SATURDAYS - 10.30am to 12 noon - 3rd January to 31st October.
SUNDAYS - 10.30am to 12 noon - 4th January to 1st November.
WEDNESDAYS - 7.0pm to 8.0pm - 1st April to 17th June.
ALSO OPEN GOOD FRIDAY 10th April - 10.30am to 12 noon.
The shop will be closed on the day of the Show - Saturday 12th September
See map on "Events" page for location of Shop
The Hut is very well stocked with a good range of fertilisers, lawn feeds and dressings, Horticultural sand and grit, plant pots and seed trays, hanging baskets, pesticides and weedkillers, flower arranging materials, seeds, wild bird food etc etc etc. all at very reasonable prices. A lot of materials are available in bags broken down from bulk supplies, ensuring low prices.
Please don't forget to bring your membership card when visiting the Hut
If you have a gardening problem we will do our best to help you, and there will always be someone available at the Hut to help you move your purchases to your car.
NOW AVAILABLE AT THE ASSOCIATION HUT, ROB LANE - LONG LASTING, ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE, ORGANIC TREATMENT FOR SLUGS.
GROW AID - 'SLUG GONE' PELLETS MADE BY PELLETING WASTE SHEEP FLEECE
Here are a few words from the manufacturer : -
Wool fibres have very fine scales with small barbs on the tip called cuticle cells. These cause wool fibres to felt and mat together. Wool fibres are very hygroscopic, plus the sand and grit already in the compound together with the potassium salts from the sweat glands of the sheep absorb some of the slime from the slugs 'foot' causing irritation - making the slug go elsewhere for easier feeding.
The wool pellets are placed around the plants in a 6" - 8" diameter collar and watered. Within a short space of time the pellets will swell up, bind together and form an insulation mat around the plant that will not blow or wash away. It will stay undisturbed around the plant for up to 12 months as it bio-degrades and breaks down.
The pellets have been tested for the N.P.K. content and are a good mix and balance for growing plants.
They also hold twice their own weight in water, so they act as : -
75% of the raw material comes from British fleeces.
The Grow Aid - 'Slug Gone' pellets will be available at the Hut from January 2009, in the meantime any interested members should see Fred Dickinson at the hut about orders - to avoid any initial disappointment about availability.
Fred has already trialled the pellets and found them to be easy to use and extrememly effective.
