Lesley Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Allotment holders - and those with big gardens - sometimes need things in much larger quantities than others...... I thought I'd start a list of things which might be useful - please add your own ideas and any links to the allotment forums....... I have 2 tips.... If you need to cover a large area with black polythene then look at online agricultural sites - what you need is called Silage Sheets. You can buy varying sizes - we bought one which is 11m x 15m - it means you can cover ground without gaps. You can also buy larger sizes of Enviromesh if you look around - I bought mine through an Ebay seller http://www.tfmsuperstore.co.uk/product_list.lasso?product=Silage-Sheets-Folded+3+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 We have bought Enviromesh by the metre in different widths from http://www.gardening-naturally.com which is also an ebay seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Thanks Liz - that's the one I used as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 You can offen collect large cardboard boxes from refuse sites and supermarkets - ideal for using as weed suppressant, just cover with grass clippings or chippings -local hotels will often let you collect their clippings. It all rots down but by then all but the most persistant weeds will have given up and you will have improved your soil too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 We had a load of cardboard from a friend who had built some flats and we had all of the kitchen boxes and have covered loads of areas with it over the past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Where hubby works they pay somebody to take the pallets away. If you see a factory with pallets stacked outside it may be worth asking if you can help yourself as they may be in a similar situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 A builder aquaintance of ours is more than happy to get rid of his palletts, we break them up and use then in our woodburner, they should be reused, but if this is not possible at least they don't end up as landfill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 I acquire them off the farm supplies delivery man and ask for the pallet which our items were on.....and then follow it up with telling him that if he 'shifts that bag of feed' I could have the other pallet as well - OH used to hide but I've trained him to ask as well now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 A builder aquaintance of ours is more than happy to get rid of his palletts, we break them up and use then in our woodburner, That's what we do then the hens bathe in the ashes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
