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I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free general
purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can find is £20, which
seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that costs £4.

Any ideas please?

Eleni.

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Eleni wrote:

I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free general
purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can find is £20,
which seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that costs £4.

Any ideas please?

Eleni.

Your location may help a budding web wizard find you a local supplier?

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"Eleni" wrote in message
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I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free
general purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can
find is £20, which seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that
costs £4.

Any ideas please?

Eleni.
Your local garden centre should do local deliveries at little or no
cost to you.
--
Rod

My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp
Just remove the weedy bits
and transplant the appropriate symbol at.

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"gary croft" wrote in message
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Eleni wrote:

I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free general
purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can find is 20,
which seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that costs 4.

Any ideas please?

Eleni.

Your location may help a budding web wizard find you a local supplier?

ah...Sheffield!

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"Eleni" wrote in message
k...
I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free general
purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can find is £20,
which seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that costs £4.

Any ideas please?

Eleni.

CPL distribution sell compost manure etc minimum order charge £20
http://www.cpldistribution.co.uk/

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..

Your location may help a budding web wizard find you a local supplier?

ah...Sheffield!



Does Sheffield have a recycling scheme which includes garden waste? (Might
be done by a contractor)

We have a superb scheme here on the Isle of Wight, which would appear to be
far superior than some other Islands by the way, but we can have a 1 cubic
metre builders bag of compost delivered for £35.00.

As a guide for distance, the plant is as near as damb it in the middle of
the Island and as the Island is 23 miles by 13, their 'maximum' delivery
distance would be up to about 12 miles.

Any other Council offering this facility?

Mike

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Further my earlier posting and following a link provided in another thread
in this newsgroup, I found the following which may be a start :-))

1. Peter Bray
Peter Bray is the Home Compost Advisor for Bradford, Kirklees and Sheffield
http://www.wrap.org.uk/recyclenow/ho...osting/in_your... (similar
pages)
Last updated: Tue 18 Apr 2006

2. Sheffield City Council
Sheffield City Council is working with WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action
Programme) to encourage people throughout the UK to home compost. Please see
below for the home compost bins on offer in your area.
http://www.wrap.org.uk/recyclenow/ho...osting/in_your... (similar
pages)
Last updated: Mon 27 Feb 2006

:-))

Hope that helps

The link will cover all the UK just feed your Post Code in.

Mike
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"Mike" wrote in message
...

.

Your location may help a budding web wizard find you a local supplier?

ah...Sheffield!



Does Sheffield have a recycling scheme which includes garden waste? (Might
be done by a contractor)

We have a superb scheme here on the Isle of Wight, which would appear to
be
far superior than some other Islands by the way, but we can have a 1 cubic
metre builders bag of compost delivered for £35.00.

As a guide for distance, the plant is as near as damb it in the middle of
the Island and as the Island is 23 miles by 13, their 'maximum' delivery
distance would be up to about 12 miles.

Any other Council offering this facility?

Mike

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http://www.recyclenow.com/home_compo...your_area.html

Try that one, it is complete, whereas the one below has bits missing :-((

Mike

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www.rnshipmates.co.uk
International Festival of the Sea 28th June - 1st July 2007


"Mike" wrote in message
...
Further my earlier posting and following a link provided in another thread
in this newsgroup, I found the following which may be a start :-))

1. Peter Bray
Peter Bray is the Home Compost Advisor for Bradford, Kirklees and
Sheffield
http://www.wrap.org.uk/recyclenow/ho...osting/in_your... (similar
pages)
Last updated: Tue 18 Apr 2006

2. Sheffield City Council
Sheffield City Council is working with WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action
Programme) to encourage people throughout the UK to home compost. Please
see
below for the home compost bins on offer in your area.
http://www.wrap.org.uk/recyclenow/ho...osting/in_your... (similar
pages)
Last updated: Mon 27 Feb 2006

:-))

Hope that helps

The link will cover all the UK just feed your Post Code in.

