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[ali-s]

I have just ordered 3 raised beds kits from

 

www.linkabord.co.uk

 

When I origianlly went to order them online the postage was quite steep due to my location.

 

I have ordered them by phone and the postage has been reduced from £10 to £5

 

Also instead of ordering individual pieces to make the beds I have ordered a complete kit (well actually 3) and this works out cheaper. The lady I spoke to say they have an offer on the kits. The kits are not shown on the website.

 

Linkabord's phone number is 01773 590566

[Guest]

 

Thanks for that Ali - I'm looking to buy some raised beds for the garden at the new house, so may give them a phone later! How did you manage to talk the postage down so much!

[ali-s]

The lady at Linkabord quoted the postage as £5. I asked if that was correct as I live apparently offshore from the rest of the UK I was told that the postage was lower because I was buying the beds in kit form as opposed to seperate pieces

[Guest]

 

How bizarre - surely you've bought pretty much the same products that you would of for the higher postage?

 

Never mind! A good result in your favour! Will definately phone them, rather than do it online it that case!

[Nicola H]

Thanks for that Ali I have been searching round for the best price will give them a call and order some..........

[Guest]

We're about to order some of these

 

I will let Dan know to order the kits instead of the individual pieces

 

Thanks for the tip Ali

[ali-s]

You know I am often put off buying things because of the postage costs to get them delivered up here

 

The internet is great for researching and ordering out of office hours. Now I shall give the company a call to see if ordering by phone is cheaper.

 

Off to do some research

[Egluntyne]

How much do the kits work out at??

 

Just asking to save the cost of a phone call.

 

Thrifty or what!

 

[ali-s]

Three 1 metre beds cost £45. The postage £5

 

Dobies a vegeatable company are selling one 1 metre bed for £29.95 or two for £54.90. I don't know what postage they charge.

 

Linkabord are based in Derbyshire, so not far from you.

[Egluntyne]

Brilliant...thanks for that Ali-s

[Egluntyne]

Me again

 

Three green kits ordered!!

 

Should arrive next week!!

 

Am so excited!!

 

Day off today so I'm planting seeds like a thing possessed.

 

Thanks again ali-s.

 

xx

[PurpleHen]

Not sure I'm going to be able to resist these

[Egluntyne]

Mine were delivered this afternoon.

 

How's that for service!

 

The lady I spoke to on the phone yesterday was really helpful...so I think its the sort of company we Omleteers like to do business with.

 

If the weather is decent tomorrow I'll have a go at putting one together.

[ali-s]

Wow that was quick

 

Mine have further to travel

 

I do hope they are here tomorrow

[ali-s]

Mine have arrived as well

 

No card through the letterbox to say they had been delivered. Just been out to the shed for corn for the Chickens and there was a big cardboard box

 

What brilliant service, all the way up here in 2 days

 

I've had a peek inside the box, what a lot of pieces I hope there are 3 beds in there.

[Egluntyne]

Let's see who can fathom out how to put one together first!

[ali-s]

I can't find any instructions

 

A project for tomorrow afternoon.

[Egluntyne]

My first one went together very easily....its like lego for grown ups.

 

Instructions are on the website.

 

I realise that I've got nowhere near enough compost, so a trip to B&Q is on the cards for next week.

 

Can't wait to get cracking with some planting up....but realistically it is still too cold here.

[Jaime]

Hello, I just picked up on this thread - I bought a Link-a-bord kit about three weeks ago.

 

It has a 1 metre square deep bed, 1 metre square shallow bed and hoops to make a cloche over the whole thing. £45. (whole thing is 2metres x 1metre)

 

Decided that the cloche part isn't for us - good idea in principal but doesn't quite work.

 

The beds themselves are brilliant but the do need a lot of soil/compost.

[ali-s]

My three beds are made I made them in the living room

 

They are much bigger than I thought they would be even though I had measured out the size and compared it to our coffee table I will have to find an awful lot of top soil from somewhere

 

Egluntine the dowels are about twice the length they need to be. Are yours the same? I wanted to cut them to size but OH says to leave them and push the extra dowel into the ground

[Egluntyne]

Yes the dowels are on the long side. I think I'll take your OH's tip and shove them into the ground. It gives you more options if you wanted to add another tier.

[Egluntyne]

Ta Dah!

 

 

Not quite finished....the bamboo canes are just there as a rough guide.

 

So far this has taken 150L compost, 20L topsoil, 10L vermiculite, and it is only 2/3 full.

 

Back to B&Q tomorrow.

 

Should I add some sand to the mix??

 

Am going to leave it to warm up for a while before I start planting.

[Christian]

Thats looks brill Eglutine! I would only add sand if you are growing lots of carrots as they like a finer mix.

[Martin B]

It looks great Egluntine! I might soon be an investor in this product!

[Guest]

They look great Egluntine - definately getting some for the new garden!