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  • #502
    okedoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭okedoke


    Lidl are selling a "hobby greenhouse" http://www.lidl.ie/en/plantsandflowers.htm?action=showDetail&id=51991

    I'm new to gardening - would this be useful to put over a bed to start off veg and flower seeds early?


  • #503
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    okedoke wrote: »
    Lidl are selling a "hobby greenhouse" http://www.lidl.ie/en/plantsandflowers.htm?action=showDetail&id=51991

    I'm new to gardening - would this be useful to put over a bed to start off veg and flower seeds early?

    Unless both sides roll up it would be a hindrance. The free standing ones hold the heat a lot better. Have had mine 3+ years now similar price in homebase/woodies.

    Haven't taken mine down in 3 years also have it pinned to a wall with masonry nails and cable ties pretty sturdy.

    The one above would be useful for cabbage and the likes to keep the butterflies away.

    You would need to start them off indoors early (around now) in a small propagator and harden off (few hours outside a day increasing their tolerance to the different climate of 20° indoors) then plant out around march after frost.

    Depends on what you are growing though.

    Propagator I use:

    propagator-principle.jpg


  • #504
    lunamia
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭lunamia


    Hi, anyone can suggest the best place for buying a shed please?

    Cheers


  • #505
    One_Of_Shanks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭One_Of_Shanks


    lunamia wrote: »
    Hi, anyone can suggest the best place for buying a shed please?

    Cheers

    where are you based?

    If it's south dublin then Timbertrove are good.

    If its wicklow then there are a few,

    depends where you are


  • #506
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    Aldi have bareroot perennials and summer bulbs for 1.29euro at the moment. I think lidl have some on offer from next thursday also.


  • #507
    lunamia
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭lunamia


    One_Of_Shanks wrote: »
    where are you based?

    If it's south dublin then Timbertrove are good.

    If its wicklow then there are a few,

    depends where you are

    Hi, thanks for replying, I'm based in North Dublin, Dublin 15.


  • #508
    One_Of_Shanks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,436 ✭✭✭One_Of_Shanks


    lunamia wrote: »
    Hi, thanks for replying, I'm based in North Dublin, Dublin 15.

    Ah yeah they'd definitely go out that far. Timbertove are the ones to go for, they did a shed and fences for us when we lived in Dublin, very good.

    Heres the website:

    http://www.timbertrove.com/


  • #509
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Not sure if this is correct place, I am looking to order circa 250 beech trees to plant. I was looking at 90-120cm high

    Anyone have any recommendations on where to order? Thanks


  • #510
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Not sure if this is correct place, I am looking to order circa 250 beech trees to plant. I was looking at 90-120cm high

    Anyone have any recommendations on where to order? Thanks

    There's a forestry forum might be your best bet to get a definitive answer.


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  • #511
    okedoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭okedoke


    https://www.aldi.ie/gardenline-hardwood-mini-greenhouse/p/075012127048600

    Any thoughts on this for starting off / hardening off veg and flower seeds

    Is it big enough not to overheat quickly ?


  • #512
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    Small and expensive! The wooden ones look nicer but the plastic ones do the same job for 65% less cost and can last as long if looked after. Suppose with the top opening heat can escape quicker if over heating the free standing plastic tend to hold the heat at the top.


  • #513
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    okedoke wrote: »
    https://www.aldi.ie/gardenline-hardwood-mini-greenhouse/p/075012127048600

    Any thoughts on this for starting off / hardening off veg and flower seeds

    Is it big enough not to overheat quickly ?

    I tried to get one and all the aldi stores locally were sold out on the same day :eek:

    i went for a gardman one on amazon instead. I guess the plastic one could do the same job but wanted something more substantial.


  • #514
    mishkin
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭mishkin


    Would highly recommend, on one condition..must open windows/vents if the sun even thinks of making an appearance.


  • #515
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    No longer being able to dig... ALDI have excellent sturdy hand tools at E 1.99. Got a trowel and also a small hoe' on one side a sharp wide blade, on the other three sharp prongs. Excellent for stubborn weeds.

    And clearing moss on stone too.

    I lost my others when I moved.


  • #516
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    Picked up the tap splitter in Lidl last week - nice bit of kit, does exactly what it says on the tin. Screws onto the existing tap and gives two outlets, both of which can be turned on or off, and both end in the fitting that a Hozelock hose snaps onto. Will allow me to have a hose permanently connected and have a second tap free to fill buckets etc.


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  • #517
    Rota lu mucca 69
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭Rota lu mucca 69


    Picked up an electric (cordless) mower/strimmer duo from the Argooose 199stg.
    Generally pleasesd so far, think it's 20% off price currently.

    If you've a very large uneven and rock filled lawn it may not survive.
    Otherwise it's handy for hassle free s/trimming.

    More details over on the Lawnmowers thread
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055635176&page=115


  • #518
    Auscast
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭Auscast


    Anyone know where I can pick up an affordable sturdy barbecue table around Wicklow?


  • #519
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Auscast wrote: »
    Anyone know where I can pick up an affordable sturdy barbecue table around Wicklow?

    Hopefully sturdy and affordable go together but Iv been looking for a smaller wooden table for my own BBQ to replace the stand part. It's only a 2ft x 2ft but Iv found best value in ikea if you are ever making the trip.

    Adverts/done deal is another option?


  • #520
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    missed out on the Trachycarpus fortuneii in Lidl this week. Anyone notice any left around in the Kildare or Dublin 12 area?


  • #521
    J.R.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,366 ✭✭✭J.R.


