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Tumbling Tomatoes – How to grow them.

November 8, 2024July 16, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Tumbling Tomatoes – How to grow them.

There are many varieties of tomato on the market these days to try and grow at home in pots or in the ground. However did you know you can grow tomatoes in hanging baskets? There is a variety of tomato called tumbling tomatoes. These are obviously named after how they appear, hanging down from the hanging basket to make it look like they are tumbling.

In this article, we will be explaining how to grow tumbling tomatoes at home or at your allotment. Tumbling tomatoes are very easy to grow and you can even get fantastic harvests from each plant. Up to 70 tomatoes per plant. We share our tomato tips and advice so that you will be able to grow great plants and get amazing results.

Tumbling tomatoes are cherry sized tomatoes which are ideal for pack lunches or picnics. Just make sure you slice them in half if you are giving them to a child so they do not swallow it whole.

You can grow your tumbling tomatoes either outside in the hanging basket or you can grow it in a polytunnel or a greenhouse hug up. The choice is up to you.

Find out about different tomato varieties here.

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How to grow tumbling tomatoes

When growing fruit and vegetables you always need to plan out and decide where you are going to grow them in your garden. You also need to find out the conditions that it likes best for it to grow successfully, this will help you get better tomato harvests and nicer produce. When growing tomatoes they are always best grown in the polytunnel or greenhouse as they like hotter temperatures but more are being developed to be grown outdoors for those who don’t have greenhouses or polytunnels. In this tumbling tomato guide, we will be giving you a step by step process of growing them from sowing, planting, harvesting and caring for the plants. Fingers crossed you get a great harvest of tumbling tomatoes.

When to sow, plant and harvest tumbling tomatoes

When you sow tumbling tomatoes they need to be planted at the right time of year. Here you can find out when to sow, plant and when to expect to harvest tumbling tomatoes.

Sow	February to April
Plant	May – June
Harvest	July to October

** Please not these are timings for the UK! Obviously it all depends on the weather also**

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The best place to grow tumbling tomatoes

The best place that you can grow tumbling tomatoes is obviously somewhere warm either in a polytunnel or a greenhouse. You can grow them in your hanging baskets hooked onto your house wall. Make sure they are in a warm sunny spot which will help them grow and ripen. This variety will produce up to 70 tomatoes per plant so your friends and family will love you as you will certainly end up giving lots away to them unless you make something with them.

The best soil to grow tumbling tomatoes in

The best soil to grow tumbling tomatoes in will be multi purpose compost as you will be growing these in hanging baskets. Don’t use soil just dug from the garden. The compost will have all the nutrients in to help create a great crop. Just keep feeding them on a weekly basis once the flowers have started to increase crops.

How to sow tumbling tomatoes

When it gets to the time of sowing your tumbling tomatoes it could not be any easier. We also include a video below with advice on how to sow your tomato seeds – this can be done for any variety of tomato.

To sow your tumbling tomatoes you can follow this step by step process:-

1) You will require a seed tray with holes in the bottom for drainage.

2) Put a layer of compost in the bottom of the tray.

3) Sprinkle the seeds along the top of the compost.

4) Cover the seeds with another layer of compost

5) Sprinkle the compost with water – do not over water just enough to soak the compost. Use a watering can with a sprinkler on the end.

6) If it is cold in your greenhouse cover with a layer of cling film this will keep them moist and also warm – this will help with germination

How to plant tumbling tomatoes

Tomatoes generally do not take a long to time to germinate. They take on average 14 to 21 days to germinate in the right conditions you could even be seeing signs of life after 7 days. Let the tomato plants keep growing in the seed trays until they are quite large around 8cm, just enough for them to be able to handle them. When they have got big enough so that you can handle them without the risk of snapping the stems they can be transplanted into individual plant pots.

When you are potting them up into individual pots they need to go into plant pots that are around 8cm tall. Now you can carefully transplant the tomato plants into there own pots of compost. Be careful when doing this as you don’t want to damage the plants or the roots. Once you have transplanted them give them a good watering then water every other day if it is hot water every day so that the plant does not die. Keep your tomato plants in the polytunnel or greenhouse where it is light and warm – this will encourage them to get growing well. Make sure you pot up a few extra plants just in case any get eaten by the slugs or snails. You can always share any spare plants with family and friends. Why not make a hanging basket as a present for someone.

When the tumbling tomato plants have reached around 15cm you can then transplant them to there final position – this being the hanging baskets. Fill your hanging basket with multipurpose compost, making sure that the hanging basket has holes in the bottom for drainage or it will drown the plants and rot the roots. Place 2 -3 plants in each hanging basket. Give them a good watering once you have planted them.

