Comments on: FRIDAY BARGAINS: darned fine garden tools http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2009/02/20/garden-tools/ A label maven with a beady eye for bargains and a craving for saving. Credit crunch? Pah! Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ripening green tomatoes, the 1940s way. | Miss Thrifty http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2009/02/20/garden-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-9638 Ripening green tomatoes, the 1940s way. | Miss Thrifty Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:01:37 +0000 http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/?p=333#comment-9638 [...] that it must have been something to do with the garden soil. (As previously noted, my garden isn’t exactly problem-free.) So this year the tomato plants all went into patio pots, and they were [...]

[...] that it must have been something to do with the garden soil. (As previously noted, my garden isn’t exactly problem-free.) So this year the tomato plants all went into patio pots, and they were [...]

]]> By: savingsusie http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2009/02/20/garden-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-7205 savingsusie Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:28:31 +0000 http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/?p=333#comment-7205 It's true - good neighbours make a huge difference to anyone's life. Wondered if you know about Freecycling ? Check out FreecycleUK on the internet - you'll find all sorts of garden stuff and much more going for free! It’s true – good neighbours make a huge difference to anyone’s life.
Wondered if you know about Freecycling ? Check out FreecycleUK on the internet – you’ll find all sorts of garden stuff and much more going for free!

]]> By: Is our street some kind of Frugal HQ? | Miss Thrifty http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2009/02/20/garden-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-7041 Is our street some kind of Frugal HQ? | Miss Thrifty Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:33:44 +0000 http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/?p=333#comment-7041 [...] They are also extremely kind and generous. Colin, who lives to my right, is a TV repairman. One day he brought round an old Sky box and remote control, and fixed us up with Freeview. Another time he got annoyed after I paid a roofer to replace a couple of tiles and detach the broken TV aerial from the chimney. Our neighbour told us that we had only to ask, and he was perfectly happy to go up there for us. (”Why not? Two words, Colin.  Rod.  Hull.”) When we moved in he let me borrow his garden equipment so that I could try and tackle our bombsite of a back garden. [...]

[...] They are also extremely kind and generous. Colin, who lives to my right, is a TV repairman. One day he brought round an old Sky box and remote control, and fixed us up with Freeview. Another time he got annoyed after I paid a roofer to replace a couple of tiles and detach the broken TV aerial from the chimney. Our neighbour told us that we had only to ask, and he was perfectly happy to go up there for us. (”Why not? Two words, Colin.  Rod.  Hull.”) When we moved in he let me borrow his garden equipment so that I could try and tackle our bombsite of a back garden. [...]

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