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I have had a bit of a declutter and sold some stuff from hobbies I have less time/interest for now. I've got £63 and have decided I won't let it get sucked into paying the gas bill or similar but will be spent on me, me, ME! I've got a few things I'd quite like to buy but can't really make up my mind I'm thinking about (in various combinations):

a wormery
dwarf citrus trees
a mulberry tree
a heater for the g/h
more gardening books

I'd like to know if anyone thought 'ooh, I'd get [something completely different]' or if anyone thinks any of my 'maybes' sound better than others?

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If you ain't payin the gas bill seahorse then i'd go for the g/h heater at least you'll have somwhere warm to go

I wouldn't do the books - chiefly as if you really really want a particular book, it's do-able to spend a tenner, say.

However if you really really REALLY want a wormery, you're going to have to find £70 down the back of the sofa....not so easy!

I'd get the wormery - the kids'll love it! or a citrus tree.

.....or, as I know how short you are of seeds, perhaps that would be a good idea.....!!

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update Sun 30/11/2008......Indoor Allotmenteering too!.....

Do you own a strimmer(petrol) I bought one from B&Q last August for around that price!
But you could alway donate it to charity here's a worth while one.
The Bubblewrap beer fund.

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I would suggest wormery as it produce humus, liquid fertilizer plus it help recycling your kitchen waste (but I personally won't be getting any wormeries due to my worm phobic issue...) or GH heater as it can be handy during hard frost, your overwintering plant will love it....

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That wormery that you looked at before (the stack of boxes on bricks) looked good and was only £40 (ish?). You'll get somewhere to compost stuff that will provide 'golden liquid' and 'magic poo' - much better than any magic beans!!! Lol!

I'd say you can't be without a wormery.

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Pull yourself together girl! They're great things, if you're that 'girlie' wear gloves if you had to touch the poor likkle worms!

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

Hmmm sorry SBP it is not the girlie thing it is purely yuck...something to do with my childhood trauma. And I do wear gloves but still can't....

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Get Mr Momol or the little Momols (assuming you have a few) to do any touching necessary - they will all end up worm huggers!

Terry

I am with Momol - I know how beneficial worms are and the idea of getting rid of waste food in a wormery does appeal, but I really could not look at them. If I find a big juicy worm when I am digging I have to go do something else until it has had a chance to go hide again.

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They're not big juicy garden worms stg43, they're the smaller red ones (well in ours they are), the type fisherpeople use apparently - brandlings I think?

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Manda.

"Wouldn't it be nice
For maybe an hour
To not have a care."

I'd go for the wormery - a pal of mine has had one for a couple seasons now and is really seeing the benefits .... close your ears to the wormaphobes and get stuck in

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Suzie

I've tried to resist posting to this thread but I can't. Sorry but I think paying for a wormery is a complete and total rip off. I have a very good and adequate wormery in my compost heap. and I'm sure that it is possible to build-your-own wormery without paying someone who doesn't need the money £60/70 for the privilege. Basically soil, compost, worms. Not difficult.

Did anyone until the last 20 years think of selling wormeries. Why? Because they exist naturally.

DoH!

OK. I'm being rude. Sorry.

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Thanks Tpeers,

Mr. Momol don't do gardening but will help with lifting heavy bags, some pruning, occasionally harvesting and eating the harvest...and little momol hasn't arrive yet hopefully soon . So meanwhile no wormeries.

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Thinking about it - womeries and small children probably don't mix....... or rather they might mix too well!

Good luck!

No, of course you're not - but there are circumstances where a wormery is useful/convenient.

I have a courtyard garden (I know, WHY didn't I bring a few piccies along yesterday.....perhaps next Grape Day after yours could be at mine...?) and therefore do not have any soil. I do have kitchen waste, of course, and I also have some containers/hanging baskets and the plum and cherry tree in the gravelly bit in the middle of the yard.

Hence, with a wormery, I can compost my kitchen waste, take the 'done' bit to the Hill every so often, and use the worm juice (suitably diluted) as feed for the containers.

But if I had a traditional compost bin/dalek at home, I'm not sure that I'd have a wormery.

OK - Seahorse - buy the Citrus tree!!

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update Sun 30/11/2008......Indoor Allotmenteering too!.....

i'd go for the wormery too ive a;ready asked (told) OH i want one for christmas this year!!

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Thanks for all the answers so far I have to say the reason I haven't yet paid out for a wormery is largely because of the DIY versions I've seen... but then again it's sometimes worth paying for convenience and someone else's expertise (And Janie - not rude at all, I'd much rather that someone's honest opinion saved me money, lol!).

I've seen a deal on citrus trees at Ken Muir... tempting!

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Now for me, I'd go for the greenhouse heater, so long as you can cope with paying for the extra power it will use? I find mine really useful when I've got baby plants all over the place, to be able to move them out onto the staging in the little greenhouse where they get better light etc is a definate bonus! I'd definately put it ahead of a wormery, although I do like the idea of it, as the compost bin does the job albeit a bit slower. Your citrus tree; last summer our local Focus was selling them for £25, so daresay they'll have them again & B&Q will probably jump on the bandwagon too
And books, well you can sneak them out of general housekeeping if you buy em one at a time!
That's my 2 penn'orth anyway

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“Tell me one last thing,” said Harry. “Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?”
“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

My sister is justy the same Momol. An evil cousin of ours put a worm down her neck when she was about 4 years old. Poor lass has never got over it.

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I am awaiting Bokashi thing (via recycle now), perhaps that is something to consider - no wriggly things!
How many gardening books have you got? Perhaps see if there is any going on freecycle/eBay. I bought a load of gardening magazines (pre-GYO) on eBay a while back.

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