TnT's Garden Links

[tnt]

some links to keep you all going, some very good links here worth a look - have fun!

www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Articles/Grow_Your_Own.html
www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/giveaway.php
www.rainbowtradingpost.co.uk/guides1.html
www.suttons.co.uk/default.aspx
server13.dedicateduk.com/~southonp/store/
www.dobies.co.uk/h_Equipment.htm
fredshed.co.uk/homepage.htm
www.tobaccoseed.co.uk/
www.herbsociety.org.uk/
www.farmersforaction.org/ - supporting local farmers
www.nfumutual.co.uk/ peace of mind, and good insurance
www.lbsgardendirect.co.uk/ - nice place if you have pennies
www.just-green.com/ - worms - ladybirds - bug killers
www.hipernatural.com/en/pltavena.html - Brilliant look up site

[Starchild]

I dispute the NFU insurance thingy, they tried to rip my brother off when his range rover was written off! :-( also found out a lot of farmers round here have lost confidence with them

[tnt]

After having farm dealings with the NFU for 15years right from Agricultural college, through various managed farms, and now personally, we've not had any problems, yes there have been problems, and I think with any major player in the sector there will always be the bad along with the good.

What impressed me about them was how quick they were to sort out the insurance for the householder and farmer who's cow fell through a house roof! ;D A cow walked off a cliff through a broken fence and fell through the roof of the house below, the cow did survive with some pretty nasty breaks in her legs, but everything was sorted out within 7 days bar the work on the roof as it took a little longer, as a roof repair couldn't be done in that sort of time scale!

The write off at the last farm I was at which involved a lorry smashing into the side of the car during the school run was taken care off very quickly, they even sorted the delay out with the lorry drivers insurnance company who were trying various tactics.

A lot of areas have really bad NFU reps, which is why some areas have farms turning away from the NFU, there are pockets of the UK that will have arable farmers with the NFU but livestock owners won't go near them, yet in other areas, it's the livestock farmers who stick by the NFU where as the arable boys won't touch them with a barge pole!

Long live the mutual companies I say, but as with any company, there will always be some horror stories along with some good stories.

:-)

[stormy]

im with the NFU and they have been great with the whole chimney fire thing, but like everything mate, we all see good and bad in things, beliieve it or not some people like schools? i know, weird bunch arent they. lol