinged flesh. Each bulb yields 6-8 bulbs at harvest. Plant from mid January onwards. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. (Grown in Brittany, in the heart of France’s main shallot growing region, these certified virus-free varieties are of superb quality and the increased yields and outstanding quality more than compensate for a higher initial price.) 400g of shallots (approximately 15-20 bulbs) will plant a row of about 3m (10′). Full growing instructions included. 7 – 10 Days HEALTH BENEFIT: High in potassium and vitamin C.

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Gift for fruit grower

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

If you know someone who grows a lot of fruit and would like to make juice (and possibly cider) then one of these fruit presses is just what they need. A great gift idea!

Available now at Dobies

Fruit Press (12 Litre)

Fruit Press (12 Litre) £174.95
Ideal for pressing apples, grapes and other fruit, our spindle fruit presses combine superb quality with excellent value, and are very easy to use. Just fill the cage with crushed fruit, assemble the two semi-circular pressing plates and the large iron nut on top, and use the wooden bar to screw down, the delicious juice flows into the base plate for collection. The press cage is made from fashioned oak staves, the pressure plates and space blocks from beech, all seasoned and coated with food compatible varnish. It has a robust, pressed steel base plate with lip to aid pouring, with wide-set pressed steel legs for stability, and all the pressed steel is protected by a tough baked-on polyester coating for longevity. Easy home assembly. Complete with instruction booklet and fruit net. 6 Litre: Holds 12 lbs of apples, giving a juice yield of up to 2.5 litres (4½ pints). Height 57cm (22½”), cage diameter 19.5cm (7¾”), overall diameter 28.5cm (11¾”), weight 10.2kg (22½ lbs).12 Litre: Holds 24 lbs of apples, giving a juice yield of up to 4.5 litres (8 pints). Height 57cm (22½”), cage diameter 27cm (10½”), overall diameter 37cm (14½”), weight 12kg.

Shed with wood store!

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

If you have a log burner at home you’ll need a wood store to keep the wood dry. These sheds come with built in wood stores! They offer you a neat solution to a problem!

Dobies has great offers on these two amazingly useful stores!
Use the overhang for either logs or for bigger items like wheelbarrows or even a garden bench! You’ll enjoy resting in the shade (from the sun and rain) under the overhang too.

Overlap Shed with Lean-to 6' x 4'

Overlap Shed with Lean-to 6′ x 4′ £269.95
A superb quality apex shed, manufactured from pressure treated 8mm overlap boards, 28mm x 28mm framing and heavy duty fibre board floor and roof sections. It has a fixed styrene window and hard-wearing mineral felt roof. And what makes it even more useful is the integral lean-to, which provides extra sheltered storage space. 15 year guarantee against rot. Flat packed for home assembly. Some drilling required. 196cm (6’5″) wide x 183cm (6′) deep x 201cm (6’7″) high. Please allow 14 days for delivery. 14 Days

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Vegetable plug plants

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Plug plants – vegetables at Dobies.
Not quite as ususual an idea as it was a few years ago and certainly a great way to get started if you don’t have a greenhouse or even greenfingers. These plug plants make it easy to get started.

Bumper Veg Plant Collection Pack of 180 Plug Plants (as detailed) - SAVE £26.60!

Bumper Veg Plant Collection Pack of 180 Plug Plants (as detailed) – SAVE £26.60! £29.95
If you want to feed your family with nutritious, home-grown vegetables but don’t have the time to grow from seed then this collection is for you! It provides you with 180 healthy plug plants across 9 popular varieties: 18 Beetroot Boltardy, 16 Broccoli Red Arrow, 16 Broccoli Tendergreen, 16 Brussels Sprouts Maximus F1, 16 Cabbage Kilaxy F1, 16 Cauliflower Clapton F1, 18 Leaf Beet Perpetual Spinach, 46 Leek Pancho and 18 Lettuce Mixed. Varieties will all be individually labelled. 180 Plug Plants worth £56.55; SAVE £26.60 on individual prices; NOW ONLY £29.95! June

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Apricot offer from Dobies of Devon

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Dobies have some great offers on at the moment. If you’re interested in growing apricots then this is a fantastic offer.
Apricots will crop heavily in the open in the south of England, but are best grown against a south-facing wall or fence.

Apricot Collection Pack of 3 Trees (1 of each variety) - SAVE £15.00!

