Sheep's Wool Compost is an excellent eco-friendly peat-free garden compost that mixes bracken and sheep’s wool to help retain water while releasing nutrients to feed flowers, fruit and vegetables throughout the growing season. The idea originated from old gardening books that talked of wool's natural ability to hold water to itself, and provide long term nutrient release - wool is still famously used in the 'Rhubarb Triangle' of Yorkshire.
• Supplied in 30 litre bags • Use directly as potting compost for pots, hanging baskets, tubs and planters and soak thoroughly with water • Suitable for planting flowers, shrubs, fruit, vegetables and trees • Natural water retention with high levels of natural potash to provide growing plants with the essential ingredients to maximise flowering and fruiting and promote healthy growth • Bracken yields a naturally high level of natural potash - captured in this compost • A real alternative to peat - but with a similarly soft texture • Made from totally renewable resources with great environmental benefits • A carbon neutral compost to help you garden more sustainably
"Inspired by traditional gardening techniques, this compost benefits from the natural properties found in wool - water retention and slow nutrient release. Combining wool and bracken, which yields a naturally high level of potash, this is ideal for hanging baskets, tubs and planting pits." Best Buys, BBC Gardeners' World magazine, April 2008
Anti Carrot-Fly Screen will put a stop to the aerial progress of the low flying carrot-fly, a perennial pest for growers of carrots, parsnips, parsley and celery.
Erecting our 61cm/2ft high Anti Carrot-Fly Screen will stop the fly in its tracks as this univited insect cannot fly an and altitude greater than the screen. The Anti Carrot-Fly Screen kit contains 7.9m/26’3” of 0.25mm x 0.8mm ultra fine insect mesh, 6 x 95cm x 16mm/0.6” diameter aluminium tubing and 18 fixing clips and is simple to erect and dismantle.
• The Anti Carrot-Fly Screen will stand approx 61cm/2ft high once assembled (with up to 30cm/1ft pushed into the ground) • Kit consists of 7.9 metres of 0.25mm x 0.8mm ultra fine insect mesh • 6 x 95cm/3ft x 16mm/0.6” diameter aluminium tubing and18 fixing clips • Aluminium tube supports are simply pushed into the soil approx 30cm/1ft • Netting is secured onto uprights with durable clips supplied • Helps to form a barrier against flea beetles, rabbits, cats and rodents too • Also ideal as a windbreak • Ensure the barrier is complete with no open ends or sides • Easily taken down for winter storage
There's nothing more annoying than digging up your home-grown carrots only to find that they're riddled with holes made by carrot-fly larvae. The low flying Carrot-fly is a perennial pest for growers of carrots, parsnips, parsley and celery, but erecting a 61cm high anti Carrot-fly Screen will stop the fly in its tracks. This kit contains 7.9m ultra-fine insect mesh, 6 x 16mm diameter aluminium tubing and 18 fixing clips and is simple to erect and dismantle. Kiss Goodbye to Carrot-Fly, Your Home magazine, August 2009
Standard Wooden Raised Beds, voted 'Which Best Buy' in December 2010, are the mid-range design of our raised bed selection and these wooden raised beds blend quality workmanship, design, value for money and performance to give you a fruit, vegetable or herb growing raised bed system you can rely on - especially when you consider the tallest Standard Wooden Raised Bed gives a whopping 76cm/30" of growing depth.
Prices from as little as £22! Want to know what the Gardening Press think about our Standard Wooden Raised Beds - including how Which! Gardening Magazine voted them Best Buy Raised Bed Kits in December 2010. What The Experts Say is a collection of press and media quotes – don’t just take our word for it!
Please note that as timber is a natural product and is susceptible to shrinkage/swelling, all sizes are therefore nominal. Sizes apply to external dimensions.
• Standard Raised Beds made from quality 3.5cm/1.4” thick FSC-accredited Swedish timber planks • Each plank is planed all round for an attractive appearance • High pressure treated with a non-toxic preservative after consultation with the country's leading organic growing body - Garden Organic - before selecting treatment • Preservative helps ensure best possible resistance to fungal decay and wood-boring insects • Structurally guaranteed for 6 years • Available in 5 heights (up to 76cm/30") and 11 length/width sizes to suit all crops and preferred working levels • Also available in a Corner version for tight spaces • Each kit supplied with pre-drilled planks, internal wooden corner fixing posts, galvanised screws and full instructions • Optional capping (2.5cm/1” H x 7cm/2.8” W) is convenient to rest on while gardening and gives top of beds an elegant finish • Each tier measures 15cm in height - highest level suitable for wheelchair gardeners • Hoops and Fitted Mesh Covers and Build-a- Ball Kits and Fitted Covers are available for beds measuring 1.2m x 1.2m (4ft x 4ft) and over