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I'm thinking ahead to a Christmas present for my sister and wondering
what you'd like most for your gardening or what was a special one you've rec'd.
(FYI=Greenhouses are out of my pocketbook range!)

I've had a ladybird box, mason bee box, fancy wellies with spots all over, thermal socks and gloves, soap that cleans my hands and cream to soothe cuts and grazes..even my own penknife,
we have 'wish lists' for Christmas so we all get something we want  ;D

A propagator would be nice.

Many garden centres do gift vouchers :)

I had a mini greenhouse (if you can call it that) from Argos for my birthday.  Self assembly and plastic cover, cost under £20, very good for small garden and for starting seeds.  I also asked for slug pellets, not very exciting but useful.  For Christmas I got a chest freezer for my produce from the allotment.  People buy me gardening books but I don't need them because I have Allot. 4 all or the internet.

Best things would be stuff you would like, but can't justify the cost normally....so in my case, something like really good gardening gloves (Gold Leaf for example), or a voucher to buy a special fruit tree or two!

manure, I'm very easy to please ;)

vouchers for sites i want things from such as fruit trees, seed potatatoes, and so on.

  
 Please - please, someone buy me a petrol strimmer for Christmas ,  the one thing I can't cope with
 is the grass around my plot, it knows no bounds - and the faster I cut it the faster it grows  :'(

 It's OK, I'm over it know  :-[  be alright in a minute,  :'( ]

 erm, maybe Alan Titmarsh may fit the bill -  ;)

 Floss xxx
 

What would you like the most for a present ?

- At the moment, a day off. :-X
- For next year, a self weeding flower bed. ::)

Failing that -

A day in a health spa to recover from all that digging.
A subscription to a magazine that I've already got a pile of that are still unread, so I can have an even bigger pile of unread stuff.
Any RHS gardening book that I hadn't already got, so I can hide down the lottie and read them (along with the magazines above).
Secateurs are always handy for when the last pair disappeared into the compost heap.

A gardener, preferably young, strong, male and handsome.

My OH once gave me a shredder for Christmas.  It was one of his favourite toys.  I trimmed the hedges and he sat on a chair, wineglass in one hand, feeding the shredder with the other.

Quote from: Borlotti on September 16, 2008, 21:03:52
A gardener, preferably young, strong, male and handsome.

Clothed ?
With or without his own tools ?

Wow, I'm enjoying this thread. Keep going!

Wasn't there a gardener on a TV advert.  He was lovely.  I want one with his trousers on and his shirt off.  I don't fancy Alan Titchmarsh, although I think he is a nice man, but don't find him sexy.  I suppose an allotment make over would be good but I expect they would muck it up, I would have to be there to supervise.

Quote from: Borlotti on September 16, 2008, 21:33:28
Wasn't there a gardener on a TV advert.  He was lovely.  I want one with his trousers on and his shirt off.  I don't fancy Alan Titchmarsh, although I think he is a nice man, but don't find him sexy.  I suppose an allotment make over would be good but I expect they would muck it up, I would have to be there to supervise.

Probably end up covered in decking and weed suppressant cloth, with a bubble fountain water feature in the corner and a 4ft*4ft shed/greenhouse.

How about the promise of a decent summer next year? Pretty please  :D. (Sorry, but that is all I want!)

Tricia

I would like a kelly kettle. Not because I need one, they just look like fun and I was never a Girl Guide. ;D

I shouldn't care how he looks as long as he can dig post holes and transplant shrubbery.

A proper greenhouse to replace my two wonkylean-to ones. But I know there's no chance, so secateurs, a border spade and some garden vouchers would do!

Quote from: Borlotti on September 16, 2008, 21:03:52
A gardener, preferably young, strong, male and handsome.

Sorry but I am already spoken for 8)

A 4 Stroke Mantis Tiller Rotovator.   As they are so expensive I would settle for:
1.  One of them wooden paper-pot makers
2.  A new pair of wellies
3.  Packets of seeds for the varieties I will be growing next year
4.  Bag of Hen feed (Layers pellets or mixed corn)