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ROXANNE Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree

Joined: 06 Mar 2017 Posts: 54 Location: FRANCE
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:25 pm Post subject: Whats the best and most rubbish garden tools you've ever had |
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I bought a plasic based wheel barrow and it lasted a few month pre the base cracking,
I only used it for soil/ compost (no bricks etc) a complete waste of money.
But among the best tool has tobe my spade/fork both "D" handles and stainless steal, ive had both for 30 plus years,
and i did buy an old fork / spade & pitch fork to use for the inner section of a gate i made for the house we had when we lived in the uk, the people who bought the house asked if i'd leave the gate as they thought it looked so country, those three tools cost me £3 total from a car boot
they all had had a life time of use but i thought they'd finsh that life span as a decorative veg patch gate inner. _________________ I LIVE HERE IN FRANCE BUT IM OF IRISH STOCK,
I ENJOY THE PEACE PERFECT PEACE OF THE COUNTRY STYLE OF LIFE,
I'll never complain about the peace and quiet of our location "so quiet I swear you could hear a mouse fart |
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AimeeHoward Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 10 Mar 2017 Posts: 1 Location: London, United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:24 pm Post subject: Wow you won't believe it |
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Hi there,
Speaking of garden rubbish there might be a lot of surprises once you decide to clear it out. So a couple of years ago I hired a company to help me dispose of my garden waste and you won't believe what kind of crazy stuff they found in the back yard: from shoes and household items to car and bike parts. I mean they did an amazing job. So if you ever need garden clearance check out:
http://citygarden.org.uk/garden-clearance/ |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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There wont be much business for them on this side of the Irish Sea Aimee, no matter how good they are. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 1010
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:58 am Post subject: |
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i'd recommend true temper tools based purely on me snapping one of their stainless steel garden forks; and after sending them a mail about it, they replaced it with one from the more expensive darby range, and sent on some other free goodies (gardening gloves, secateurs, a couple of trowels) as recompense. |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:05 am Post subject: |
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A dodgy weld? _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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Blowin Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 930 Location: Drimoleague, Co Cork
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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Isn't 27 quid rather a lot for a simple hoe, KS? I gave away two s/steel hoes a few months ago as I'd never used them from new 10 years ago. I tend to use a three tined Canterbury hoe in open ground and a standard one in amongst plants but, of all the useless tools on the market is the dibber. If you're worried about your back in old age, I'll send you my two designs that avoid bending the back. Used for several years to good effect. _________________ A novice gardener on newly cultivated, stoney ground. |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Well, I swear by their other tools and their ordinary razor hoe is absolutely the dog's nuts so I'm quite prepared to spend money on their long handled version. I certainly wouldn't spend that sort of money with anyone else.
Two of my most useful tools by the way are theatre forceps that I use for weeding the troughs. The troughs normally attract very few weeds but ones that do come along tend to secrete themselves down holes in, or under, the rocks so my forceps are brilliant for winkling them out. Also good for any weeds that infiltrate my cacti. _________________ .
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A little garden in Co. Limerick. Some non-gardening photographs. |
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 1010
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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tagwex wrote: | A dodgy weld? |
that was the diagnosis. either that, or they ground it back too far when tidying it up. |
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Sue Deacon Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 31 Dec 2014 Posts: 2029 Location: West Fermanagh
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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I love my Burgon and Ball hand-fork and trowel. They were 'free' when I signed up to Gardens Illustrated some years ago. They outlasted the subscription (I got fed up with pages of ads for VERY expensive holidays and VERY expensive gardening 'stuff' (flowery aprons and designer wellies)
The one tool I could not do without is (are?) my Felco secateurs.
The most rubbish tool? A 'Neverbend' spade that did just that!  _________________ Be humble, for you are made of earth
Be noble, for you are made of stars |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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Sue Deacon Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 31 Dec 2014 Posts: 2029 Location: West Fermanagh
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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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I know - it just didn't sound right.  _________________ Be humble, for you are made of earth
Be noble, for you are made of stars |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Ah, two aficionados of Burgon & Ball.
We'll convert the rest in time, Sue.
By the way, those online prices in the link I posted seem out of order. You can buy them in a nursery or garden centre for almost half those prices. _________________ .
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A little garden in Co. Limerick. Some non-gardening photographs. |
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tagwex Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Posts: 5188 Location: Co. Wexford
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 11:35 am Post subject: |
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The worst, Wolfgarden, I think that is the name anyway, German make, a multi tool gadget where one handle has lots of interchangeable heads. _________________ “It’s my field. It’s my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it!”
This boy can really sing http://youtu.be/Dgv78D2duBE |
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