Poltross Enterprises

Poltross Enterprises Wild bird food and pet food retailer. Based in Haltwhistle but deliver weekly across North Cumbria and the Tyne Valley. Mail order service available too!

We're sad that our two delivery drivers have made the decision to retire shortly. As a result, we're looking to recruit ...
17/06/2025

We're sad that our two delivery drivers have made the decision to retire shortly. As a result, we're looking to recruit a couple of friendly, enthusiastic people who would like to do a day's driving each week . We deliver to the North East on a Wednesday and Cumbria on a Friday, and have done so for nearly 30 years, so you would need to be available on one of those days. This is a job that often doesn't feel like work as you'll be driving in some beautiful countryside. The ideal candidate will have a friendly, outgoing manner with good people skills as you will be the face of our business and meeting our customers. Given that some of the sacks are up to 25kg in weight, you will need to be physically fit. Experience of driving a van or larger vehicle would be desirable, and experience of driving in all weather conditions on rural roads is essential. If you have just retired from full time work and are looking for just a small job, this might be just the one for you! Call into the shop for a chat, or drop me a message.

02/06/2025

Lots of home-grown peat-free plants at the shop today!

Plenty more plants coming to the shop tomorrow. We have some really sturdy cucumber plants - Femspot or Pony, as well as...
30/05/2025

Plenty more plants coming to the shop tomorrow. We have some really sturdy cucumber plants - Femspot or Pony, as well as courgettes, and few remaining tomato plants. There'll also be African Marigolds, Tagetes, Dahlias, Lobelia, and some tub and basket plants - Petchoa petunias, Bacopa, Verbena etc. You won't find mass-produced, chemically treated, bought in plants here! Everything is grown from scratch in top quality peat-free compost, just 5 miles from Haltwhistle. No fungicides, no bee-killing insecticides, just great looking plants!

Today, as well as various bedding plants growbags and compost, we will have cucumber and courgette plants. There are two...
27/05/2025

Today, as well as various bedding plants growbags and compost, we will have cucumber and courgette plants. There are two different cucumbers - Femspot, and Pony. Both are looking great at the moment, so come and get some while stocks last!

We have a selection of plants at the shop today - all grown by me from seed, in peat free compost! No neonicotinoids, no...
24/05/2025

We have a selection of plants at the shop today - all grown by me from seed, in peat free compost! No neonicotinoids, no fungicides, no growth regulators, no insecticides or other nasties are used! Today we have tomatoes, courgettes, petunias, parsley, dahlias, petchoa, bacopa, African marigolds, tagetes, and a few others. Next week we will have cucumber plants too. We STILL have no phone or broadband at the shop. I can access voicemails though, so leave a message WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER and I'll get back to you when I get 5 minutes.

The blue tit chicks in our camera box are doing very well. We counted nine eggs, but one must have been out of sight as ...
19/05/2025

The blue tit chicks in our camera box are doing very well. We counted nine eggs, but one must have been out of sight as we actually have ten chicks! Why not pop in to the shop and watch mum and dad feeding their brood?

19/05/2025

Today we have courgette plants, African Marigolds, Tagetes, Dahlias, Petchoa (trailing petunias) Bacopa, Trailing Lobelia, parsley, and a few tomato plants. Still no phone line, so I won't have internet access either!

17/05/2025

Apologies to anyone who may have tried to call us over the last couple of days. For some reason, BT has decided that we no longer require their service and has disconnected us (and yes, the bills are all up to date!) It may take some time for normal service to be resumed, but we'll know more on Monday.

We're open until 1pm today. We still have some tomato plants left. Most varieties have sold out, but we still have plent...
10/05/2025

We're open until 1pm today. We still have some tomato plants left. Most varieties have sold out, but we still have plenty Moneymaker, a few Sungrape and a handful of Sweet Aperitif. Our popular 'Blue Tit Cam' is up and running again, and some of the eggs have just hatched. Why not pop across and watch them on the screen by the counter?

Loads more tomato plants at the shop today! Starting to get a bit low on some varieties, so hurry along. We don't buy ou...
24/04/2025

Loads more tomato plants at the shop today! Starting to get a bit low on some varieties, so hurry along. We don't buy our plants - we grow from scratch, in SylvaGrow peat-free compost, and we don't use any nasty chemicals either. Buy local - very low carbon footprint and good sturdy plants.

Just a reminder that the shop will be closed on Monday, but we are open as normal on Saturday - 10 til 1. We have loads ...
19/04/2025

Just a reminder that the shop will be closed on Monday, but we are open as normal on Saturday - 10 til 1. We have loads of tomato plants, as well as plenty of compost, deep growbags, manure, bark, 6X fertiliser, horticultural grit etc. Oh, and wild bird food and pet supplies, of course!

Our home-grown, peat-free tomato plants are here! Limited numbers of some of the more exciting varieties. We have: Sungr...
15/04/2025

Our home-grown, peat-free tomato plants are here! Limited numbers of some of the more exciting varieties. We have: Sungrape - Cherry sized plum tomato. Moneymaker - the standard round, red tomato. Golden Shine - large round bright orange (sounds fantastic). Honey Delight - yellow cocktail sized tomato with a sweet flavour. Crimson Crush - good flavoured round red tomato with blight resistance. Also have coming in due course - Shirley - popular round red tomato and also Sweet Aperitif - prolific red cherry tomato.

Address

Haltwhistle
NE499HA

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+441434321111

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