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Open evening at Wilkinson's

23/2/2015

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A very jolly time was had by everyone who accepted the invitation to Wilkinson's Gardeners' Open Evening on Wednesday 18th February. As well as a chance to see their new extended garden range, there were freebies, raffle prizes, and a scrummy home-made banoffee pie amongst the refreshments. Ah, if only you'd known, you'd all have gone!
Wilkinson's have extended their range this year with more branded products at highly competitive prices. On the right are 3 of their new Spear and Jackson secateurs, as well as their own-brand folding pruning saw. All are under a tenner - important if you are leaving tools locked in a shed on your plot!
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The folding saw (top left) has a catch so you can put it in your pocket without fear of cutting a finger off - ideal for pruning elderly fruit bushes or bring a boundary hedge under control.

The geared bypass secateur (top right) makes cutting larger branches much easier. Unlike most secateurs, the safety catch is easy to use if you're left-handed.

The ergo-twist secateur (bottom left) has many of the features of professional secateurs six times the price, including a rotating handle that means you never get blisters, and shock-absorbing pads to prevent carpel tunnel problems.

The ratchet anvil secateur (bottom right) has a handle that helps cold fingers keep a grip, and a geared ratchet to make cutting effortless. Click on any picture to go to more info at the Wilko website.

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Wilko also have a good big electric propagator made by brand leader Stewarts. Big enough for any height of pot at 11ins (28cm) tall, it's very reasonable, I thought, at £30.
However tempting these goodies may be, it was two basic products which I was very pleased to see. First, Wilko have their organic SLUG PELLETS back; whoopee! Not only safer for wildlife, ferric phosphate slug pellets are more effective, killing slugs and snails even in the wettest weather and - Oh deep joy - the little blighters crawl away and die in private, instead of covering your plot with a nightmare of nauseating slime.
The other brilliant development is FILL-A-BAG SEED POTATOES. There are two size bags,  A £2 ONE AND A £4.50 ONE. You can put several different varieties in one bag if you bring some freezer bags and paper for your labels. I got 3 and a half KILOS of Wilja seed potatoes in a £2 BAG!
Varieties stocked are as follows:

Cara
Picasso
Kestrel
Anya
Sharpes express
Red duke of York
Accent
Charlotte
Wilja
Pentland crown
Majestic
Not a massive selection, but the prices are brilliant and there are some old favourites there. get them soon as Wilkinsons have a warm environment and staff are worried about how long they will stay perky!

There are many more new products I haven't space for here, especially in the crop-protection line, so I would ay it's definitely worth your while to take a look. When the next open evening is planned we'll let you know!
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