Christmas Present Ideas For Gardener/Allotmenteer

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  1. Jungle Jane

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    With Christmas rapidly approaching a faster rate than I can keep up with I'm having trouble with ideas to buy a present for my Auntie.

    She's got an allotment late last year and I bought her an onion hoe which seemed pretty obvious to me I should get her. But this year I'm a little stuck what to get her. I don't have lots of money to spend, say around the £5 mark. Also she's had her garden redone and I don't know what it looks like yet, so perhaps I could get her something for that instead.

    Any ideas would be appreciated. Ideally not plants as I will be seeing them a few weeks before Christmas day.
     
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    Kneeling pads? Not very exciting though ...
     
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    £5 budget does make it a little challenging doesn't it.
    Seeds?
    Bulbs?
    Gloves?
    Plant labels?
    Solar light?
    Gift Voucher?
    String in a caddy?
    Garden lantern?
    Birdhouse?
    Cutting from your own garden?
    Journal?
    Hat?
    Write up some tips from here in a notebook (with space for her to add her own)?
     
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      A diary so she can keep track of the stuff she's planted. Some burlap storage sacks for those onions. Some herb pots. Some of those gardening clogs.
       
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        For the Auntie that has everything.

        Fly Fishing by J R Hartley. :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

        Sorry, had to be said.
         
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          A bottle of wine. Well she has to stop working once in while, she may aswell sup some nice wine while looking at her handiwork in the garden.
           
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            A seed box to keep packets of seeds in or collected seeds.
             
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            Build her a garden tool storage box for hand tools. You're really good at making stuff JJ!!
             
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            Two loaves of bread without gluten
             
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