Tools And Equipment

I use a B and D cordless strimmer, which is great for light trimming of grass etc etc . I t uses a nylon strimmer cord. Does the Gtech use a plastic blade? Bosch used plastic blades and they did not get great reports. May be worth checking it out.

Thanks for reminding me of another useless tool, a s.s. hoe bought reduced from Tesco for about 30p, but the handle is plastic, lightweight and having no weight behind it doesn't bite into the ground. It needs the handle replacing with a wooden one.

Easy, the beer fridge.

Stupidly managed to break the part of the chain saw which operates the fast brake feature. If you have a Bosch saw then you will know which part I mean. It is called a Protective shield. I can buy the piece easily enough BUT as anyone ever fitted one and if so how hard was it?

Thanks to both for your reply.

Speaking as someone that has no less than three shredders, choosing a shredder is a difficult thing. None of the ones I have will do all of the jobs I need doing.The biggest, and possibly the best one I have is a 30 year old Bolens, which I re-engined a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, in...

Hi,Agree with @andrews if temperature is that critical.I use a similar set up for a small enclosure growing orchids at 15c, however for best results you need to add a small fan to keep the air and heat moving evenly.If your box is small a tubular heater might be too big, so look at heating...

Yes, the garden here was full of Conifers with a Leylandii hedge top and bottom. The bottom hedge is now out and replaced with a fence. The top hedge will go next year. This garden is probably about a quarter of the size of the last place. This is what we began with in this part of the garden.

If heat cant be used, try going the other way and using a freeze spray such as Freeze Off by CRC. Then an Impact Driver with the correct sized socket. If the head is not already destroyed by Stilsons and/or the adjustable spanner, that is.

Cutting Test.14mm diameter London Plane sapling, 20mm HDPE water tubing and 17mm OD hose.Rapid fire snipping cuts.Alternating between secateurs to cut off approx 8mm segments of dried, very hard 13mm London Plane tree branch.As you can see, the messy cuts...

Well I still think these are the best.. planted several thousand with these..

Let's see, GTO-SHGSHEAR-burgon-and-ball-single-handed-grass-shear-01_large.jpg. I think as I use a chromebook I have to download the image to my files first. Won't know if it works until I submit the post. EDIT. It did Thanks Nick.

Agree Sian A combination of the two I think Mind you, I often see folks pushing baskets full of plants to their cars ranging from acid lovers to lime lovers and they seem oblivious to the fact that their gardens will not be suitable

Hi @Perki, @Liz the pot thanks for the response. Yes, it's a trade off between cost of equipment and just getting someone in to do the main clearing. However as there are 18 acres of woodland, I probably will have to get some kit someday! I have used Ryobi for hand battery tools (drill, sander...

I'd buy the felcos. I am terrible at misplacing things but I always put my secateurs in the same place after I've used them.One of the only items that I always know where to find them.

I use TricoflexTricoflex Hose Pipes - PitchcareIt’s a heavy hose, I’ve got it wound on a basic hose spool and it’s been great but it’s stiff compared to other hoses and very resilient to crushing and kinking. No problem with water flow to the pressure washer I use.

I have a Fiskars lopper. The type with a cord that runs down a groove in the pole to a ball you pull at the end to work the jaws. These come in different lengths, the longer the more expensive. I bought mine in B&Q a few years ago.I extended mine by attaching a long tube to the handle and...

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Some times a bit of gresse or Vaseline on the taper of the tighting nut helps to get it tighter as sometimes plastic on plastic can get dry/rough and not do up any more

Just tried to take a decent picture but because I'm looking down it doesn't show how steep it really is because of all the shrubs/trees.