[Elcie]

I was just thinking how pleased I am with the plastic growhouse I bought for £10 earlier in the year.  When I first got it I put it inside my unheated greenhouse and kept it zipped up to germinate a variety of seedlings.  Then it was unzipped during the day and zipped at night!  Now it is outside of the greenhouse in a sheltered spot and being used to harden off my squash and outdoor cucumbers.  I am also thinking of using it inside the greenhouse again in the winter to grow some lettuce etc.  Well worth the initial outlay and may even stretch to two next year!

So, what has been your best buy and why?   

[flitwickone]

my best buy was my shed its like a second home    6X8 £299

[mumofstig]

my 7 mini tray window ledge heated propagator thingy

It really does make a difference to germination for a lot of stuff.
It was in a Garden Direct sale 3 years ago for £19...I jumped at the chance, and have never regretted it.

[peapod]

Not a buy so much as a build, but the unheated lean to GH my OH made me a couple of years ago is a godsend for the amount of chillies we grow

Also, my carrot and snip veg bed in my garden wasnt cheap, but I LOVE it 

[Lardman]

My cheap clone felo No 2's - bought on special from T&M for £2.99.  3 years on and they're just as good as new.

[fatbelly]

Apart form my garden fork my very best buy was a three pronged cultivator that I got from homebase for a tenner. I use it with an axe movement, it is brilliant and breaks up the soil and gives me a nice fine tilth.

[gypsy]

The poly tunnel / greenhouse that an allotment neighbour designed and built for me last year out of new timber, recycled windows and new polythene. I was the labourer. 16 foot by 8 foot approx. So much better than my piddly little greenhouse.

[peapod]

Hi Gypsy, what site are you on? Im heasandford   

[gypsy]

Apart form my garden fork my very best buy was a three pronged cultivator that I got from homebase for a tenner. I use it with an axe movement, it is brilliant and breaks up the soil and gives me a nice fine tilth

Yes they are good, I inherited one with a broken handle, it was on my plot when I took it over. I just left it there for ages, nearly threw it out, then one day I put a new handle on it, tried it and found out  just how useful it is.

[gypsy]

Hi Gypsy, what site are you on? Im heasandford   

Reedley Hallows 

[peapod]

A couple of my mates are on there...Fay and Brent. Haven't seen them in a while, say hi for me? (Paula)

Nice to see a Burnley resident here  

(sorry to hijack  )

[binner]

my debris netting by far. blooming pidgeons had a right go at everything last year and the amount of cabbage whites was unreal

[RichardA]

I built a 6 foot by three foot propogator bench out of scrap but paid what seemd a lot for the heating cable and thermostat. Year after year it has done everything I have asked of it and it really gives me interest in the colder months and gets me tons of plants ready for a good start come planting out time. Really gives me lots of pleasure as the season starts to open up.
Debris netting gives a lot of help though in keeping pests off and simpler stuff such as a few slabs for a decent path etc all deserve credit.
Biggest spend was a commercial sized poly tunnel - not sure if it will pay for itself but is a good  place to be working when the weather is less kind.
Saving money is great but enjoying one's hobby deserves some input occasionally just because ..............................
R

[lmpd]

without a doubt, the crystal palace i call my greenhouse - 65 quid of ebay...bargain


having said that tho', when i bought it, i thought, 8x6 thats plenty for what i need........thinking about getting another one now

[gypsy]

A couple of my mates are on there...Fay and Brent. Haven't seen them in a while, say hi for me? (Paula)

Nice to see a Burnley resident here  

(sorry to hijack  )

Sorry do not know Fay and Brent