Apart from the 2 pots of growing tulips and the tiny succulent for the plant stand (which were on Monday's post) there were a few other finds,.......thankfully nothing as expensive as the decorative plates or water-butt from the week before!
The peat pots are for next year - and probably the year after - for sweetcorn sowing. They were only 50p which is a handy find - this year I got a pack of 24 from QD and they were £1.99p.
Christmas wrapping paper from the house clearance people was £1 as was the book about Wattisham Aerodrome - which joined the village where my Grandad had his farm and where my Dad lived during the war.... I wondered if there were any photos of them in the book.
The man with the rolls of tape is at every boot sale and I used nearly the last of my parcel tape when sending the books off to Ziffit last month - he charges 75p each. The new 5L fuel-can replaces the one which went to Brother-in-Law's when we cleared the workshop at Clay Cottage. It had some old diesel in it which he said he could use in his old dumper/log splitter. When we had the problems getting fuel last month I asked him if he'd emptied it but he said it was probably still at the farm where they cut wood and he doubted he'd be able to find it. Now for £2.50 I shall be ready for the next shortage!...... .........although diesel doesn't store well so I'll need to use it and refill now and again.
I also found the cheap Sage plant I'd been looking for from my list (rather than £2.50 on the plant stalls at Needham Market) for 50p and they had Lemon Balm too which I've planted in my wild weedy shingly garden/path bit down the side of the house. It won't matter if it spreads and goes mad there and birds love it when it runs to seed. I'm glad I didn't fork out £2,000 to have a the path redone - I'm embracing the random things popping up there! (tomorrows post!) Even the weeds.
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Random sounds pretty exciting . . .I'm looking forward to hearing more. xx
ReplyDeleteDon't get too excited - it's not that interesting!
DeleteGood finds as always, you seem to have the knack!
ReplyDeleteHowever, forgive me for mentioning it but you say 'Diesel', the can's label says 'Unleaded Petrol', I'd hate to think the two getting mixed up and ruining any engines.
The can is brand new so won't matter what goes in it although green is usually for unleaded but I only use diesel so that's OK
DeleteIn Canada Petrol cans are red and Diesel is yellow. I don't see an issue if you have only one can.
DeleteI'd love visiting the sales you go to. A fuel container in the US would be minimum $25 and the plants would be $4-5 each. You've got some great buys! I'm buying herb plants now and am attempting to grow some creeping thyme from seed.
ReplyDeleteMore great finds! I just paid £2.50 for a roll of parcel tape so yours is ultra cheap. Bargain pots too.
ReplyDeleteLots of bargains there . The plants sound really good value.
ReplyDeleteDid you find your Granddad or Dad pictured in that book? That would be an amazing coincidence! Good shopping for you, as usual!
ReplyDeleteSadly not
DeleteThere was a scientist talking on the radio the other day about the importance of wild, weedy areas in our gardens and urban spaces. So many of us have tightly manicured monoculture gardens (not something we could ever be accused of having!). It's important for biodiversity to us to keep some areas a bit unkempt so embrace your wild weedy path!
ReplyDeleteSorry, put comment up anonymously in error. Denise here!
ReplyDeleteA great use of time, nosing out good buys.
ReplyDeleteSue, I have to hand it to you: making a shopping list when you go to a thrift store or carboot is genius. I need to try it. I have a tendency to simply pick things up because they strike my fancy.
ReplyDeleteI like your path, rather mysterious and full of potential. Ceci
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