Tools And Equipment

Hover mowers don't collect that much grass, so it's best to avoid these if you want good collection performance.Rotary's draw things up like a vacuum, very useful for collecting leaves in the autumn, however I wouldn't think they will draw up gravel.Cylinders are good if you have a nice...

ive seen a cylinder blade being sorted . a fellow allotment holder sorts out mowers for peeps. he has a dedicated laith that hones and recuts the edge on the blades. i tell ya it takes ages to get it right but the results are amazzzing first off the mowwer has to be totaly disasamled (to...

HII wondered if anyone could reccomend a supplier selling a multi dibber.>? Had a good look round on the internet and couldnt find one.Might have to make one otherwise! Many thanks.Simon

My lawn mower is an antique, 28 years old!! An electric qualcast E30 bought in 1985 from B&Q.Still going strong. The only thing its had done to it,is have a new belt fitted about 15 years ago.Its metal with a metal grass box also. It dos'nt look to pretty, but it does the job on my little garden.:D

I set the blades high, just enough to lift moss but not enough to rip it to shreds, if the blades are too low you end up weakening the grass and blunting the machine.If needs be say a neglected lawn then I will scarifiy a second time at 90 degrees to the first, possibly reapeating in 3...

you can download the instruction manuals here.the bottom download is just in english!!

Lloyds Paladin would be my cylinder of choice

I use a small pair of Wilkinsons which I had when I went to college. They are really excellent and much better than the current ones on the market. Buying now I would have said Felco but I picked up a pair of Barnel B7's for Michele at the Winsor show and they are a real joy to use.

1. sturdy but foldable handles and easy to reach controls 2. good "balance" no one wants a machine that is a struggle to turn 3. minimum front of machine to blase clearence for getting right into corners 4. wide entrance to grass box. Wet grass will clog in a narrow aperture. Also a grass box...

If petrol I would go for a Mountfield 3.5hp (though for a small lawn it might be a bit much)rotary mower for general purposes or Ransomes cylinder for a fine lawn look. For really fine lawns I can't fault Paladin, I used one on a bowling green that was 20 years old and still going well on 3 cuts...

If it has a Lithium-Ion (Li-on) battery then it will charge to about 80% in about 30 mins (depending on charger) plus it will not loose it's charge when not in use.You can also top it up when ever as this sort of battery doesn't have a memory.

Quiet (drum shredders) are good for branches and prunings but not so good for soft green leafy stuff - it tends to clog the cutter - so keep the branches till the end as they will clear a clogged cutter.Also don't adjust the reaction plate too often, it the output is susaging then wind it in a...

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Hi all,my first time in 'lawns', please be gentleWell today after getting home from shopping, we noticed our front lawn had been cut by the council. We edge it so they usually leave it alone but i suppose cos it hadn't been cut yet they decided to do it(must say they did a good job,...

Thanks all for your comments it seems i have done the right thing.

thanks nick

http://www.thegardenersshop.co.uk/garden-tool-wrap-417-p.asp This looks handy Skotcat..

As above does any one use this systme, and does the scarifyer work efectivly?I need to purchase a scarifyer and have �£700 to spend so can either buy an atco balmoral cylinder mower with scarifyer cassete or a dedicated scarfiyer (Elliet 401)Whilst I could use a cylinder mower on a few of...

Plus guarantee for life no need to buy spares just send your secauteur back to felco and thay come back like new all for the cost of post and packaged. I would not recommend no other felco are the best you can buy.

Dear David Don't know much about electric lawnmowers as I've always had a motor mower. I think I would not like all the trailing wires with an electric mower and would be afraid of running over the cable. My current mower is a Honda rotary ( petrol )I must have had it for nearly 20 years.It...