Mike
--
------------------------------------------------
Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rnshipmates.co.uk
International Festival of the Sea 28th June - 1st July 2007


"Mike" wrote in message
...

.

Your location may help a budding web wizard find you a local
supplier?

ah...Sheffield!



Does Sheffield have a recycling scheme which includes garden waste?
(Might
be done by a contractor)

We have a superb scheme here on the Isle of Wight, which would appear to
be
far superior than some other Islands by the way, but we can have a 1
cubic
metre builders bag of compost delivered for £35.00.

As a guide for distance, the plant is as near as damb it in the middle
of
the Island and as the Island is 23 miles by 13, their 'maximum' delivery
distance would be up to about 12 miles.

Any other Council offering this facility?

Mike

I know this may sound wierd but have you tried your milkman?

I don't have milk delivered but can always ring up the depot and have one or more bags of compost delivered (free of charge) via the milkman.
Try ringing your local milk depot....they usually have a good selection of composts.

Starglo

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"starglo" wrote in message
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I know this may sound wierd but have you tried your milkman?

I don't have milk delivered but can always ring up the depot and have
one or more bags of compost delivered (free of charge) via the
milkman.
Try ringing your local milk depot....they usually have a good selection
of composts.

Starglo

Thanks for the ideas. My local Council is fairly useless btw, as is the
local milkman, and I've never been able to find any garden centres that will
deliver - it's hard when you live in the middle of a City and have no
transport. However, I may give CPL a try.

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taxi?
"Eleni" wrote in message
k...

"starglo" wrote in message
...

I know this may sound wierd but have you tried your milkman?

I don't have milk delivered but can always ring up the depot and have
one or more bags of compost delivered (free of charge) via the
milkman.
Try ringing your local milk depot....they usually have a good selection
of composts.

Starglo

Thanks for the ideas. My local Council is fairly useless btw, as is the
local milkman, and I've never been able to find any garden centres that
will deliver - it's hard when you live in the middle of a City and have no
transport. However, I may give CPL a try.

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"davej" wrote in message
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taxi?

I have health problems - I can manage to drag compost round the garden but
not in and out of a car...

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Eleni writes

"davej" wrote in message
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taxi?

I have health problems - I can manage to drag compost round the garden but
not in and out of a car...

If you had space to store a few bags, you could hire a 'man with a van'
of the sort that do light removals. They'd do the loading and unloading
for you, and would be less worried than a taxi driver about messing up
their nice vehicle with your compost.

You could think about finding a local gardening society (even in a city
there must be one) - once you have got to know people, someone would be
willing to deliver compost as a favour if you're pulling your weight in
the society in other ways.


--
Kay

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"Eleni" wrote in message
k...

"davej" wrote in message
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taxi?

I have health problems - I can manage to drag compost round the garden
but not in and out of a car...

Even if you were in good health and could manage to hump the stuff in and
out of the car you would eventually end up with a bad back.
If you don't need the min order charge of £20 that CPL apply then club
together with a few other folk.
Just as an aside- on the odd occasions that I buy heavy material from a
garden centre I always insist they load it for me, in the vain hope that
they might start supplying the stuff in smaller sizes at a sensible price.

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"davej" wrote in message
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taxi?

I have health problems - I can manage to drag compost round the garden
but
not in and out of a car...

So a taxi is ideal, you can ask the driver to do both.

Janet

Sorri luv carnt do thart for ya -Ealth & Safeley yanose :-)

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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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"davej" wrote in message
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taxi?

I have health problems - I can manage to drag compost round the garden
but
not in and out of a car...

So a taxi is ideal, you can ask the driver to do both.

Janet

Sorri luv carnt do thart for ya -Ealth & Safeley yanose :-)

lol But, unfortunately it's very true. Last time I tried this in a taxi,
the driver refused point blank to get out of the car. I ended up splitting
a bag while getting it out of the boot and had to pay an extra £5 for the
priviledge because they refused to pick me up in anything other than an
estate car.