Looking after your Tumbling Tomatoes

One main difference with growing tumbling tomatoes you don’t need to trim off the shoots. You can just leave them to grow making the plant bushier. This will also encourage the plant to make a great amount of produce.

When it comes to watering the hanging basket this will have to be done every day as they will soon dry out with it being a small basket. In warm weather you may need to do them in the morning and at night.

The tomatoes will need feeding once a week when the flowers start to appear on the plants

Purchase Tumbling Tomatoes

Below you can purchase tumbling tomato seeds from Amazon to try and purchase some yourself.

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Freezing Parsnips – How to guide

November 8, 2024July 15, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Freezing Parsnips – How to guide

Welcome to the world of preserving the earthy sweetness of parsnips through freezing! If you’ve found yourself with an abundance of these delightful root vegetables and want to extend their freshness, you’re in the right place. In this comprehensive guide on freezing parsnips, we’ll walk you through the simple steps to ensure that you can enjoy the flavors of these winter treasures throughout the year.

Parsnips, with their sweet and nutty taste, are not only delicious when fresh but can also be a fantastic addition to your meals when preserved properly. Whether you’ve harvested a bumper crop from your garden or stumbled upon a great deal at the market, freezing parsnips is a convenient way to keep them at your culinary disposal whenever the craving strikes.

Join us as we delve into the art of freezing parsnips, exploring the best practices, essential tips, and creative ways to incorporate these frozen gems into your favorite dishes. Let’s embark on a journey to preserve the goodness of parsnips, ensuring you have a steady supply of these versatile roots whenever you need them.

Have you grown too many parsnips to store in the pantry? Not got enough room to store them? Well rather than letting the parsnips rot and go off you could start by freezing them. Freezing parsnips is is quick simple and easy to do. Plus you won’t be wasting vegetables especially if you have grown them yourself.

If you freeze your parsnips you can then end up storing them for months as they will not go off in the freezer. Give the parsnips a good scrub down, peel them then finally blanch them before you decide to put them in the freezer.

Do you want to learn how to grow parsnips? Find out here.

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How to wash, blanch and freeze parsnips.

Here you can a find a step by step plan of washing, blanching and freezing your parsnips:-

Place your parsnips in a bowl of water for one hour to soak. This will help remove any muck on the parsnips.
Wash your parsnips under a cold tap, to get all the rest of the dirt off scrub them with a nailbrush. This will get into all the groves of the parsnip and get the dirt out. Don’t use a nail brush you have used on yourself.
Use a peeler rather than a knife to peel the parsnips as you don’t want to end up cutting chunks out of them. A peeler will just take the skin off them
Either using vegetable dicer or a knife chop the parsnip into 2-3cm chunks.

You can follow the next steps on how to blanch the parsnips ready for freezing them.

Boil a pan of water on the oven.
Once the water is boiling you can gently place in your parsnip cubes.
Your parsnips will take around 2-3 minutes to blanch if you have cut them to 2-3cm.
Place the parsnip cubes straight into a bowl of ice-cold water – add a few ice cubes to the water to get it colder.
This will stop the parsnips from cooking straight away.
You can now place your parsnip cubes on a clean towel or kitchen roll and pat them down, leave until they have dried out
To freeze the parsnips put them in a vacuum-sealed food bag – write the date on the bag with a sharpie so you know when you put them in the freezer. These will last around 13 months.
If you put them straight into the freezer bag they will all freeze as a clump. If you want to freeze them individually put some greaseproof paper on a baking tray and lay them on that then freeze.
Once they have frozen on the baking tray you can put the pieces in the bag and seal.
When you are ready to use the parsnips you can get the bag out of the freezer and let it just defrost at room temperature.

Conclusion

As we conclude this guide on freezing parsnips, we hope you’ve gained valuable insights into preserving the rich flavors of this versatile root vegetable. Freezing parsnips is not just a practical way to prevent waste; it’s a culinary investment that allows you to enjoy the delightful taste of parsnips in a myriad of dishes throughout the year.

By following the steps outlined in this guide, you’ve learned how to maintain the quality, texture, and nutritional benefits of parsnips, ensuring they remain a delicious addition to your meals even after being frozen. Whether you choose to add them to soups, stews, roasts, or side dishes, your frozen parsnips will bring a touch of earthy sweetness to your culinary creations.

