cheap fruit bushes

Meanqueen · Post by **Meanqueen** » 29 Mar 2008, 12:03

I got some fruit bushes from the pound shop yesterday, black currant, and raspberry. They must have been in the packaging for some time, wrapped in a plastic bag, inside a box, but they have some new growth so I am hopefull that they will survive. You've got to try it for a pound each. The same ones were in the posh DIY place, Homeblogs, for Â£2.99.

I bought some more seed spuds, and some onion sets, so I'm off outside now while the sun is shining.

Must tidy that compost heap !!!

Ilona
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AnnaB · Post by **AnnaB** » 29 Mar 2008, 20:01

Sun shining??? What sun.....

Pound shop have some very good buys - Chris is always getting computer stuff there.

Post by **saint-spoon** » 30 Mar 2008, 13:24

The problem with the pound shop is that Iâ€™m never quite sure where and how itâ€™s produced; I wouldnâ€™t have thought that the majority of the merchandise would be accredited as fair trade and quite probably some items wouldnâ€™t pass the safety standards (I used to go out with a girl who worked in a pound shop and there was some issues about lead paint on pencils). Apart from that are dead good for some things, fruit bushes for instance.

Meanqueen · Post by **Meanqueen** » 13 Apr 2009, 14:24

My cheap fruit bushes one year on. I have put them in tubs so the cat's can't spray on them, they will need to go into the ground at some point. I have three more which aren't quite so big, and one that looks like it will not make it.

Ilona

Post by **p.penn** » 13 Apr 2009, 14:45

Lookin' good! )t'

Post by **wendy** » 13 Apr 2009, 15:35

Well done a good buy indeed.
Wendy