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We called into a couple of Wyevales yesterday armed with a bundle of Gardening Club cards and a load of these printed vouchers (will edit and post pics and link from laptop in a few minutes) and got these Cyclamen for nothing (my favourite price) and 120L of bark chips (hen run needed topping up) for £4. A bit busy to repeat today, but going back tomorrow for another £30's worth of freebies, such as free full price seeds, and some free MPC, etc.

Voucher link (NB these are not account specific)
http://email.gardeningclubmail.co.u...018-10-11-bark-foliage-stems/5off-voucher.pdf.

N.B. Has to be done in multiple purchases of around £5 to get the most out of them

 

I would like some early flowering orange tulips. I have some white pheasant eye daffodils to contrast them with. If anybody knows if I can get any cheaply please let me know where. As i started a new job recently, for the time being, my gardening budget is £0.



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12 Tulip Bulbs 'Orange Cassini'. Single Early, Orange,Orange Cassini Bulk Bulbs | eBay

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Tulips - Bulbs for kids - Autumn Planting - Bulbs, plants and more

They work out at around 30 odd pence each but there will be postage too.

 

Hi jack, you need late flowering Tulips to go with those as Pheasants Eyes don't flower until May.

 

20 Tulip Bulbs 'BALLERINA'. Beautiful orange size 12+ | eBay

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A bit of searching showed me that Dobbies sell Ballerina bulbs - 7 for £3.99. The above link from eBay- 20 for £9.95 works out at roughly the same. It will be just as easy to call into Dobbies next time I'm passing. I'll get 20% off too. I've got tulips all over the place already. Why buy a whole load more. I can buy 7 tulips to go with the 7 daffodils I already have. That will do me just nicely.



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Just look what the postie delivered......lol

 

Got what might be my final bargain of the year when it comes to the garden today. I was talking about my plans to grow veg next year with a guy at the football a few weeks ago and he recommended heading to the local fishing tackle shop to pick up some worm casting compost.

Looked at their website and it should have been £9 for a 40 litre bag, bit pricey but the idea is that you add it to some cheap and cheerful multipurpose stuff so I figured I'd get a fair bit of use out of 40 litres. Headed down there today with a tenner in my pocket and got one bag for £4 and they chucked in another, that somebody had caught the edge of when reversing and split slightly. I don't know about you, but I'm more than happy to clear up the odd bit of dirt out of the boot for a freebie like that.

 

Todays arrivals :

Nolina Hibernica and Nolina Lindheimeriana. They don't look much yet but they will make great plants. Just need to find a place to put them

 

It seems like all the gardening 'YouTubers' I watch swear by these heavy duty pots, when it comes to growing spuds. So I ordered myself 4 (just over £16 with delivery) to get us started and they came this morning.


Kudos to the supplier I bought them from, who didn't bother wasting time (or cardboard) putting them in any packaging and instead tied them together with a couple of cable ties around the handles. Wish more companies used similar common sense.

 

I've just gone completely mad. I have bought 2 tickets to see Katherine Jenkins next May. I heard her talking about it this afternoon on Radio 2. I won't tell my wife until nearer the time. I like to keep a few surprises up my sleeve. I just hope that I haven't left my bank balance too low to cope before my next wage goes in. Oh well. He who dares wins.



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Winter gardening gear... not bad for £14.99