Next Wednesday in Makro

balloo_2

:j06/01/2010 There Are 100ltr bags of JAB multi purpose compost £5.99+ VAT buy 1 get 1 free for those of you that have a Makro card. :j for all the rest of you sorry

orchidpepper

goodness! How big is 100ltrs....sounds MASSIVE! Will I be able to lift them? lol

ALIBOBSY

Good spot Balloo will get OH to nip up and get some. Even with the Vat I make that about 3.5p a litre which is cheaper than any I saw last year (think the cheapest was an Aldi or B & Q offer which was around the 4p mark?).

BTW how did you get on with your greenhouse. Just been out to knock the snow off ours lol. Looking forward to filling it with toms again this year, but think the courgettes will do better outside.

ali x

Davesnave

gayle21 wrote: »

goodness! How big is 100ltrs....sounds MASSIVE! Will I be able to lift them? lol

Most compost is packed in 'large' bags of between 60 and 80 litres. The bigger bales sold in some places like B&Q used to be around 145 litres, but they have now cut these to 120 litres, probably because the elderly & the small couldn't lift them.

NHS hernia departments will probably save thousands of £ as a result!

balloo_2

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

Good spot Balloo will get OH to nip up and get some. Even with the Vat I make that about 3.5p a litre which is cheaper than any I saw last year (think the cheapest was an Aldi or B & Q offer which was around the 4p mark?).

BTW how did you get on with your greenhouse. Just been out to knock the snow off ours lol. Looking forward to filling it with toms again this year, but think the courgettes will do better outside.

ali x

Hi Ali B
Had great results from my greenhouse had toms all over christmas the ones that are left now have split someone said freeze them but not sure think i will just throw them with the stalks. still havent done the window but i will tape it up when i put the greenhouse heater to go and bought a louvre vent from B & Q in the sale that will go in sometime How was your greenhouse if i remember it was the same one as mine. Sorry to read about the ill health you had hope its better for you now. x

balloo_2

Davesnave wrote: »

Most compost is packed in 'large' bags of between 60 and 80 litres. The bigger bales sold in some places like B&Q used to be around 145 litres, but they have now cut these to 120 litres, probably because the elderly & the small couldn't lift them.

NHS hernia departments will probably save thousands of £ as a result!

3 100ltr bales will just last me for planting toms (i plant in pots) and the wife messing with her outdoor plants

lemonjelly

balloo wrote: »

:j06/01/2010 There Are 100ltr bags of JAB multi purpose compost £5.99+ VAT buy 1 get 1 free for those of you that have a Makro card. :j for all the rest of you sorry

Was this a 1 day only thing? Or still on offer?

ALIBOBSY

balloo wrote: »

Hi Ali B
Had great results from my greenhouse had toms all over christmas the ones that are left now have split someone said freeze them but not sure think i will just throw them with the stalks. still havent done the window but i will tape it up when i put the greenhouse heater to go and bought a louvre vent from B & Q in the sale that will go in sometime How was your greenhouse if i remember it was the same one as mine. Sorry to read about the ill health you had hope its better for you now. x

I am fine now ballo just a bit of a bug, its OH who has had most of the problems. Sky high chlosterol and gallbladder stones, with some liver function effected and some heart issues despite being 6 ft 4 and thin as and only 38.
Good news is he seems alot better now on statins and beta blockers and we have all changed our diets, even more reason to push growing our own as heathly diet more important now.
Loved my greenhouse last year, although had trouble getting the courgettes to fetilize so didn't have many.
Had toms into sept but then due to other issues let things in the garden slide a bit. Still had some fresh herbs from the house into Oct. Just need to get it all cleaned out and organised for this year. For the money (and despite the faff getting the thing up) would have one again, mind you this time would know how to do it rofl.

ali x

balloo_2

lemonjelly wrote: »

Was this a 1 day only thing? Or still on offer?

Offers usually last for 2 Weeks, So it Started on the 6th but again its a case of when its gone its gone too.

ALIBOBSY

Got some of this yesterday at the Preston store ) well OH did as he does the heavy jobs lol.

Was only about 6 bags left so suspect it is nearly finished.

ali x

davemorton

Plenty left in Washington today.