tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post8054994407436037806..comments2024-03-28T10:05:09.868+00:00Comments on Hazel and Jane's allotment: Snowing & SowingHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-65194403472164858182009-02-11T12:04:00.000+00:002009-02-11T12:04:00.000+00:00Hi Julie - well done for getting Phil onside!Each ...Hi Julie - well done for getting Phil onside!<BR/><BR/>Each bed needs:<BR/>6 off 8' lengths of tanalised gravel board (sold in packs of 5 for £17.96 at Wickes) <BR/>half a pack (of 8) 1" x 1.5" x 8' treated battens for the stakes (£10.52 per pack)<BR/><BR/>So each 20' x 4' bed costs just over £25.<BR/><BR/>Jason said that his 1m square link-a-board raised bed cost the best part of 30 quid, so that puts it into some perspective! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the offer of guttering, but as it already looks like Steptoe's yard here, I won't take you up on it...Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-77456451604169539532009-02-11T10:13:00.000+00:002009-02-11T10:13:00.000+00:00My hubby, Phil, has been so inspired by your raise...My hubby, Phil, has been so inspired by your raised beds that he has said that he will make me some for my birthday- hurrah! Could you just give us an idea of the cost involved per bed before I get too excited?<BR/>Next door are in the process of having their guttering replaced- would you like me to grab you some for sowing peas etc in?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842176032582182028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-75801581398297738512009-02-09T09:46:00.000+00:002009-02-09T09:46:00.000+00:00Ah - yes, I've just had a re-read, it's the pepper...Ah - yes, I've just had a re-read, it's the peppers that you've got on the go, isn't it? Now you know why I'm not a proof reader!<BR/><BR/>Well, they can shuffle in and out to the (unheated) mini greenhouse, and I can always resow if disaster strikes...!Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191107549698019812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7862210932296767630.post-51686990944723109472009-02-09T08:57:00.000+00:002009-02-09T08:57:00.000+00:00Kath (thanks for the mention!) hasn't sown toms ye...Kath (thanks for the mention!) hasn't sown toms yet though. No heated greenhouse so I like to give them another month or so before I get them going. Some Peppers and aubergines in to date.<BR/>The raised beds are looking fantastic by the way.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841961223771293021noreply@blogger.com