Beating the Winter

Last January was a test for poly tunnels, especially with the weight of the snow lying heavily on top of them. So this time the old boys and I have made some precautions in case the weather makes a turn for the worst. So if you are worried about the winter weather and what it could potentially do to your crops, here is a few top tips to survive the winter weather:

• Remove snow continuously and carefully with a garden spade to prevent any structural damage to the polytunnel .
• Wrap any sharp edges with rags to cushion them. When the snow covers these sharp edges this could become a potential hazard.
• Add crop bars to the polytunnel to permanently strengthen the structure.
• When serve frosts come cover your crops with a winter fleece tunnel or a double layer of light weight fleece for extra protection.
• Don’t try and force open frozen greenhouse and polytunnel doors as this may result in damage.

With these top tips your crops should be free from harm when the January frosts or snow come along, if it does.

Mr McGregor



January Sale

Notcutts SaleWe hope everyone has had a fantastic Christmas and New Year and are now fully recovered from eating and maybe drinking a bit too much. To start the New Year with a bang we have got a brilliant sale on, where you can find up to 50% off calendars, Christmas, crackers, gardening, gifts, lights and toys and puzzles.

The sale has already proved very popular with many getting the most out of our incredible price slashings. If you haven’t already taken advantage of our amazing January prices you can expect to find all you need for this year’s Christmas including decorations for the tree and house, crackers and much more in the Notcutts sale.

It is also the perfect time to get shopping if you have any birthdays coming up in the next few months. There are some amazing gifts to give at fraction of the price (you can give twice as much without spending extra!)

Whatever you are looking for out of a January sale you will find it all here at Notcutts, whether online or at your local Notcutts garden centre.   

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The McGregor New Year

Happy New Year everybody!

Christmas and New Year was wonderful, the whole family all got together, ate too much food and got spoilt rotten. What was even better we had a brilliant family get together to see the New Year in.

The day was quite quiet to begin with, but as soon as New Year party came into conversation my daughter was amid she was going out with her friends to see the New Year in. This caused a bit of a raucous; Mrs McGregor was really hoping to have the whole family together, as this doesn’t happen very often.

We finally gave in, she is a teenager and the thought of staying in with the family on such an occasion I can understand wouldn’t be very appealing to her. She did give us a text message around midnight to wish us all a Happy New Year, which was very much appreciated.

Both Mrs McGregor’s side of the family and mine were over in the early evening for some drinks and little snacks (great way to get rid of the Christmas left over’s). We all had a wonderful time watching the countdown and the fireworks on the television, clinking glasses at the stroke of midnight. My son fell asleep just before, which was a shame, but he had been complaining about being tired all day, so we left him be.

Hope everyone had a great New Year and let’s see what 2011 brings us!

Mr McGregor

New Year Celebrations

Now that Christmas is over it is time to start thinking about how to celebrate the New Year. At the McGregor household we will be hosting this year. The whole family will be coming down to watch all the fireworks in London on the TV, enjoy some food and champagne.

I love seeing in a new year with the family, it’s great to find out what everyone’s resolutions are. We still have quite a lot of drink left over from Christmas, so that is something we don’t have to worry about, but food is another matter.

We have some food left over from Christmas; some cheeses and crackers, turkey pie (made from leftover turkey) and mince pies. However, we do need more party food. Mrs McGregor is already organising the evening’s food and will be making some sandwiches for everyone; I hope she makes turkey with cranberry sauce sandwiches. The homemade cranberry sauce went down very well over Christmas; fingers crossed there is some left!

I think we will have to make a quick dash to the local supermarket and see what there is on offer!

Happy New Year everyone,

Mr McGregor



January Sales

We all hope everyone had a great Christmas and are all fully recovered from the day’s activities. However, now Christmas is over, the January Sales have begun! This is a great time to grab yourself some bargains and this year we have some amazing offers to sink your teeth into.

Why not come down to your local Notcutts garden centre and treat yourself to a tea and cake in-between shopping?

Whether you want to stock up on next year’s decorations and cards or just want to browse what we have on offer, you will not be disappointed. There are fantastic items to have at amazing prices so take a look today and see how much money you could save.

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