Half price in Wilko

Katiehound

Today (Louth branch) all their spring bulbs are half price- so most are £1.25

A few small cacti for 25 or 50 pence

Also green wellies @ £5

RAS

Didn't spot the cacti yesterday but wouldn't have been able to carry them anyway.

Picked up the wellies as spares last week, and bee-keeping boots next summer; neoprene is not fun over 25 degrees even if they are great under 5 degrees.

And was heading to a monthly meeting when I realised that the town hosts a large Wilkos where bulbs have previously been available, unlike my city stores. Grabbed some to go with the others I bought earlier elsewhere in the season. 

Bulbs all half price though the wellies were £5 instead of £12, which is a clue to quality. But OK for beekeeping.

happytrump12

Ooo im local. I'll pop in tomorrow and see what's left x

droopsnoot

I've just been in my local Wilkos, bulbs are half marked price, and seeds are 5p a packet. I don't really know what Rocket is (though I have heard of it) but it looks like I'll be growing some next year.

twopenny

Dropsnoot go to the supermarket to see what rocket looks like 

Home grown is way better though.

droopsnoot

I've got the photo on the packet, that'll be enough until it grows up. Just hope I can distinguish between that and all the other weeds that turn up in my vegetable patch.

Katiehound

Rocket- strangely all the stuff in the supermarkets says 'wild!' Cultivated and wild?? 
Quite small leaves and strong peppery taste- and not cheap..
Quite distinctive leaf shape mainly

RAS

Wild rocket (diplotaxis) is a short-lived perennial, rocket (eruca) is an annual/biannual if it gets through winter. It'll survive outside in winter with a little protection. Wild rocket had smaller and hotter leaves.

Both are quite spicy.

Fosterdog

My local Wilko was disappointing, no seeds at all and only a few bulbs left. I did manage to get some already sprouting saffron crocus though, I haven't had any luck finding stock of them anywhere and wanted to give them a try this year so hopefully they'll make it.

YoungBlueEyes

@Fosterdog this might be why..... 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/20441419/woman-cleared-wilko-shelves-seeds-5p-packet/?rec_article=true

Katiehound

there were still some packets of bulbs yesterday.

I never saw any cheap seeds at all- I think they would have gone weeks/ months ago as this is a small store and they were filling their shelves with all the 'seasonal' stuff so lack of shelf space often dictates what is reduced.