So, the next time you find yourself with an abundance of parsnips, don’t hesitate to freeze them and savor the taste of this winter gem whenever your taste buds desire. Happy freezing, and may your future meals be filled with the wholesome goodness of preserved parsnips!

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Growing Parsnips – Hints and tips

November 8, 2024July 15, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Growing Parsnips

Parsnips are fantastic to grow in the garden. You can plant them and basically leave them until you are ready to eat them. You don’t even need to harvest them all at once you can just harvest them as and when you actually need them just leave them in the ground until you are actually ready. Here we will be sharing hints and tips on growing parsnips for the best harvests and great produce. You can sow parsnips in spring and be eating the lovely roasted parsnips come autumn with your Sunday dinner.

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When to sow and harvest parsnips.

Here you can find out when the best time of the year is to sow and harvest.

Sow	February to May
Harvest	September to March

** Note this are UK timings – everything is obviously based on the weather**

Parsnip Varieties

When choosing parsnip varieties to grow it is important that you choose ones that are resistant to Canker. The varieties that we recommend growing are:-

Ruby
Marian
Angela

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Choosing the best spot for growing parsnips

When choosing the best spot for growing parsnips you need to find a sunny spot for them to grow. They like soil that has previously been improved with well rotted manure. If you are growing them for shows you will want to choose perfect soil but we are looking at growing parsnips for home use. Before sowing your parsnip seeds make sure that you have raked over the soil, removed any stones and added general fertilizer the week before for best outcomes.

Sowing and planting Parsnips

When you sow parsnips seeds you have to be patiant as they can take a long time to germinate. When choosing the variety of parsnip choose a resistant variety of parsnip so that you don’t get canker. Parsnip seeds do not store well at all so you need to get a fresh batch every year. Don’t save the previous years seeds.

Parsnip seeds can be sown from late winter but it is always best waiting till the weather warms up and the soil is warmer. This will help with germination from the plants.

To sow parsnip seeds make a row with the edge of a dibber making it around 1cm deep. If the soil is dry give it a sprinkle of water to wet it slightly. Sow around 4 seeds every 20cms in the prepared row. Then cover the seeds with a fine layer of soil. The seeds are not the easiest to handle so it is probably better an adult does this.

Looking after Parsnip Plants

When your parsnip seeds start to grow you now need to decide which ones are growing the best out of the four seeds. Pull three out and leave the strongest one to carry on growing.

To get the best parsnips keep them weed free they do not like competeing against the weeds for the nutrients in the soil.

Parsnips do not need watering often or very little. Only water them when they start to wilt. You can just leave them to the rain to water. Which in the UK you will be fine for rain.

Harvesting Parsnips

When harvesting parsnips they are best pulled after the first frost as this turns the starch into sugars making them taste a lot better. However you can pull them from summer as baby vegetables. You can pull parsnips out of the ground as and when you actually need them

Parsnip Pests and Diseases

As with any fruit or vegetable you get pests and diseases that affect produce. Here you can see what affects parsnips.

Carrot Fly:- these can affect parsnips as well as carrots. Once the plants get attacked there is no stopping them. You need to be careful you don’t clump plants together too much or damage the plants when thinning them out as this will attract them. You can also build a barrier around the plants 2ft high using horticultural fleece.

Canker:- This can cause rot at the top of the parsnip. It will usually look brown/orange or purple. This can be caused through drought. The way to prevent this is to use a variety that is resistant to it.

Purchase Parsnip Seeds

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Dwarf French Beans – How to grow

November 8, 2024July 15, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Dwarf French Beans

Dwarf French beans are excellent to grow on a garden or allotment as they don’t take up a lot of space and they don’t require too much attention. French Beans are a lot less productive than there relation to the runner bean. But you certainly will get a great crop from them.

Dwarf French Beans will not have the problem that runner beans have with many of the pods not setting. Dwarf French Beans will only grow to a height of around 50cm so they do not need a massive structure making like you would for runner beans and normal French beans.

French Beans can come in many colours not just green but yellow and even purple.

Here in this article we will explain how to grow Dwarf French Beans.

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When to Sow Dwarf French Beans

Here you can find the months that you can plant them in the garden.

Sow	April to July
Plant	June to July
Harvest	June to October

**This is only a guide for the UK obviously it all depends on the weather**

Varieties of Dwarf French Bean

There are a few varieties of French bean available on the market to buy. These are some of our recommendations:-

Annebel
Delinel
Golden Teepee
Purple Teepee
Kenyan Bean AGM

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Choosing the best soil

When growing Dwarf French Beans you obviously need to plant them in the best position to get the best crops and prod cue from the plants. These need to be planted in a warm sunny spot where the soil is fertile and holds onto the moisture. You can improve the soil by adding in some well-rotted manure and compost a few months before.

