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OT. Help! Cheap compost and peat offers.
New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat
and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man |
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"Radar Man" wrote in message
... New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man Our Council have a wonderful composting facility and I feel sure that if you do a search, yours, or one nearby will also do one. This compost is available at many outlets here on the Isle of Wight, or at the collection points of garden waste as well. Already bagged it could even go on the back seat of the car with a few covers on the seats themselves ;-)) Mike Who doesn't knowingly tell lies |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... "Radar Man" wrote in message ... New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man Our Council have a wonderful composting facility and I feel sure that if you do a search, yours, or one nearby will also do one. This compost is available at many outlets here on the Isle of Wight, or at the collection points of garden waste as well. Already bagged it could even go on the back seat of the car with a few covers on the seats themselves ;-)) Mike Who doesn't knowingly tell lies Great idea Mike. I'll get searching right now. RM |
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"Radar Man" wrote in message ... "Mike" wrote in message ... "Radar Man" wrote in message ... New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man Our Council have a wonderful composting facility and I feel sure that if you do a search, yours, or one nearby will also do one. This compost is available at many outlets here on the Isle of Wight, or at the collection points of garden waste as well. Already bagged it could even go on the back seat of the car with a few covers on the seats themselves ;-)) Mike Who doesn't knowingly tell lies Great idea Mike. I'll get searching right now. RM ******** There's a big iron skip in our local well organised tip, full of free compost. Last time I saw it was steaming like the clappers. I an now preparing for the season and my greenhouse soil is four years since last mixed, - so I'll go past there this afternoon and I'll drop in , - (to the compound, not the skip), - and have a shuftie. I may even check with the local friendly Park Chief. I'll report back. Doug. ******** |
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Radar Man wrote:
New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man May I respectfully request that you do *NOT* purchase peat. Peat bogs are one of the UK's fastest disappearing habitats and are unique environments supporting species not found elsewhere, like the UK's only carnivorous plant, the sundew. Peat is a very slow renewing resource, at less than 1mm a year. In the last century we have lost 75% of blanket bogs and 94% of raised bogs. UK gardeners use a staggering 2.55 million cubic metres of peat each year. At this rate, in less than a decade peat bogs will have disappeared altogether. I, personally, feel that the sale of peat should be outlawed and even made a criminal offence. Why not build a compost heap and do it yourself, you're recycling your own household waste and it is a sustainable, renewable, resource. There are also plenty of commercial peat-free alternatives that do the same job. Coir (coconut fibre) is also fantastic at retaining moisture. Look for alternatives just, please, don't buy peat! From the RSPB http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/whaty.../peat/help.asp -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... Radar Man wrote: New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man May I respectfully request that you do *NOT* purchase peat. Peat bogs are one of the UK's fastest disappearing habitats and are unique environments supporting species not found elsewhere, like the UK's only carnivorous plant, the sundew. Actually there is a whole bunch of carnivourous plants, including 3 different sundews. You have butterworts (Pinguicula; 3 or so species) which have sort of buttery pale green leaves in a small rosette and heavenly flowers and Utricularias which are aquatic and common in bog pools and have little bladders which implode when touched and suck in invertebrates. These are all native. You also get various pitcher plamnts which I think are not native but are quite big and odd looking compared to the others. So even more reason for being nice to yer nearest bit of bog. Des |
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Perspicacia Tick writes May I respectfully request that you do *NOT* purchase peat. Peat bogs are one of the UK's fastest disappearing habitats and are unique environments supporting species not found elsewhere, like the UK's only carnivorous plant, the sundew. I support your message, but 'the' sundew isn't our only carnivorous plant. Peat bogs are where the *three* sundew species are found. Then we also have two species of Butterwort (Pinguicula), and Utricularia. There might be more! -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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Des Higgins wrote:
"Miss Perspicacia Tick" wrote in message ... Radar Man wrote: New garden (shambles really) my lady wants lots of cheap compost and peat and recalls seeing offers in Supermarkets around this time of year. BOGOFF, 3 for 2 etc. Does anybody in this NG know of such offers currently in East Kent. Margate area specifically. I've yet to find any this year so maybe they have gone out of fashion. TIA Radar Man May I respectfully request that you do *NOT* purchase peat. Peat bogs are one of the UK's fastest disappearing habitats and are unique environments supporting species not found elsewhere, like the UK's only carnivorous plant, the sundew. Actually there is a whole bunch of carnivourous plants, including 3 different sundews. You have butterworts (Pinguicula; 3 or so species) which have sort of buttery pale green leaves in a small rosette and heavenly flowers and Utricularias which are aquatic and common in bog pools and have little bladders which implode when touched and suck in invertebrates. These are all native. You also get various pitcher plamnts which I think are not native but are quite big and odd looking compared to the others. So even more reason for being nice to yer nearest bit of bog. Des Thanks, Des, I actually sort of knew I was wrong, but I couldn't recall the names of the others. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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Kay wrote:
In article , Miss Perspicacia Tick writes May I respectfully request that you do *NOT* purchase peat. Peat bogs are one of the UK's fastest disappearing habitats and are unique environments supporting species not found elsewhere, like the UK's only carnivorous plant, the sundew. I support your message, but 'the' sundew isn't our only carnivorous plant. Peat bogs are where the *three* sundew species are found. Then we also have two species of Butterwort (Pinguicula), and Utricularia. There might be more! OK, OK, Sarah tries to be authoritative and, once again, ends up looking a complete fool.... Sarah doesn't mind - it's not the first time... Thanks, Janet. -- In memory of MS MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/ |
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