Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Chatting => Frugal Living => Topic started by: Lee G on February 28, 2009, 11:26
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Just noticed an ad that Argos are doing their little plastic greenhouse things at 1/2 price, now less that £20, which seems like a bargain to me (especially as I was going to get one anyway for the garden at home)
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001501&langId=-1&productId=1500337425 (http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500001501&langId=-1&productId=1500337425)
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Ive just reserved one for my garden Thanks
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Thanks for the tip - a real bargain!
Now the problem is do I really need one?
Could be good on the plot at the end of the shed - extra space for seedlings in the sun!
Almost unresistable....... :)
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Jut told the better half i have ordered one and she was like thats good can we pick it up today hahahaha
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I was about to get the same one in Aldi for £30-odd...
Argos, here we come!
Thanks for the tip. :)
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Oooooo I wish we had ones like that over here :(
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Oooooo I wish we had ones like that over here :(
Posting over to you might make it rather costly? :unsure:
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Ooo would have been rude not to! That is until I spent yesterday morning erecting one already that is! ::)
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Ermmm im a corner peice missing i cant make up my mind weather its missing from the factory or weather little Callum the builder (age 3 has taken it somewhere hahahah) So im going to have to get in touch with argos and see weather i can go and get just the one peice or take it all apart again to take it back. They are only really worth £19.49 it would imagine it will do the trick until the wind picks up i guess. we did have fun bonding time together tho as daughter is a Nan's
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That sounds like i have be bonding with my Greenhouse hahahah
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:D Wow! Ordered mine!!! Fantastic deal!
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Theres none in my area so Argos are sending the bit how they know what bit i need i dont know. :blink: Heres waiting for Wednesday when is supposed to arrive. im sure on the phone i just said theres a bit missing to her :wub:
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:lol: Good luck with that Ranger Kris - You'll probably get a whole new one!! Won't that be a shame.....!!! :D
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I've just checked all the local stores and those not so local... they're all out of stock... :( boo hoo..
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just reserved mine .. will pick it up tomoz whoop whoop ;)
thanks
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Virtually every store in and around Manchester has sold out!
Just reserved one of only two that appear to be available! :ohmy:
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How big is the packaging guys. Would it fit it my mini? :lol: They have some left at Daventry which I would be able to get to tomorrow, but I'll only have my car as hubby is down in Bristol...I still have to wait in for the men to come and insulate the loft, but Ishould still make it... :unsure:
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Yes would fit in the mini i reckon if not leave the other half somewhere and take home the greenhouse hahahahah.
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:lol: Good luck with that Ranger Kris - You'll probably get a whole new one!! Won't that be a shame.....!!! :D
That would be good im sure i can bodge this one together somehow.
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I put up my boyfreinds for him on Saturday and had tube B missing and an extra corner piece! Maybe it was yours Rangerkris? They are ok for the money, I have a smaller one which is useful for hardening off seedlings. They do have a bit of a skirt to put some bricks on which I would recommend. Nic.
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Yes would fit in the mini i reckon if not leave the other half somewhere and take home the greenhouse hahahahah.
He'll be in Bristol that's why i can't use his car.. ;) I've reserved it anyway now..just hope the fellas get here early and don't take too long in my loft!!
Even better aswell, is that it will be completely free too!!
We've had some vouchers knocking around for a while, so i'm gonna use them to buy it...Result!! :D
Edit: thanks so much for the tip Lee... ;)
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I put up my boyfreinds for him on Saturday and had tube B missing and an extra corner piece! Maybe it was yours Rangerkris? They are ok for the money, I have a smaller one which is useful for hardening off seedlings. They do have a bit of a skirt to put some bricks on which I would recommend. Nic.
Nicchick we could work out a deal if my part dont arrive hahahahah
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got mine today tried to charge me the normal price cos its gone back up 2day but beacause i reserved it they charged me the sale price >>>> :mad:
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got mine today tried to charge me the normal price cos its gone back up 2day but beacause i reserved it they charged me the sale price >>>> :mad:
Yes I've just noticed that gaz. Well they're in for a row if they try that on with me later. I reserved mine at the sale price that's what I'll be paying!!!
Edit; you were lucky to get it for the sale price gaz. I've just read the email they sent me and it says you pay the price that is valid at the time of collection.
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Not half price round here :(
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lucky then . they did not say that to me , she said beacuse i reserved it at that price she said its ok . i think shes right we not to knw its going up so if reserved at tht price thts what you should pay really :) ..
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8 stores in brum sold out but now they have gone up stores have them in stock :mad: :wacko:
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Picked mine up yesterday and they tried to charge me the 'full' price of £29.965 (interesting, as they were listed as full price: £38 ::) ). A hard glare and the fact ensured that I had the last one in the Manchester area for under £20. :D
I'm looking forward to setting it up, as my Freecycle greenhouse has gone a bit t*ts up... :wacko:
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Well Argos have sent every single plastic joint that come with the box, so i have a few spares as i was only 1 bit missing. :D was out chasing the green house around the garden at 10oclock last night :ohmy: in the wind
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Well Argos have sent every single plastic joint that come with the box, so i have a few spares as i was only 1 bit missing. :D was out chasing the green house around the garden at 10oclock last night :ohmy: in the wind
I've not tried to erect mine yet, I may be dropping you a line soon! :D
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Thats cool, i hope theres no bits missing for your tho.
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mines up and all parts are there so thts a bonus to by the sound of thing lol :D
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Did a check last night and all parts are there! :D
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I decided not to go for the bargain after all..... instead I am aiming to knock up a frame using the remains of my old conservatory roof cut into shorter panels. It was triple-wall polycarbonate and I'm hoping I can fix 4 sides and a roof together using some wire and string. ::)
Elegant? ??? Maybe not but it'll do to protect something between now and the warmth.
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not sure just wire and string will keep the heat in :wub: :tongue2:
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not sure just wire and string will keep the heat in :wub: :tongue2:
It'll keep the pigeons out though....won't it ???
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It'll keep the pigeons out though....won't it
:D :D :D
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windy as hell here tonite.. and mines still up (at the min) but i did wack some wood over the bottom parts to hold it down a bit or it wud be off :D
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Mines on it head twice in less than 3 days hahahaha will have to look at weights for this before seeds go in.
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Cripes on a bike... >:(
Put mine up today, choosing the windiest day of course! Everything was fine until I tried to put the cover over the frame, at which point the whole thing turned into a large and unweildy kite!
I have used all the pegs, several bricks and tied the frame to the adjacent fence.
Here's hoping it is still standing when I go back to the plot... :blush:
Also worth noting that the shelves don't quite fit to the frame, so they will need securing with twist ties or something. Still, not too bad for £20.
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Mines been moving around the garden since coming home from th plot hahaha it can dance as well all for 20 quid
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My solution for wind:
I have an old light-weight 3 tier plastic greenhouse. I use it to hold seed-trays of pricked out seedlings when the greenhouse is full later in the spring.
Wind was a problem!! :wub:
I found 4 cup-hooks into a wall in pairs (2 either side) around the back edge of the greenhouse helped me secure two bungee chords (elasticised springy things used to hold luggage on car roof-racks or, in my case, on the bike trailer).
The springiness allows a bit of movement but the greenhouse isn’t damaged and stays in place where I put it. They are easy to remove so you can get to the inside when you want.
If you haven’t a convenient, sunny wall to use as an anchor I imagine it would work as well on a fence or a couple of fence posts erected for the purpose.
Just an idea that might help. ;)
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I put an old Paving Slab on the bottom shelf of mine and it hasnt moved an inch since