How to sow Dwarf French Beans

Sowing these beans is easy we will go through all the things you need to do from sowing, planting and harvesting dwarf French beans.

When sowing the beans the best option is to sow them in pots first as they are extremely slow to grow giving them more chance of being attacked by slugs and snails. Either get a seed tray and distribute them on a layer of compost evenly then covered with another layer of compost or you can sow beans per plant pot (small pot will do)

Planting Dwarf French Beans

When your Beans have reached around 10cm tall they are ready to plant outside in the ground or in troughs. When planting them out in the ground leave around 20cm between each plant so that it makes it easier to weed them. Always save a few plants just in case any get eaten or do not take.

Either plant the French beans in single rows or double rows. Fasten netting behind the beans so that you can fasten them to it as they grow taller. The weight of the beans may topple the plants over and snap them and you would not want to lose all your produce.

Looking after your Plants

beans do not need much looking after. Make sure that the plants are kept weed-free when growing. If it is cold you can use fleece to cover the plants to protect them against frost.

When the plants are small and still developing they can get attacked by birds and slugs. Keep the plants protected from birds by either using netting or using pop bottles to cover them until they are bigger.

Mulch around the plants to keep the plants moist as this will help them grow and stop them drying out as fast.

Harvesting Dwarf French Beans

When harvesting Beans, it’s better to keep picking them often so that it encourages more harvesting. Pick the beans when they are large enough do not leave them on the plant too long as they will miss their peak tastiness.

How to store Dwarf French Beans

To store the beans you can freeze them and you can also dry out the pods. To dry out the pods you need to wait until the pods start to die back on the plant. Pick the pods and store them in a dry room. You can then shell the beans and store the beans in a Tupperware box that is airtight. Before you eat them though the beans will need to be soaked first.

Dwarf French Beans Pests and Diseases

As with any fruit an vegetables they attract pests and diseases and it’s always good to help avoid them. Here we tell you how to try and stop the issues.

Birds:- they love the Bean plants when they are small and in the ground. The pigeons will love to eat them down to the ground and you could end up losing all your crop. Either protect them with netting or use plastic bottles cut in half to cover them with until they are a lot bigger. You could even try making a scarecrow to keep the birds away.

Slugs and Snails – These will always be a problem with any type of plant that you grow. But if the slugs eat the tops off the plants this will stop them from growing to a decent height. Set up beer traps, egg shells or any other slug deterrent.

Purchase Dwarf French Beans

Do you want to try your green fingers at growing dwarf French Beans. Here you can purchase some through our Amazon link

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Gardeners Delight Tomato – How to grow successfully

November 8, 2024July 13, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Gardeners Delight Tomato

More and more people are trying to grow tomatoes at home whether it be for you the adult, or their children to enjoy learning about growing produce or as a little family competition to see who can grow the best produce at home. Gardeners delight tomatoes are one of the most popular tomatoes to try and grow as these can be grown in the greenhouse and outdoors.

Gardeners Delight tomatoes are ideal for the expert gardener and the amateur gardener because they are that easy to grow you certainly won’t be having any issues growing these and you will get a great harvest from them all the summer right into autumn.

Gardeners delight tomatoes are a popular choice to grow and eat as they are super sweet they are tiny and can be eaten as snacks when you feel peckish or they can be put in a lunch box to accompany your packed lunch for work or for the children.

Gardeners delight tomatoes are a cherry type of tomato grown on a corden plant. A corden plant means that it grows better when you prune the side shoots out on the plant as it grows. The Latin name for gardeners delight is Lycopersicon esculentum.

Find out about different tomato varieties here.

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How to grow Gardeners delight tomatoes

When you are looking at growing fruit or vegetables (whichever you think a tomato is) it is usually a great idea before growing the tomatoes to know where you will be growing them in the garden. You need to know that you have the right conditions in your garden for growing them. Having the best growing conditions will help you get a better gardener’s delight harvest and crop from the plants. The best place to grow your gardener’s delight tomatoes would ideally be in a polytunnel or a greenhouse as this is a great ideal spot. Tomatoes are being more and more adapted to be grown in the UK conditions. Gardeners’ delight can be grown successfully outdoors and you should get a decent crop from them. In this guide, we will provide a step-by-step guide on growing Gardeners Delight tomatoes successfully from seeds right through to harvesting the tomatoes from the plants. Follow this guide and you will soon be eating the delicious sweet tasty tomatoes.

