Lidl - Gardening Stuff

Ice_2

noticed in my local Lidl large packs 49p small packs 29p still very very cheap:D

absfabs

Still available im my store, too, just stocked up on toms, courgettes, aubergine, peppers, radishes, sunflowers, peas.... for 29 tp 49pence.:j
Keeps the rather more expensive seed order from catalogue down a bit.

Did I mention that OH accidentally threw away all my partially used seed packets and saved seeds last summer? I was away for a few days and he must have felt like a spring clean :mad: !

Mozart321

BabyKat wrote: »

Only thing i noticed is that they don't tell you when to plant them.

On the back there are roman numerals next to sow/plant/harvest. I think these are the months of the year ????

Farway

Title says it all really

Just picked up next weeks flyer from Lidl, some offers are 40 litres multipurpose compost 1.99, grow bags 89, fruit trees 3.99

And for the challenge, lemon, orange, olive, fig bushes 2.99

Continues on Monday 3rd March with garden tools, pots, more plants & flowers

I will be there for a pear as I fancy trying cordon one on my garden wall, once I have cleared the ivy off it that is

Nutty_Tart

oooh great - I got an apple tree when they did this a little while ago, when I decided I wanted others, they had all gone! If I'm clever, I can get a plum and a cherry tree for mothers day.....

karren

thay have the trees in aldi now, i bought some today, they are meant to be instore tom so was thrilled to get first pickings today.

gladysrocker

Will I be able to grow olives in my greenhouse? Very new to all this so any advice welcome.

Farway

gladysrocker wrote: »

Will I be able to grow olives in my greenhouse? Very new to all this so any advice welcome.

Depending where you live you can actually grow them outside in UK

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/wildflowers-plants-and-tree-forums/6089-olive-trees-bearing-fruit-england.html

IIRC someone had a plantation Worcester area, but it does depend very much on location, and no doubt winter cold & wet

Should you get olive fruits then the next trick would be how to get them edible, apparently they can't be used directly from the bush

But that would be a nice problem for another year I guess:rotfl:

gladysrocker

Thanks Farway, I didn't know you couldn't just pick and eat them! Might give it a miss until I've got a bit more experience under my belt and start with something a bit simpler.

tonyhamm

I have two mental dogs who will simply tear the trees to shreads, like they did last year.

This year I bought 10 meters of chicken wire 0.9m tall for £10 in a DIY store, B&Q do it, and a lot of 8 ft bamboo poles for £4.50.

If you cut the poles in two, stake them into the ground and wrap the chicken wire around each tree like this, pets cant get at them - pretty good for all plants bushes shrubs etc..

If you lay some over the ground, they cannot did up the roots either.