We visited a garden centre yesterday. It was selling a pot of five raspberry plants for £10.95. Knowing a local nursery would be cheaper, we went there and paid £7.95. However, we also needed some tall but narrow growing shrubs for the bare fences in the back garden.
Blimey, established but not large ones were between £30 and £40! In the end we found some smaller shrubs, which we already have, and bought two more of those, at £11 each. Much better.
Looking at all my plants both front and back, we have lost a few. Presumably due to the cold and copious rain. I shall see if I can find any self set small ones to move, or others to divide. Annuals will have to do the rest.
On a cheaper note, DB is busy taking apart and reassembling trellis from the old kindling store into net tops for the two raised beds we created last year.
Unfortunately we are running out of the black paint we use and that is around £25 a pot:(
Everything seems expensive and getting more so by the day at the moment doesn't it.
ReplyDeleteI was really lucky and one of our neighbours, who has a virtual allotment in his back garden was pruning his raspberries last year and offered me some canes. I planted them, pruned them hard about six weeks ago as he told me to, and they are romping away now.
How lovely. Hope you get lots of fruit.
DeleteI went to a Dobbies garden centre recently (only stopped there for the loo!) and in the 50% off area there were shrubs that were still £44.99!
ReplyDeleteNo hope is there?
DeleteThings just seem to be getting more and more costly. I am hoping that all my bulbs and plants come up once again.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
We have certainly lost a few this winter. Bit of a waiting game isn’t it?
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