When to sow, plant and harvest gardeners delight

Knowing the correct times to sow, plant, and harvest your gardener’s delight seeds is a good start to getting great tomato plants. Below you will find a guide to the months when you can sow your tomato seeds. Try not to start them off too early as this can affect the plants. The tomato plants will soon catch up when growing through the summer.

Sow	February to April
Plant	May – June
Harvest	July to October

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Best place to grow gardeners delight

The best place to ideally grow gardeners delight tomatoes is in a polytunnel or a greenhouse as this space is a lot warmer for the plants which will help the growth of the plants and help ripen them. If you grow them indoors you certainly will be picking hundreds of tomatoes from the plants. Your friends will certainly love you for them as you will end up giving lots away. The gardeners delight tomatoes will grow outdoors as long as they are in a sunny position.

The best soil to grow gardeners delight in

The ideal soil that gardeners delight need to be grown in is compost. This will have all the right nutrients in it for a great harvest until the plant dies back in October. Compost is certainly the better option than planting straight in the soil as you will need to add organic matter to help feed the plants.

How to sow gardeners delight tomato seeds

When it comes to sowing gardeners delight tomato seeds it could not be any easier. We also include a video below to help show you how to sow the seeds.

To sow the gardeners delight tomato seeds here is the step-by-step guide: –

1) You will require a seed tray with holes in the bottom for drainage.

2) Put a layer of compost in the bottom of the tray.

3) Sprinkle the seeds along the top of the compost.

4) Cover the seeds with another layer of compost

5) Sprinkle the compost with water – do not overwater just enough to soak the compost. Use a watering can with a sprinkler on the end.

6) If it is cold in your greenhouse cover with a layer of cling film this will keep them moist and also warm – this will help with germination

Planting your gardeners delight tomatoes

Tomatoes do not take that long to germinate – usually, this will be around 14-21 days. Leave the plants growing in the seed tray until they get quite big – big enough to handle (usually around 8cm). When the tomato plants are big enough to handle without the chance of snapping the stem they can be transplanted to bigger individual pots.

You will require plant pots that are at least 8cm tall. Carefully transplant the gardeners delight tomato plants into the new plant pots in fresh compost. Give the tomato plants a good watering then keep watering them every other day so they do not die. Keep your plant pots in a sunny position – ideally in a greenhouse or polytunnel where it is warm. One little tip is to always pot up a few extra plants just in case they do not take or they get eaten by the slugs. You can always give them away if you have too many.

When the gardeners delight tomato plants reach around 15cm they can be transplanted to their final destination. This is a grow bag or a bucket with holes in it. If you are using a grow bag you can usually fit around 3 plants in each grow bag. If you have not got grow bags you can use flower buckets which you can pick up from Morrisons or Asda for free or extremely cheap. These can then be filled with multipurpose compost. Just remember to drill holes in the bottom or they can get water logged.

You can watch the video below showing how to transplant tomato plants into plant pots.

Looking after your gardeners delight tomato’s

When you are growing any type of tomato variety they will require lots of love and attention from you – this will encourage them to give you back lots of crops which you will hopefully have too many and end up giving away to family and friends.

One of the main jobs for looking after your gardener’s delight tomatoes is probably one of the hardest which is to remember to water them. You could end up watering them every single day. They certainly like to drink a lot of water. This will obviously help them grow and make the fruit swell. If you forget to keep watering them and then all of a sudden start watering them again when it has fruit on them it can actually cause them to spilt. Tomatoes are like regular water not infrequent. On hot days, they may even want water in the morning and at night.

As your tomato plants grow they will get a lot taller and when the tomatoes start growing on them they can become heavy. Support them by placing a cane at the side of the plant and fastening the tomato plant to the cane to keep it in one piece, you would not want the plant snapping and losing all your tomatoes.

As the tomato plants grow you will see side shoots growing on them like mini tomato plants, just keep snapping these off it so that it does not become busy and that it grows taller instead of concentrating on growing the tomatoes.

Harvesting your gardener’s delight tomatoes

The best part of growing gardeners delight tomatoes is then harvesting them. IT will be great at first then you will be wondering who you can give them away to as you will have loads. When one turns red on the tomato plant they will all start to turn red as they let out a scent. Pick the tomatoes off when they are fully ripe. Do not leave them on too long or they could go soft and split. If the tomatoes are not ripening leave a banana skin nearby as this helps ripen them.

