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Title: bamboo - best place to buy
Post by: cambourne7 on April 15, 2012, 16:42:33
Hi

I need to get some bamboo to make a pea/bean wigwam whats the best/cheapest place to buy this?

Cam
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Post by: flitwickone on April 15, 2012, 17:47:50
ebay i got 8 x 50 for 13 quid
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 15, 2012, 17:54:56
I've just been looking on ebay & couldn't see any that cheap.
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 15, 2012, 18:00:20
Cam if you have a Wilkies near you they used to be reasonable from there.
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Post by: Deb P on April 15, 2012, 18:01:06
I think last time I looked Wilkinsons was pretty cheap for 8' canes.....ha ha beat me to it! ;D
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Post by: persecuted unlimited on April 15, 2012, 19:02:56
if you have a Home Bargain shop by you they have good canes, i think you get 10 for £1.29 and they were pretty strong
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Post by: Dopey on April 15, 2012, 19:56:28
Find a wood, (ask permission) and cut yourself some this is what I got a few weeks back, i made 4 wigwams in all, could have cut a lot more, these are about 7 to 8 feet tall

(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk272/Dopey_113/004-14.jpg)
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk272/Dopey_113/005-13.jpg)
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Post by: cambourne7 on April 17, 2012, 22:20:13
thanks guys went into town today to pop to wilko after doing some shopping however got side tracked when idiot driver hit my car twice trying to reverse out of the space :( done £425 damage
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Post by: gavinjconway on April 17, 2012, 22:51:52
Our Pound shop has some...
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 22, 2012, 14:45:07
I missed those Gavin. I was in there last Thursday while OH went for his pre op checkup ;D. I shall be there again when he has his op but I don't think he would want me visiting him with 8' canes & I doubt the bus driver would be very impressed either ;D ::).
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Post by: JENIAN on April 22, 2012, 16:21:41
Quote from: grannyjanny on April 15, 2012, 17:54:56
I've just been looking on ebay & couldn't see any that cheap.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8ft-Good-Quality-Strong-Bamboo-Garden-Canes-Pack-50-/150603944018?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Structures_Fencing_CV&hash=item2310b1d052
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 22, 2012, 16:26:23
Thank you ;D.
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Post by: lottie lou on April 22, 2012, 16:45:21
Quote from: grannyjanny link=topic=I don't think he would want me visiting him with 8' canes & I doubt the bus driver would be very impressed either ;D ::).
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Just give the bus driver the same dirty look he gives you and it will be okay.  Had to fight my way onto a bus with a 7 ft christmas tree under one arem and a duck under the other.  He was not impressed but I did get home.  Was wearing heels at time and couldn't walk properly.
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Post by: JENIAN on April 22, 2012, 17:15:49
Quote from: grannyjanny on April 22, 2012, 16:26:23
Thank you ;D.

Your very welcome.  Ian
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Post by: grannyjanny on April 22, 2012, 17:20:20
I don't think I should Lotty. My looks are withering. As a teenager I had more control over my nieces with my looks than my sister did with anything she tried ;D. It would be a looooooooong walk home ;D.