Grow Your Own Magazine

Just found this info on the Homepage for this site...

3 issues coming soon, 1st issue from Tesco's ... 2 & 3 more widly available.

Start saving up.


http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/letsgrowveg/

Nobody seen this yet..? HeHe..

Caused debate last year.

Stirring?

Not for me thanks, I've too many seeds already and anyway don't like all the varieties or even types of veg per magazine.

That do ya?

__________________
Manda.

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

I assume any controversy was mainly over the price? I don't mind saying I bought the first one - still have the wall planner pinned up, used the seed labels and seeds, although have yet to get round to watching the DVD!

I'm sure it's true that you can get a decent beginners book or a few packets of really good seeds for the same price but the mag + freebies are not so bad for newbies, surely? I think anything that gets people interested has to be a good thing!

Didnt buy it last time round, and since I got the (heavily hinted for!) subscription to GYO for christmas (yeyyyyy, thank you darling Ro!!) don't see the point again this year!

__________________
Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

I also got the first copy last year, but ended giving most of the seeds away. Labels where nice.

I got my Feb issue of GYO today and there is a big advert for this new mag out on Feb 8th, its the 1st of 3 they are planning.

Appears to be lots of seeds being given away *FREE* and yet they are asking you for £7.99.

Interestingly the price is not advertised on the paper advert but is on the on-line advert.

Will probably buy the mag, but will hide the price from my other half.

I just don't get why they are only using Tesco as an outlet for the first issue - surely that excludes a huge amount of potential buyers?

__________________
aka
Suzie

It would have to be personally delivered by Johnny Depp before I paid that sort of money for a magazine...
As Seahorse says, it's probably a good thing for someone just starting out, but as soon as you get into the veg growing thing, choosing your own varieties of veg is a big part of the process. And having looked at the advert, I wouldn't buy a single one of those packs of seeds...!
So, that's a "no" from me then...!

__________________
Sarah

http://wixypixies.blogspot.com/

“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?”

I wasn't on here last year and I didn't see the mag in question but judging by what you are all saying I think I'll give it a miss also

__________________
aka
Suzie

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here, but I have finally, after 37 years, learned that the "free gifts" on magazines are just about useless: flip flops that break, mascara that doesn't dry, teeshirts that bag after one wash, umbrellas that break when you open them, and seeds that you wouldn't buy for yourself. So I no longer buy mags on the strength of the free gifts.

So that leaves a magazine for £7.99 ... you can get a good book for that, which isn't full of adverts. Or several books from your library for nowt, and spend the 8 squid on beer!

__________________
~ What do I think of Western civilisation? I think it would be a very good idea ~ Gandhi

Like your style TwoSheds..! Can I add - it would also buy 2 bags of compost, or fish & chips for the whole family, or 2 people into the cinema....!

__________________
Sarah

http://wixypixies.blogspot.com/

“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?”

sounds good thinking TS

__________________
aka
Suzie

I was going to ask if it would be available "over the water", but I guess that's not worth asking now. And I already have a full biscuit tin of seeds that I need to plant (and a small order from T&M on the way....)

Those bladdy marketing people eh! Pfft!

__________________
A simple dude trying to grow veg.

http://haywayne.blogspot.com/ - UPDATED - 11th June

http://www.sloganizer.net/en/style2,HeyWayne.png

I won't bother. Can only stretch to buying GYO mag now and again so a mag at that price doesn't stand a chance. Unless of course it came with a visit from some gardening folks to dig over and sort out my beds ready for planting!

__________________
Happy Gardening,
Shirley

http://www.honeyjukes.co.uk

Winged one, don't you know if its available here it will be twice the price. By the time they put tax on top of the price nobody will buy it. Serves them right for being so greedy.

__________________

And when you're back stops aching,
And you're hands begin to harden.
You will find yourself a partner,
In the glory of the garden.

Rudyard Kipling.

I'm with two sheds OFF TO THE PUB hehe ok not really i bought it now I cant remember what I did with those darn seeds and labels I do recall watching the dvd that was really naff. I am going now, having admitted being this sad

I'm sure it wont be available on the island of Ireland but if anyones intrested I'm sure I could pick a copy or three up when Im driving at the weekends and distribute them. If your intrested drop me a pm and I'll try to sort it out.

What have I let my self in for

__________________
Don't take away the SNC

Beefy, that sounds like a great idea for those interested - but I think I for 1 have been persuaded against it (as much by the fact that i can't get the elastic band back onto my seed box this weekend as anything else and there is so much good advice here that I reckon it might well be money down the drain).

I have also come up with a cunning plan, as a couple of the Magic Mum's have gotten plots this year and a few more are trying to get into veg growing, so I have offered some seeds to them too (and that means I can use up lots of older seed this season and buy fresh again next!!).

If anyone here wants a few bits, I am happy to oblige.