Purchase Gardeners Delight Tomato Plants and seeds

Here you can purchase your gardeners delight tomato plants and seeds. We have found the best-priced ones online which we recommend to you. You will have great success with these.

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Gardeners Delight Common Questions and queries

How do you care for gardeners delight tomatoes?

The best way to care for your gardener’s delight tomatoes is to keep pinching out the side shoots that grow on the plant so it grows nice and tall and focuses on growing the tomatoes. You can also feed it once a week when the flowers start to form on the plant.

Gardeners Delight Tomato Hanging Basket

Gardeners delight cannot be grown in hanging baskets. You are best getting a tumbling tom for growing tomatoes in hanging baskets.

What type of tomato is gardeners delight?

Gardeners delight is a cherry-type tomato. They are a cordon variety of tomato plants.

Do you pinch out Gardeners Delight?

The simple answer to do you pinch out gardeners delight tomatoes is yes. This is because it is a corden tomato and not a bush variety of tomato plant

How tall do Gardeners Delight Grow?

Gardeners delight tomatoes can grow to a massive 2 meters tall in the right conditions obviously when it gets to the height you want you can cut the top off the plant.

Is Gardeners Delight a bush tomato?

Gardeners delight tomato is not a bush tomato it is a corden tomato plant.

Do you need to stake out Gardeners Delight Tomatoes?

You will need to stake out gardeners delight tomatoes with a can as mentioned above they grow to around 2 meters tall which is 200 cm. This means the plant can get top heavy and could snap so staking out the plant will help prevent it from snapping.

Best Lawn Feed

November 8, 2024July 9, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

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Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner

November 8, 2024July 9, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Eufy Robot Vacuum Cleaner [BoostIQ] RoboVac 30C, Wi-Fi, Super-Thin, 1500Pa Suction, Boundary Strips Included, Quiet, Self-Charging Robotic Vacuum Cleaner, Cleans Hard Floors to Medium-Pile Carpets

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About The Product

RoboVac 30C

The Super-Slim and Even More Powerful RoboVac with Wi-Fi Connectivity

Lean, Mean, Cleaning Machine

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Note:

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Max suction mode on medium-pile carpets provides approx. 40 minutes of cleaning.

RoboVac only connects to the 2.4GHz frequency. Make sure you are using a 2.4GHz router or a dual-band router that is configured to support a 2.4GHz frequency band. RoboVac does not support 5GHz frequency band.

Price Range

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Customer Reviews

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Overview: We’ve had this for around 1 month now. I had the following concerns:
– The dog will hate it (he always attacks our current vacuum)
– it won’t really pick much up
– it will be too loud

So, turns out the dog doesn’t care! This is probably because, for a vacuum, it’s very quiet! I’m not going to tell you you won’t notice it, because if you’re watching TV, you’re going to want to turn the volume up, but at least you can still hear the TV (which isn’t the case with the normal vacuum).
What really blew me away was how much stuff this thing picks up! Where does it find it all! I can vacuum the house (very thoroughly), and then I send Robovac out (using Google home, because why not) and it still manages to fill half its waste bin after a cycle! The first few times we ran it, it would keep filling up, presumably because it can get underneath all of the things the normal vacuum can’t get to! (Thank god, under the bed is always clean now). I’m very impressed with this vac. Now I need to find an extra charging station so I can just lift Robovac between floors without having to unplug and move the station too.

Setup: Very easy. Take out the box, remove taped foam, charge up. The app as well as Google home were both a doddle to setup. The instructions tell you it needs 1m each side of the dock – I have maybe 25cm on each side, and it still works well.

Looks: It looks great! The glass top makes it feel expensive (although it does get very dusty) and despite a number of tight fits and corner bumps, the plastic and rubber on the sides seems to hold up very well.

Connectivity: Google home and Alexa compatible – both very easy to setup. App available for both Android and iOS. WiFi range/signal is always excellent. The robovac is very responsive to app inputs with barely any lag – a minor frustration is that it doesn’t give you any push notifications (scheduled clean started, low on battery, fully charged, stuck, etc).

Navigation: Robovac is very random with its navigation – there’s nothing clever to it, it’s completely random. This isn’t much of an issue as it randomly manages to cover all the floors. After the first 10 minutes of bumping around, it does seem to learn the room, but all this seems to do is stop it from hitting any objects – it stops around 1 inch before. One big ‘whatif’ for me was the cliff sensor – I don’t want to mess around with magnetised tape (of which you get 2 rolls included) to stop it from falling down the stairs. I’m glad to report that the cliff sensor works perfectly and after several weeks of use, I’ve never had any touble with it.

