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Telegraph 10/03 - raised bed offer - is it any good?

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  • tomsolomon
    tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite
    daska wrote: »
    Sorry I overreacted - to give you an idea, today I managed to plant 3 garlic bulbs and 10 strawberry plants, it's taken me 3 days to get the pots ready...:D

    I have one thing to say about that.....
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  • Lotus-eater
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    Is this any help to you?

    http://www.gardeningfordisabledtrust.org.uk/help_we.html
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  • oliveoyl
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    For those that are willing/able to make their own raised beds... in B&Q the other day I picked up a load of decking boards, about 8 feet long, 6 inches wide for £2.98 each... so you could make an 8' x 4' raised bed for less than a tenner. I don't know how long they're on offer at this price for, they're not showing up online, but had loads instore.
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  • daska
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    Lotus-eater wrote: »
    Is this any help to you?

    http://www.gardeningfordisabledtrust.org.uk/help_we.html

    That looks like it might be very useful indeed!

    Thank you
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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    oliveoyl wrote: »
    For those that are willing/able to make their own raised beds... in B&Q the other day I picked up a load of decking boards, about 8 feet long, 6 inches wide for £2.98 each... so you could make an 8' x 4' raised bed for less than a tenner. I don't know how long they're on offer at this price for, they're not showing up online, but had loads instore.

    Do B&Q have a timber cutting service and if so does anyone know how much they charge please?

    We don't have the tools to cut timber ie bench and vice etc and can't justify buying them just to cut 4 pieces of timber.
  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    Money_maker wrote: »
    No link, cut out and send form from the paper (just bought one). Looks pretty good to me - will leave it lying around in case my lot need any ideas for Mothering Sunday!

    So it's in today's paper and is just under £15 inc p+p?
  • Rummer
    Rummer Posts: 6,550 Forumite
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    I tired to get the decking boards from B&Q to build my own as they were such good value however they would not fit in my car and unfortunately they would not cut that type of wood. They do however deliver although for me the delivery cost came to the same price as the wood.
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  • daska
    daska Posts: 6,212 Forumite
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    sb44 wrote: »
    So it's in today's paper and is just under £15 inc p+p?

    Today's Daily Telegraph (Tuesday 10th March) on page 21 (sent DS to buy one).

    "Claim a raised bed, six packets of seeds and a DVD - a package worth £50. The raised bed is easy to assemble; the heat absorbing panels click together and provide a growing area of 1m x 1m. You will also receive 80g of EasyFeed fertiliser...

    "To claim your free kit, send hte coupon, with payment of £14.49 for post and packaging (dispatched by parcelforce).

    In the small print - not available in ROI, you have to pay by cheque (?) and they'll dispatch from April 09

    Of course the cost is actually more like £16 once you've bought the paper, envelope and stamp... and then there's the cost of filling the raised bed...
    Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants - Michael Pollan
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  • Money_maker
    Money_maker Posts: 5,471 Forumite
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    sb44 wrote: »
    So it's in today's paper and is just under £15 inc p+p?

    Yes :D, it is
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  • sb44
    sb44 Posts: 5,203 Forumite
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    Money_maker wrote: »
    Yes :D, it is

    Well, just been out to buy a paper, now I have to try and make my mind up whether I am going to buy one or not.

    :rolleyes:
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