    Lidl in Dundrum still had some yesterday, 6-8 roughly


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  • #522
    seamusmacc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭seamusmacc


    Saw a good few in Ternure today, if you are still looking.
    paddylonglegs wrote: »
    missed out on the Trachycarpus fortuneii in Lidl this week. Anyone notice any left around in the Kildare or Dublin 12 area?


  • #523
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    seamusmacc wrote: »
    Saw a good few in Ternure today, if you are still looking.

    That's great thanks. Might not be out around those areas but gives me hope they're still about!

    Hope everyone is enjoying the good weather!


  • #524
    pato_cobhwander
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭pato_cobhwander


    Hi all,
    I have a garden approx 200 sq.m give or take that I have dug over with an excavator, I need it rotavated and levelled (slight slope going to the back). Any ideas on how much this would cost or how long it would take to do it myself and the best way to go about it? Anyone with any recommendations would be appreciated. I just plan to grass the lot as all other areas of the garden and yard around it are complete.

    Thanks in advance.


  • #525
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Any reductions on barbecues out there yet?


  • #526
    tertials
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭tertials


    Biggish box of grass seed (1kg I think) down from 15.99 to 2.09. Just got two in Tesco Clearwater Dublin :) About 6 boxes left. Down the aisle where the car stuff is.


  • #527
    paddylonglegs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭paddylonglegs


    Selling off garden furniture in b and q. Got hardwood 4 seater table and chairs for €150. Would usually pay €240 or so


  • #528
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭randombar


    Selling compost grow bags in Lidl Cork City for €1. That's 35 litre bags.

    So basically working out at 3c per litre for compost.


  • #529
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭positron


    Climbing roses in Lidl, 2.49 (or was it 2.99) - Iceberg, Peace etc.


  • #530
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Tomatoe plants Lidl 2 for 2.50. At pre flowering stage.
    Totem variety


  • #531
    CWone
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭CWone


    Hi all
    Can anyone tell me if the 3 piece shears set for 16.99 in Aldi is any good. Seems light but wondering if it's sharp? Thanks


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  • #532
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    In Aldi at the moment, €9 for a 7kg bucket

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=297

    Lots of other Garden stuff there
    https://www.aldi.ie/c/specialbuys/dates/2019-03-03


  • #533
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Lidl are doing 3 bare root fruit trees at the moment for €20.
    They had cherry and peach were I was. i got 3 cherry trees.:)


  • #534
    rolion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭rolion


    Lyla Petite Sinker wrote: »
    Lidl are doing 3 bare root fruit trees at the moment for €20.
    They had cherry and peach were I was. i got 3 cherry trees.:)

    Are they sourced from Ireland or from the continent !?


  • #535
    Tacklebox
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭Tacklebox


    Lyla Petite Sinker wrote: »
    Lidl are doing 3 bare root fruit trees at the moment for €20.
    They had cherry and peach were I was. i got 3 cherry trees.:)

    Cherries love a bit of shade, peach love a hot wall, slightly south east....


  • #536
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,608 ✭✭✭worded


    Is ALDI or LIDL selling seeds yet?


  • #537
    rolion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭rolion


    worded wrote: »
    Is ALDI or LIDL selling seeds yet?

    Friendly advice: buy seeds from a Garden Centre.
    And, if possible, organic certified seeds, leave all those lab hybrids for somebody else !
    Nothing to do with any shops named here.

    Have fun


  • #538
    worded
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,608 ✭✭✭worded


    rolion wrote: »
    Friendly advice: buy seeds from a Garden Centre.
    And, if possible, organic certified seeds, leave all those lab hybrids for somebody else !
    Nothing to do with any shops named here.

    Have fun

    Yes I agree I suppose ...

    Except if they are not Hybrids I might consider the LIDL / Aldi versions ...

    Would you?


  • #539
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    is this yoke any good for rejuvenating a lawn?

    or would i be better off hiring a petrol one for the day? (its a big lawn)


  • #540
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,025 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    fryup wrote: »
    is this yoke any good for rejuvenating a lawn?

    or would i be better off hiring a petrol one for the day? (its a big lawn)

    It depends on how big the lawn is, and how long an extension lead you have - it's not battery-powered, from what I can see.


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  • #541
    fire_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭fire_man


    Has anyone purchased the hedge trimmers in Lidl?


  • #542
    Holy Diver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Holy Diver


    fryup wrote: »
    is this yoke any good for rejuvenating a lawn?

    or would i be better off hiring a petrol one for the day? (its a big lawn)

    I got one last year. Well worth it. Removed amount of sh1te off my lawn.


  • #543
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    and did you get more grass growth as a result?


  • #544
    Holy Diver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Holy Diver


    fryup wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

    and did you get more grass growth as a result?

    Back lawn is looking well now. Front is shocking! But that will need seeding


  • #545
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    How many times would you use this per year on lawn?


  • #546
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    Would work just as good as a garden fork imo


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  • #547
    Discodog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,918 ✭✭✭✭Discodog


    fire_man wrote: »
    Has anyone purchased the hedge trimmers in Lidl?

    The battery one is excellent.


  • #548
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    iLikeWaffles wrote: »
    Would work just as good as a garden fork imo


    I have an acre...would be a long time going around with a fork


  • #549
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    I have an acre...would be a long time going around with a fork

    I'll be out doing my lawns as soon as they dry.


  • #550
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Lyla Petite Sinker wrote: »
    I'll be out doing my lawns as soon as they dry.


    This would be more my style



    https://www.ebay.ie/itm/152484694582


  • #551
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    I have an acre...would be a long time going around with a fork

    You'd be a long time doing it with one of them yokes also unless it is petrol in which case it will still take a while!


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