Suction/cleaning power: Absolutely amazing! I vacuumed downstairs (half carpet, half tile) because I wanted to see what Robovac would manage to find after a typical clean. After a full run (1 hour), I was very surprised to find that it had filled it’s not-so-small waste bin – where the hell did it find all that dust!?

Battery: Shorter than advertised and expected. In normal mode, it only lasts around 1 hour for me (tile/short pile carpet mix). It takes a further 1.5 hours to charge. Not a huge problem, but if it lasted 1.5 hours it would be able to clean much more in a single run

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Forest Garden 3 Sizes Pressure Treated Wooden Kendal Square Planter, Set of 3

November 8, 2024July 9, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Forest Garden 3 Sizes Pressure Treated Wooden Kendal Square Planter, Set of 3

Overview of product

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The Forest Kendal Square Planter Set includes three planters of decreasing size – Small (h)23 x (w)32 x (d)32cm, Medium (h)28 x (w)41 x (d)41cm, Large (h)30 x (w)50 x (d)50cm
Also available in a rectangular or hexagonal design
Manufactured from smooth-planed, Pressure Treated timber for a superior build
High-quality planter set with a natural timber finish
Some of our items are bulky and you will need to clear space in your garden ready for delivery. Providing it’s safe, our drivers will carry the product through to your garden to the space you have cleared. It is important you are in to sign for the delivery.

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About The Product

Brighten up a plain patio or empty decking area with a 3-in-1 planter set from Forest. The Kendal Square Planter set has a simple square design, natural timber finish and horizontal lines. The set contains 3 planters of decreasing size, they can hold a multitude of plants and flowers and when planted up as a set and positioned they’ll bring colour and interest to your garden.

Manufactured from high quality, Pressure Treated timber. Each planter is raised off the ground with Pressure Treated bearers to prevent damp. The set comes with a 15 year Anti-Rot guarantee.

These planters come assembled so you can start planting straight away.

Our delivery team will need to contact you to arrange a convenient delivery time, we will need accurate details to do this. Please ensure your Amazon account is up to date. Please also let the delivery team know of any delivery restrictions you may have. Our products are bulky items and you will need to ensure that you have cleared enough space in your garden to take delivery of the product. It is important you are in to sign for delivery and to instruct the driver exactly where to leave the delivery. Providing it is safe the driver will deliver to this location. The driver will not be able to go through your house or onto your neighbour’s property to make the delivery. To progress the status of your order please go to the Forest Garden website and click on the link to the tracking portal.

Small: 23 x 32 x 32cm
Medium: 28 x 41 x 41cm
Large: 33 x 50 x 50cm

Price Range

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Customer Reviews

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Good quality and price. Ideal for my garden to grow some veg. I used a liner inside too.

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Electric Fly Bugs Swatter Zapper

November 8, 2024July 9, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Electric Fly Bugs Swatter Zapper

Overview of product

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【Highly Efficient and Widely Used】⚡3,000V output voltage can kill insects and bugs easily once they touch the electric mesh. Widely used for various kinds of indoor and outdoor activities such as gardening, beaching, camping, barbecue
⚡【LED Lighting System】⚡Built-in LED bulb not only can help you find, attract and kill the bugs but also light your road in need. The other LED bulbs as a indicator show if it’s working normally and charged fully
⚡【Built-in Li-battery charged by USB】⚡The built-in 18650 Li-battery with 1,000mAh capacity supports a long time continuous use after one time full charging. USB charging makes it convenient to be recharged, whenever and wherever and never worry about the safety any more
⚡【 More Safety】⚡The protective grids on both sides, not only protect the middle electric mesh from being damaged, but mainly prevent people from being shocked when using
⚡【QUALITY 】⚡Brand new ABS materials make the swatter bright and look shiny. The firm frame makes it not easy collapse thus provides services for a long time, the 2 parts design make it small package and easy to transport

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Night Cat Electric Fly Swatter is specialized in killing the flies, mosquitoes, bugs and other small insects.

Compare with the unmovable zapper, you can use it to attack the flies Initiatively and more efficient;

Compare with the Insecticide, it is more safe for the environment;

Compare with other fly swatter which need the AA battery, it can be recharged with the replaceable build-in Li battery.

Night Cat Electric Fly Swatter, Your Best Choice.

