WHETHER you’re a green-fingered veteran or new to the gardening scene, this Dunelm buy might be the perfect addition to your flowerbeds.
One shopper was inspired to pick up the budget-friendly buy after seeing her fellow bargain hunters rave about it.
A Facebook user shared the deal she got on a VegTrug Medium Greenhouse Multi Cover Kit from Dunelm[/caption]
The bargain hunter nabbed the mini greenhouse, which was reduced from £99 to £24.75[/caption]
Posting on the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK, she heaped on the praise for the garden buy.
The poster picked up the VegTrug Medium Greenhouse Multi Cover Kit from her local Dunelm.
A picture of the boxed item revealed that it had been reduced from £99 to just £24.75.
The woman said she and her partner were “delighted with our bargain from Dunelm”.
She explained that the bargain was just what they had been looking for.
“We’ve been looking at buying a VegTrug cover for ages, but couldn’t justify full price,” the Facebook user said.
A Raised Bed Grow Kit from VegTrug is currently on sale for £79.99.
She added that she “only popped in” to Dunelm after seeing someone else post about the deal in the Facebook group.
Measuring in a 5-foot-9, the taller frame allows for “bigger plants” to be grown.
And the combined covers will extend your growing season without having to remove covers individually.
While the greenhouse is reinforced for colder months, it also features a mesh cover to protect against insects during warmer weather.
This mesh detail allows your plants to breathe freely.
The easy to put up frame includes secure fixings, to help withstand strong winds.
Further reinforced corners provide extra durability.
Both the cover and frame are designed to “fit neatly” inside a VegTrug planter.
March gardening jobs
The Sun’s Gardening Editor, Veronica Lorraine has shared the first gardening jobs of spring.
Start sowing seeds
You can plant Aubergine seeds into propagator – or outdoors after the last frost. Or you could try growbags in a coldframe – and hopefully you can harvest from August onwards.
Have a think about planting some different varieties of seeds this year – check out She Grows Veg and other sites for heirloom varieties. There’s an astonishing array on offer, like purple carrots, globe-shaped aubergines, lime green cauliflower or storage tomatoes that stay fresh for months.
Buy and plant summer bulbs
Summer flowering bulbs provide huge big blousey blooms – with some bringing a real touch of the tropics to your garden. Try Gladioli, dahlias, calla lilies, peonies and crocosmia.
Lawncare starts now!
Start your lawn care with a boosting high nitrogen spring feed, reseed any bare patches – and you’ll probably start mowing regularly in earnest this month. If you can – keep a corner long to help wildlife.
Check compost
Dig well rotting compost into your soil. If you have the space, it’s even worth digging trenches and chucking in your rotting veg that’s usually destined for the recycling bin – then cover. It adds great nutrients for free.
Clean outside spaces
Time to blast your patios and paths with a pressure washer – if your children are responsible enough it’s a great job for them – they’ll get soaked and have fun at the same time.
Soak sweet peas
Soak your sweet peas before sowing into long narrow pots or toilet rolls – put two seeds in a pot. These can go in an unheated greenhouse – and when there’s three or four pairs of leaves, pinch out the growing tip which will make them grow outward instead of upwards.
Create a wildflower meadow
Sow a wildflower meadow – if you have room. A lot of shops now sell wildflower mixes to make things easier – or even seed bombs which can just be scattered onto the soil.
The large openings on the mini greenhouse also allow for better aeration.
She included a picture of the cover once she had set it up in her flowerbed.
This item comes in a variety of sizes, with experts recommending the largest for growing plants such as tomatoes.
Each layer is zipped separately, with wide openings for easy access to your flowerbeds.
It is ideal for compact spaces, measuring 3-foot-6 by 2-foot-2 in size.
Dunelm is currently offering the VegTrug mini flowerbed cover at a discounted rate (stock image)[/caption]
