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PETS-AT-HOME RESOLUTIONS

Worried about who will look after your pets whilst you're on by Claire Beaton
holiday? I do not feel very enthusiastic wire for sensitive stems like
PETS-A T-HOME could be your answer. about gardening in January. I've dahlias and garden twine for
PETS-A T-HOME is a new service which cares for pets in their taken a straw poll round the other temporary tying of annuals and
own home. gardeners in the office and asked perennials into place. The shelves
what they do garden-wise in of sundries all help concentrate
Telephone Swindon (0793) 873062 for further details.
January, to see if they felt any the mind on what type of plants
differently to myself about you want to spend time growing
GAS FIRES AND STOVES regarding this as a month to be in the coming year and in addi-
• Gas log/coal effect fires. spent curled up in front of the tion to the small purchases you
. Gas fire convector boxes. television with a good video. It's make you leave the garden centre
• Gas stoves. too wet and cold outside. I did full of resolutions and enthusiasm
Visit our Showroom, open all day Saturday send my seed order off in Nov- for your garden once again.
Heating Systems Limited, Unit 14, ember, but if the seeds do arrive
Orbit Centre, West Swindon. early it is far too soon to sow
Tel: 612060. anything if, like me, you rely on ALL DRIED OUT
daylight to encourage growth With the central heating season
after germination. I wonder why now on us, many of the stuffy
PINE FURN 1st January has become a day for problems associated with it will
I 1 J making New Year's resolutions be back again. Blocked noses,
I d3: since all we can do is wait for the dry mouths, sore throats and

spring to arrive. Only then can withered plants to name but a
we put away the video tapes and few.
4 bring out the bag of potting com- Central heating dries out the
post and the magic packets of air, and as nobody wants to waste
seeds. high cost fuel, windows and doors
THE COTSWOLD COLLECTION There is a list of unpleasant are kept shut, preventing moist
gardening jobs you could fill out air from entering the rooms. It is
Probably the best collection of QUALITY PINE FURNITURE in your New Year's resolution list this lack of moisture which causes
the West Country, at the most competitive prices. LOOK FOR with; most experts tell you these the discomfort, and particularly
THE STAR BARGAINS IN OUR JANUARY SALE. should be done in the autumn, affects those suffering from
but only because they know that asthma, bronchitis, very young
33 Cricklade Road, Gorse Hill, Swindon. Tel: 511898 if we put away something mucky children and the elderly.
Open Mon—Sat 9.30 am. —5.30 p.m.
we are unlikely to clean it before Many parents will remember
140- its next use. So there are stacks boiling a kettle in the bedroom,
— — — — — — — — - — — - - of flower pots and seed trays to when their child had croup, but
be scrubbed in disinfectant and there is now a much safer and
('CE spades, forks and handtools to effective way of replacing the
be cleaned off. Perhaps a better moisture in the atmosphere.
GREAT WESTERN KITCHEN CO. IT
resolution is to plan to use peat
I — — — — — — — — — — — — I An electric humidifier can run
pots, plastic sleeves or toilet roll all night quite safely, and uses
M
I FITTED KIT IT C = H S I tubes instead. Planning to throw only one unit of electricity in
FITTED BEDROOMS
I - — — — - — — I things away instead of reusing about 9 hours.
I Full design & installation them is considered appalling Humidifiers can be bought, or
waste by many (which is why I
or I hired on a weekly basis, from
I mentioned the more acceptable Ashingion Way Pharmacy.
supply only for your own installation alternatives first) but cheap
I — — — — — — — — - — — -
plastic seed trays are also avail-
Unit 3, The Orbit Centre, Ashworth Road, I
able, designed to be thrown away
I STAR *
Turn off the Great Western Way at Dick Lovetts BMW Centre
I after a single use and thus
avoiding problems of infection
SWINDON

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TEL: 618139 or 518028 BARGAINS
and storage.
ls~*t, Things that should be thrown
— — — — — — — — - — — — - away without hesitation are the There are some big bargains in
11111 bottles of weed killers and pesti- the January sale at the Cotswold
.... .u.................. cides where only a part measure Collection Pine Shop in Gorse
kA 1 HANDIHIRE : to make up and use and contri-
sloshes in the bottom; too little Hill, Swindon.
Although only opened in the
TOOL AND PLANT HIR . buting to a possibly confusing Autumn, the Cotswold Collection
.
muddle on your chemicals shelf. is gaining the reputation of having
A browse round a graden centre the widest range of pine furniture
might be a more inspiring activity at the keenest prices in the area.
for the beginning of the year. Tables, beds, wardrobes, kitchen
Vine eyes, training wire and units are all available from stock
canes may suggest planting an and to make things more
apple tree against a fence or wall. attractive, a whole range of items
Plant ties of various types might are featured in their Star
EASY PARKING - COLLECTION/DELIVERY SERVICE be useful in the spring and sum- Bargains sale. Items at sale prices
MON-FRI. Barn - 6pm; SAT. Barn - 5pm mer; wire rings for tomatoes are marked with a large star in
Unit 9, Marlborough Road Industrial Estate, (which should be sown in Feb-
Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire SN4 8AX .0 the showroom and buyers can be
Tel: Swindon 854821 U ruary), plastic coated wire for assured of quality at prices which
U.........._. U.... roses and shrubs, foam covered will be hard to beat.
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