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On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:43:20 GMT, "Eleni"
wrote:

I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free general
purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can find is £20, which
seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that costs £4.

Any ideas please?

http://www.taxi-vans.com/index.cfm

Not a compost delivery service but they do mention garden centres as a
typical place they will collect from. You get an extra pair of hands
(the driver) to help you. I've not yet tried them but it's a good idea.
There'd be no harm in getting a quote to see if their service could meet
your needs.
--
Paul C

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"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:43:20 GMT, "Eleni"
wrote:

I'm trying to find somewhere that will deliver some peat free general
purpose compost. But, the cheapest delivery charge I can find is £20,
which
seems kind of expensive for say a 75l bag that costs £4.

Any ideas please?

http://www.taxi-vans.com/index.cfm

Not a compost delivery service but they do mention garden centres as a
typical place they will collect from. You get an extra pair of hands
(the driver) to help you. I've not yet tried them but it's a good idea.
There'd be no harm in getting a quote to see if their service could meet
your needs.

Also, getting ONE bag delivered for 20 quid carriage is expensive, but ...
who only needs one bag?

:-)

--
Brian

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"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" contains these words:


"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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"davej" wrote in message
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taxi?

I have health problems - I can manage to drag compost round the
garden
but
not in and out of a car...

So a taxi is ideal, you can ask the driver to do both.

Janet

Sorri luv carnt do thart for ya -Ealth & Safeley yanose :-)

You must have the wrong sort of smile, Rupert :-)

Janet

Definitely!!
I went to my first Garage (Gay marriage) on Friday at Leeds Town Hall.
A mixed bag of folk and it was brilliant and educational.
I *smiled*at a woman called Christine and got chatted up by Chris-a very big
butch transvestite from Hull.
A Good time was had by all and the *garden* flowers were nice.

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"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote
"Janet Baraclough" wrote
You must have the wrong sort of smile, Rupert :-)

Definitely!!
I went to my first Garage (Gay marriage) on Friday at Leeds Town Hall.
A mixed bag of folk and it was brilliant and educational.
I *smiled*at a woman called Christine and got chatted up by Chris-a
very big butch transvestite from Hull.
A Good time was had by all and the *garden* flowers were nice.

:-)
I expect he's a URGlurker and had read about the equine rumours.

--
Sue

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"Brian Watson" wrote
"Paul Corfield" wrote

http://www.taxi-vans.com/index.cfm

Not a compost delivery service but they do mention garden centres as
a typical place they will collect from. You get an extra pair of
hands (the driver) to help you. I've not yet tried them but it's a
good idea. There'd be no harm in getting a quote to see if their
service could meet your needs.

Also, getting ONE bag delivered for 20 quid carriage is expensive, but
... who only needs one bag?

I've not tried them but don't any of the big supermarkets sell compost?
They seem to sell almost everything else these days. P'raps you can
check their online service - I don't think the delivery charges are very
high and sometimes you can find a voucher for £5 off your first order.

Alternatively, one could make a gardening friend who has a car and offer
to share petrol expenses.

--
Sue

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"Sue" wrote in message
reenews.net...

"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote
"Janet Baraclough" wrote
You must have the wrong sort of smile, Rupert :-)

Definitely!!
I went to my first Garage (Gay marriage) on Friday at Leeds Town Hall.
A mixed bag of folk and it was brilliant and educational.
I *smiled*at a woman called Christine and got chatted up by Chris-a
very big butch transvestite from Hull.
A Good time was had by all and the *garden* flowers were nice.

:-)
I expect he's a URGlurker and had read about the equine rumours.

--
Sue

Talking about hung things-he had a dress which hung like a pair of his
mother's cast off curtains. Brown and orange flowers-very 70's.
Sweetheart- it clashed awfully with my jewelled posing pouch:-)
On a more serious note -it was an almost identical service to an ordinary
registry wedding service.
I think the raucous laughter during the " taking of rings" may require a
slight rewrite.

How does one make an order & with whom?
MichaelH