Apricot Collection Pack of 3 Trees (1 of each variety) – SAVE £15.00! £74.85
SAVE £15.00 on this Great Value Apricot Tree collection comprising 1 tree each

Tomcot – A splendid early cropping apricot. Tomcot gives a very
heavy crop of large crimson flushed fruits which are ripe for picking from around
the middle of July. This great variety has cropped very well in our own gardens
over the past few summers.
Jennycot – A perfect partner to Tomcot as it ripens about a month
later in mid August. The apricots are very large sweet juicy and aromatic. Eat
it fresh from the tree whilst still warm or turn into wonderful apricot jam.
Bergecot - A superb late-flowering, late-ripening apricot that
will extend your apricot season nicely. Start picking the juicy, very sweet-flavoured
apricots from the last week of August into September in the south of England.
It crops on all ages of wood to give you bumper harvests!
Grown on Montclaire rootstock – the latest for apricots – which gives a very manageable
tree that fruits heavily.

Unusual love in a mist plant

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Dobies has this unusual version of Love-in-a-mist

Nigella Choc Ice Plants Pack of 18 Pot Ready Plants (value tray)

Nigella Choc Ice Plants Pack of 18 Pot Ready Plants (value tray) £7.95
A rather different ‘Love-in-a-Mist’ flower with large white flowers, up to an impressive 5cm (2″) in diameter, with beautifully contrasting black centres. These are perfect for borders, cutting or drying. Outstanding! Height 90cm (3′). Full growing instructions included. Late April Prefers full sun.

Petunia seeds from Dobies

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Dobies has these new lines today

Petunia Aladdin Mixed F1 Seeds Average Seeds 140

Petunia Aladdin Mixed F1 Seeds Average Seeds 140 £2.50
Combines the high germination and vigour of an F1 hybrid, with the old-world charm of large wavy edged flowers. In shades of blue, red, burgundy, pink, salmon, lilac and white. Height 45cm (18″). HHA – Half-hardy annual. Grandiflora variety. Sow seed February-March, flowers June-September. Suggested planting distance 23-30cm (9-12″). Flower / Fruit from June-September Large-flowered petunias, best grown in a sheltered position. Especially good for hanging baskets, pots and window boxes. Regular feeding will make your display last longer.

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Grow your own cut flowers

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

Dobies has this fantastic idea for helping you get more out of your garden!

Florist's Cut Flower Plant Collection Pack of 72 Pot Ready Plants (value tray) - 18 of each variety

Florist’s Cut Flower Plant Collection Pack of 72 Pot Ready Plants (value tray) – 18 of each variety £19.95
Why spend a fortune at the florists when it’s so easy to grow your own cut flowers.
Everyone loves having vases full of fresh flowers in their home and yet most people still spend a fortune at the florist to achieve this. If you love flowers in your house then this fantastic collection is what you need to plant in your garden

SAVE £31.85 on this Collection comprising of 72 plants (18 of each variety):
Larkspur Imperial Mixed – Superb border plants whose slender spikes of bloom are ideal for flower arrangements. Or why not make your own confetti? Height 90cm (3′). Prefers full sun or partial shade.

Sweet William Noverna Mixed F1 – A genuine bedding variety that flowers in its first year. The branching, spreading plants produce long-lasting blooms in a good range of colours. Height 40-45cm (16-18″). Prefers full sun.

Statice Special Mixed – One of the best plants for cutting and drying for an ‘everlasting’ display, and great for borders too. This is a first-class blend including a good selection of colours. Height 40-45cm (16-18″). Prefers full sun.

Stock Lucinda – A superb stock, producing a high proportion of double flowers that are particularly recommended for cutting. It comes in a nice mix of colours and the fragrance is amazing! Height 70-90cm (27-30″). Prefers full sun. Full growing instructions included.

This is such a fantastic idea! Grow flowers in your garden specifically for cutting and bringing indoors. These varieties are all lovely as cut flowers.

Dobies Lobelia offers

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Dobies has these lobelias available as plants.

Lobelia String of Pearls Plants Pack of 90 Miniplants

Lobelia String of Pearls Plants Pack of 90 Miniplants £9.95
Neat, dome-shaped plants producing flowers in a full range of colours all summer long. An old favourite for edging beds and borders, it’s still as good as ever! Height 15cm (6″); spacing 15cm (6″).(Note: Miniplants are multi-sown and each plug contains approximately 3-4 seedlings.) Late April Prefers full sun or partial shade.

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Price reductions at Dobies

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Dobies has cut the price of these products

Garden Storage Chest (Single)

Garden Storage Chest (Single) was £44.95 now £24.95
WAS £44.95, NOW £24.95, SAVE £20.00!For all your outdoor storage needs (from garden furniture cushions to barbecue tools), our storage boxes are a must. Ideal for the patio, garden or garage, they’re robust and weatherproof (not waterproof), reinforced hinged lid that will keep contents safe, and rollers for easy relocation. Made from polypropylene. Supplied flat packed for home assembly no tools required. 67cm (27″) wide, 53cm (21″) deep, 58cm (23″) high. ONLY 6 LEFT

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