Topic: Bargains

[Anne Robertson]

Could we have a thread to tell about any bargains that are available. I was lucky enough to get 300 different sized biodegradable pots for £3 from Bookers. What do I do with all my saved toilet roll inners now! ??? Don't know if all the Bookers are selling them off or just Chester one.

[redimp]

You will find ani that when we spot a bargain, we all go out and buy it first and then post it on here so everybody else gets a turn - that is my experience of this baord anyway - and it works fine.  I have saved a packet.

[legless]

that's excellent.

i got a 5m tunnel cloche (polythene with 7 hoops) in wilkinsons for £4.99 today. that's my bargain..

[Gardenantics]

LIDL, have a 12m. long leaky hose watering system for £5.99 today, don't know if it's nationwide though.

Brian

[Mrs Ava]

Yay, Ava got one of those for me. He is planning to work wonders on the plot so my toms can be watered without me having to lug watering cans toooo and fro!

[Anne Robertson]

Guess where I'm going shopping tomorrow ;D

[Sarah-b]

Hi ani - tear up your loo roll middles and mix them into your compost heap if you like...

sb

[Anne Robertson]

thanks sarah-b got the kids doing it as i type :D

[gunnerbee]

i just brought 20 packs of seeds from ebay for a fiver, its all good stuff too, i will use the lot!! Retail value was well over £20.

[dotcommon]

bakker.co.uk 25 asparagus crowns for a tenner, 25 perpetual strawberries for 7.95. 

also for seeds, why not join national society for allotment and leisure gardeners, you get a reported 25 percent off with a catalogue from kings seeds, but when the seeds come, sometimes the price on the back is nearly double what you're asked for it.  real bargains and some nice varieties!

[dotcommon]

also tayberry plants from s.m. mcard - £8 for 2 plants

[kitty]

i've just got all my hedgeing plants and some nice guelder rose bushes ,hazels and hornbeams from ebay.....
and,thasns to my cat demolishing me tomato seedlings >:i have got some bargain seedlings from there-a  mixed variety whereas all nmy squished plants were gardeners delight.....so now i have 4 different varieties-very nicely grown they were from a chap in leicester.....and 3 gardeners delight survived the bigclodhoppercat,.....
therea are some good fleece bargains on ebay at the moment...
kitty :)

[philcooper]

.... why not join national society for allotment and leisure gardeners, you get a reported 25 percent off with a catalogue from kings seeds.......

Kings, in addition to have a very extensive vegetable list, offer 2 schemes, one for the NSALG and one for any gardening group the basic discount for groups is 35% off catalogue price and it you can get enough to join your group and buy >£150's worth, you get 50%

I think Garden Centres get around 66% off so they are making 200% profit - so their 50% off sales still gives them a 50% margin (and they return unsold seed!!)

Phil

[wardy]

Ta for that info Phil.  I got my order from Kings not realising that my gardening group is a member of NSALG so I could have got a discount.  Doh  :(