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My Tools

Here are a few of the tools I use: I particularly like old ones;I love the quality and feel of them. 3 hoes: the one on...

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davros

6 May, 2015
Davros

Weeding Out Bulbs

One of my least favourite tasks is weeding out noxious bulbs. They can all look quite similar at this time of the year,...

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siris

2 Mar, 2015
Siris

Where there is a will.....

Today i spent ages yet again looking for a brush...with such a big garden and so many projects on the go i spend hours looking...

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sandra

22 Nov, 2014
Sandra

shear enjoyment

I’d been chatting to Steragram and mentioned cutting the grass with scissors – she suggested that I Google for “garden shears”...

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franl155

3 Jun, 2014
Franl155

Useless garden tools

Hallo all you happy gardeners. Have you ever bought a garden tool and when you tried it out it didn´t come up to your expectations?....

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rogi

19 May, 2013
Rogi

bargain for my little helpers

bought this gardening set for my grandchildren to help us in the garden bargain £1 at the car boot :))))

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mark61

18 Mar, 2013
Mark61

What kind of gardener are you?

We've had 2 days of thaw-the garden looks alive again. I took the chance to go out and clear up a wee bit and move my bird...

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scottish

16 Dec, 2012
Scottish

We managed a couple of hours gardening while it's not raining today.

We managed a couple of hours gardening while it's not raining today. Joy keeping fit by mowing the lawn! You had better be...

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martyn404

28 Apr, 2012
Martyn404

A good gardener,is a tidy gardener..:o)

'The Apprentice' needed to know about about different seasons..he has done summer, so now it's another aspect to learn..He...

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bloomer

20 Nov, 2011
Bloomer

Plot 12A - The overgrown Raspberry bed’s demise

The overgrown Raspberry bed’s demise The overgrown Raspberry bed’s demise is well under way! Just over a week ago I dug up...

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balcony

5 Nov, 2011
Balcony

A cache of gardening tools

Dear All, With the snow still present and freezing conditions likely all winter, I thought my gardening-related blog would...

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ptarotuos

24 Jan, 2011
Ptarotuos

Have you been ... ... .. NAUGHTY ???

Christmas is coming ... ... there's frost on the Hedgehog Holly ... We'll receive wonderful wrapped presents ... ... ...

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terratoonie

14 Dec, 2010
Terratoonie

Best "yard tool" in the world!

Two years ago, I purchased a "Toro leaf blower" and I gave it a really hard "work-out" today. The winter had produced tons...

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n2organics

6 Dec, 2010
N2organics

Growing plants in an old "barrel"

I have an old wine barrel that I have prepared with the best organic amendments that you can imagine.. Tonight, I found a...

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n2organics

4 Dec, 2010
N2organics

Isn't it strange.....

...how coincidences happen? When I moved to my present home some 12 years ago there was very little in the way of flowers...

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Gee19

25 Nov, 2009
Gee19