Cheap but nice looking raised beds?

aliasojo

:eek: Some poor soul had his sheep nicked?! You'd more than a Mondeo boot for that!

Cripes that must have been a shock to the system, what a shame.

savemoney

aliasojo I find it cheap way to compost your own in bin but it will have to do next year now or back end of season before its ready

As said council offer sometimes for free 'soil improver' it has bits in but can be mixed with compost to lighten it a bit

aliasojo

savemoney I have just come from the waste scotland site where I have ordered 2 x 330 ltr compost bins delivered for the total price of £20.

I was soooo tempted to get the nicer looking green ones but they would have cost me £50 or £60 depending on size so I resisted and just stayed practical. I'll hide the boring black plastic ones with a trellis or something.

This gardening lark is getting addictive, lol. I think next year will be better as I'll have learnt more (right now I don't have a clue ) and I'll already have the beds and compost etc available.

savemoney

Tesco had green ones for £20 got MIL one 4 weeks back

I could do with another myself its nearly always full

I also get wilkos compost conditioner which makes the compost decompose quicker its around £2

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Compost/Wilko-Compost-Maker-25kg/invt/0135397?htxt=PsAGyAqy%2FDSGVBgOHPBfATKVETOKIWHcwqoICuDrG%2FxTcDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB%0AtDs76aYYKg%3D%3D

stilernin

aliasojo wrote: »

:eek: Some poor soul had his sheep nicked?! You'd more than a Mondeo boot for that!

Cripes that must have been a shock to the system, what a shame.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/8682954.stm


Quite a few legs of lamb going on the cheap I'd say.....

mutley74

savemoney wrote: »

Tesco had green ones for £20 got MIL one 4 weeks back

I could do with another myself its nearly always full

I also get wilkos compost conditioner which makes the compost decompose quicker its around £2

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Compost/Wilko-Compost-Maker-25kg/invt/0135397?htxt=PsAGyAqy%2FDSGVBgOHPBfATKVETOKIWHcwqoICuDrG%2FxTcDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB%0AtDs76aYYKg%3D%3D

seen Doff compost activator in pound shop!

Nenen

aliasojo wrote: »

Anyway, I'm finding the cost of compost really pocket breaking. Most of the garden is slabbed just now and the small bit of mud that we have is just that, clay type mud, stones and weeds so I figured poor quality for growing veg etc. Digging this up would also cause a rather large hole as it really is only a small area.

I've just spent £16 on 4 bags of compost and it's nowhere near enough to fill the raised bed thing I bought. Is that just par for the course? Do I just have to accept raised beds = expensive to fill? Maybe I was just being unrealistic / naive. :undecided I thought growing your own was supposed to be cheap. This is costing a fortune. It will be 10 years before I recoup the cost through not buying lettuce.

I think bags of topsoil may be cheaper than compost or you could try to get topsoil from a local builders merchants. Also try your local recycling centre as ours in Cambridge gives compost away free.

savemoney

I got some of that but its actually cheaper is wilkos as its more than 500g more 2.5kg @ £1.98 compared with 1kg for £1

mutley74 wrote: »

seen Doff compost activator in pound shop!

Optimisticpair

Does anyone know how many litres are in a tonne of compost?

I couldn't make enough of my own including for new raised beds so I was hoping to find my council offered free green waste compost or the next county site but no luck. The quote I got locally was £20 a tonne and £39 per hour delivery I reckon I'm an hour and a half away so £60 delivery.