Sunday 1 September 2013

Bargain Seed Giveaway

It's that time of year again when The Garden Centre Group reduce all their seeds to 50p per packet. Never one to miss a bargain, I popped in to our local branch in York to pick up a few packs.

I was quite sensible this year and went through the seeds I've already got before I visited the store, so I only bought seeds which I really needed. Other years, I've come home with seeds I thought I needed only to find I'd doubled up in some cases.

I ended up buying fifteen packs of seed for £7.50. I've tried to work out how much I've saved but two of the packs aren't priced so the nearest I can say is that thirteen of the packs should have cost £41.99. On top of the fifteen packs, I also got three packs free. They were offers for buying two or three packs of the same brands.

I was really pleased to pick up some Mini Munch cucumber seeds. I find cucumber seed really expensive, these packs should have been £3.99 per pack and each pack only contains four seeds. I mentioned these cucumbers in a previous post, I've been really impressed with them, they're so tasty and produce high yields. They're a variety which produce mini fruit. I had a few commenters expressing an interest when I posted about them, so I picked up a couple of extra packs of seeds which I'll giveaway. You can see them right at the front of the above photo. I should just mention that even though the seeds have been reduced, they're not out of date. The expiry dates on these packs of cucumber seed is 2016.

If you're interested in receiving one of the packs of Mini Munch cucumber seeds, just leave a comment on this post saying so and I'll draw two names at random. The giveaway will stay open until twelve noon on Thursday the 12th of September 2013 and I'll announce the winners soon after.

16 comments:

  1. I wish my local GC would do that! Ours has recently been taken over by the Diamond group, but they don't seem to make a habit of reducing the seeds at the end of the season. I have to say that 50p is a more reasonable price for a pack of seeds than £3.99. some of the suppliers charge a helluva lot for some pretty ordinary seeds - and they try to fool us into buying only the expensive F1 seeds by making the "ordinary" ones less prominent and presenting them as old-fashioned and somehow inferior.

    I'd certainly like to try the Mini Munch cucumbers, so please enter me into the Giveaway draw.

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  2. Thanks for the timely tip off Jo and well done on showing such restraint only buying what you really need :) Will have to sweet talk himself and head off to the garden centre soon. Would love to try 'Mini Munch'.

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  3. What a lovely giveaway - count me in!

    Eleanor x

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  4. Well, Jo the only way I'll ever grow Mini Munch at that price is to win a packet!!!

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  5. I'd love to try some Mini Munch cucumber seeds!

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  6. I've not grown Mini Munch before. Count me in.
    Love from Mum
    xx

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  7. What a bargain....how funny is that, I left a comment re my bargain on your last post!

    Ooooohhhh.....yes, count me in!xxxx

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  8. I love buying seeds and I love bargains so I'd be doing the annual visit for bargain price seed packs as well if I lived where you live. I'm wondering if any garden centres near me reduce their seeds down, suppose I should ask them. I haven't heard of mini munch cucumber but sounds interesting!

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  9. Mini munch sounds ace! Please count me in. I like the sound of your garden centre visit, you can't beat getting a few bargains :)

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  10. ooh yes please count me in they do sound good. I need to find a garden centre near me selling seed off cheap. You did really well.

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  11. Thanks for the tip off, will head to the GC today :) xxx

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  12. Yes please, I've not grown cucumbers before, but was inspired by your last post to do so next year :)

    the-urban-cottage.blogspot.co.uk

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  13. Hi

    I would love to try growing these cucumbers.

    Donna

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  14. You did really well with all these seeds, a real bargain.
    I've already got some cucumber seeds for next year so please don't enter me in the draw. Flighty xx

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  15. Old tomato seed is a good buy Jo. It will keep in the packet as long as you want, certainly ten years and probably more.

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  16. Great bargains Jo, well done you. I'd love to try Mini Munch, so thanks for the giveaway.

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