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I need to get me some fleece for the lottie, and have been checking out ebay.  how much would you think of paying - or have you paid - for your fleece?

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I pay between 60p and 70p per running meter off the roll in one of the local garden shops.  That way I (a) get it instantly, and (b) can inspect it before buying.

Some of the fleece sold is of uneven quality, with thin patches, and will not last long, and for the sake of an extra pound or two I prefer to get decent stuff which I can use for several years.

What on earth did nature do without your fleeces and greenhouses ?

Our best g/c price is 75p/metre, !.6 metres wide.

I like to have it as long as the longest need, and roll it up where not needed so long - overlaps are a pain with pests. = Tim

Oh, and fingle - the carrot fly, flea beetle and brassica pests had a heyday?

Hi EJ - I got mine off eBay last year - good quality and loads of it. I noticed today that the Pound shop here is offering it, but I suspect ot is very thin.  I'll send you an instant message with the  nursery supplier I got mine off so you can see if he is still offering.
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A_C, great minds think alinke, I won my auction on ebay and am paying 3 quid for 18g weight fleece, 1.6 meters wide and 8 meters long.  I am happy with this and it means I will be able to get my first lot of tats in next week, per Hughs instructions.   ;D  Thanks for all of your advice, Oz, I will have to keep an eye out in our Asda, they don't do much in the way of gardening stuff.

Oh dear Emma....looks like your picture site is in trouble

tut tut  tut

nah fingle, just means I have posted too many times already this month and they threaten to take the piccy away.  I shall have to get another one lined up to replace it......ooeer   ;)

will we see more than the head this time ?

What, and scare everyone away from the site!   :o  Well..............   ;)

i got mine from the N A Kays advert in the back of a magazine 2m x 50m for £12.95.

Please tell us about it? Emma's is 1/2 the price of mine, & yours is 1/2 that! = Tim

Last year, I had potato haulms just poking through when we had a frost, so I put some fleece down.   But I ran out of fleece.   I had some hay in a corner which had come with the horse muck, so I used that on the haulms instead.

After the frosts, on removing the fleece and the hay, the haulms under the hay had fared better that those under the fleece.   This year, I've got a haystack of hay ready.

I reckon a bale of hay would be lots cheaper than fleece.

Has anyone else used an alternative to fleece?

Well Colin, I was wondering if I could use some large sheets of corrigated plastic that I inherited with the plot to keep the frost off.  What I wondered was, I plant the spuds in the bottom of my trench, cover with a layer of earth, then lay the corrigated sheets over the top of the whole, almost making like a cold frame, if you see what I mean.  Would this provide protection?   :-\  If yes, it means I could use my fleece to start my first carrots. :)

I cant wate for the new picce E J  :P

  The protection comes from the air trapped underneath whatever covering you are using EJ. It should work, the problem though is that you may end with some very warm potatoes during the day.

ok Tim.

its N A Kay's Horticultural Products and the ad is a large text based one in the back of kitchen garden or organic gardening magazine.

the fleece is described as hard wearing and seems the same as the stuff i bought from a garden centre last year. it comes as follows

1.5m x 12m    Â£3.95
1.6m x 50m    Â£10.95
3m x 6m        Â£3.95
2m x 250m     £44.95
2m x 50m       £12.95
3m x 50m       £19.50
2m x 100m     £22.95

it comes on the roll so its easy to store for next year cos i won't use it all.

fixing pegs start at 50 for £5.00, 100 for £8 etc.

if you spend under £48.00 its £3.95 delivery, over it is £2.50

got my canes there too - 50 x 8' for £12.95

they do all sorts and send you a nice catalogue too.

the order number is 01946 692134 and mine were here in 3 days.

Looks good - thanks a lot = Tim

Emma Jane, I think you've had your answer from John Miller.   You need something that is simple to put down or remove depending on the weather coniditions.

I'm just saying that I found a small budle of hay was better protection than fleece.    

Ordered my replenishment stock today, legless - and there was a good bit about covering crops in the Sunday Telegraph. = Tim