Growbags and steps
Went hunting for growbags today. I have been buying them from Ashwood Nurseries, but theirs are peat-based, so I’ve been looking for something alternative.
We’ve been trying to find the New Horizon ones featured on the Gardener’s World special some weeks ago and also got a Which Best Buy, but nowhere round here seems to sell them. The only place we hadn’t tried was Barnett Hill.
They didn’t have them either, but I did find an alternative which was interesting – the Vital Earth Kayak grow bag. They were £2.99 each, and only had a few left. We’ll have to see how they perform… See link for picture.
Oh and as for the steps, I finally got round to finishing the deck by building the steps … people kept complaining about the gap as some sort of animal trap! That took a lot longer than I anticipated, mostly trying to get things level as neither the old steps or path were, oh and the old steps took a lot more removing than you might think from looking at them!
And on books
And finally, a quick note on books, whilst milling round a shopping centre, I popped into WHSmith and poked around the gardening section. I was amazed how many allotment books they now have on the shelves. I’m sure last year there weren’t half as many – just goes to show how popular growing your own is getting!
I did see an interesting RHS pair of books, the first on Vegetable growing, the second on Organic Gardening. The first has a wealth of information on growing all sorts of different things, and not just the regular stuff either. The second had a whole section of tips on dealing with pests and diseases in an organic way. I think I might invest.
We have the RHS guide to cuttings and propagation, which is excellent. They don’t have glossy photos, just clear guidance and illustrations, which I think is part of their charm!