Price Range

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Customer Reviews

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It’s that pesky time of year again where the flies and mosquitoes come to invade our personal space!
Tennis racket style bug zapper. Packaged well. Arrived in a tall, slim, white box.
The contents include the zapper, zapper base, usb charging cable and manual. Simply screw on the base and you’re ready to go as long as the zapper is charged.
The zapper is quite a cool, modern design. It has a little bit of weight to it, it all seems well made. It’s roughly 53cm long. All white, with a turquoise centre. There are 3 layers of mesh. There is an LED light guide to help you, this is a good size and a good brightness. There is also a small LED indicator light too. There is a switch on the side to turn on with no light, on with light and off again. The charging port is on the side below this.
This zapper fantastically pumps out 3000 volts a time. It is a bit of a game to catch the flies but no one said this would be easy! It’s definitely easier than just wafting your hand in front of your face in hopes of them leaving you alone… I’ve also resorted to deodorant blasts on them before!
When you do catch the fly, oh yes, it is as satisfying as you would expect. You can hear the sizzle, cracks and, if you’re lucky, you might even see a little flame too! (Ok, admittedly I felt bad when this happened!)
This is quite good. I mean I get it’s a bit of a gimmick but if you do suffer from mosquitoes and or flies, I would recommend it, it definitely does the job, as long as you can swing! I think the volts more go through the centre mesh, as the fool I am wanted to know if it did anything on the first layer when touched! So I’m assuming the flies go through the first layer then get caught? Either way, it worked, it killed them, it’s also fun to use or try and use..

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Driveway Alarm, PHYSEN Outdoor Weatherproof Wireless Motion Detector

November 8, 2024July 9, 2020 by Gardening With Ben

Driveway Alarm PHYSEN Outdoor Weatherproof Wireless Motion Detector

Welcome to our review of Driveway Alarm PHYSEN Outdoor Weatherproof Wireless Motion Detector, here you will be able to find out what the customers think of this product and if it is worth purchasing. You can also click the link that will take you to Amazon to purchase it which it is a safe, secure, and trusted website to purchase from.

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Overview of product

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Weatherproof PIR Motion Sensor Alarm – High precision wireless driveway alarm system, low-rate false alarm. IP55 waterproof, weather-resistant design enables the PIR motion detector to work perfectly both outdoor and indoor. Perfect for Home, Garage, Gate, Yard, Pool, Villa, Store, etc.
58 Unique Chimes & 5 Volume Levels -58 unique chimes allow you to change ring tones freely, and 5 Volume Levels from 0dB to 110dB can meet your different needs. The LED light indicator flashes to perform a visual alert, excellently offer security alert for the hearing impaired. If you don’t want to be disturbed, you can also choose Mute Mode for the receiver.
500FT Working Range – The working range from the detector to the receiver can reach up to 500ft in the open area, 16ft detecting range and 60°detection angle, ideal for driveways, walking paths.
Expandable Alarm System – Build your own security alert system by pairing more motion sensors or receivers. It is able to expand up to 20 sensors and unlimited receivers for complete coverage of your property.
Easy to Install – Plug the receiver into the socket, simply pair the motion detector with the receiver, then mount the detector anywhere you want with attached screws. Now your driveway alarm system begins to work perfectly. We will offer 1 Year After-sale Service, if you have any problems, please contact us freely!

About The Product

PHYSEN Driveway Motion Detector Sensor Alarm System Will Help To Protect Your Property!

Main Features:
★Automatically ring the doorbell when a motion is detected
★Weatherproof motion sensor for both indoor or outdoor use
★Low False Alarm Motion Sensor, Detects motion up to 16FT x 60°
★58 ringtones to choose from and 5 steps volume control(From 0dB to 110dB)
★Up to 500FT operating range in an open area
★Eye-catching indicators alert you when the doorbell can’t be heard

Price Range

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Customer Reviews

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After a spate of burglaries in my area I decided to fit one of these overlooking my front yard that has my neighbor’s scooter parked in overnight. There had been three past attempts to steal my neighbor’s scooter, each occasion I disturbed them. Neither the CCTV nor the security light was enough to deter them, as they arrived wearing hoodies and faces covered. Within a week of my installing this sensor alarm, the thieves returned. However, they could hear the alarm go off inside my hall as they moved about in my front yard. This was enough to send them scurrying off. It also woke me and I was able to inform the police immediately. Thank you, Amazon!

Overall Review

This product has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5 on Amazon. It has been purchased in total over 3200 times. The customers have given it a 59% Satisfactory 5* rating.

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