It was raining on a Sunday morning but we still went to a car boot sale to have a look around.
I saw a brand new four prong (Darby Tools) digging fork for sale and I treated myself and paid 15 Euros for it. They are usually 44 Euros. So it was quite a bargain.
The car boot seller gave me 5 Euros change from a 20 Euros note. He said and smiled:
"I hope ye have lots of luck with it".
I laughed and walked away with my new trusty long handled gardening and smallholding pal.
It will be used for digging over the potato beds and for filling wheelbarrows of well rotted fym to fill the repurposed oil tanker raised beds.
What garden tool or equipment would you like for your birthday or Christmas present?
I want a petrol woodchipper to shred shrubs and use it for compost and shredded bark paths. I have a small electric shredder but now I am ready for something more industrial and petrol driven.
It won't be very environmentally friendly though Dave.
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If you lived in Africa you could JayCee. Silver Birch grows pretty fast. Mr Nosey will not be an happy bunny.
DeleteQUESTION What garden tool...would you like for your birthday or Christmas present? ANSWER I would like an Hyundai HYT150 150cc 4-Stroke Petrol Garden Tiller 2.7kW - preferably in black and amber. The HYT150 is an affordable yet versatile petrol tiller, great for a variety of gardening situations and allowing you to maintain your allotment on a budget. Powered by a reliable Hyundai 4-stroke petrol engine this cultivator is excellent value for money with exceptional performance that saves hours of time and back-breaking digging.
ReplyDeleteYes YP. Rotovators are great for making individual weed plants. I think raised beds are the way to go. Knee height gardening for us over sixties me thinks!
DeleteWell, for Christmas, I'm going to ask Tim to help me build 8 raised beds from Levi's lumber stacked in the garage. I'm going to ask my sister and brother-in-law for cow poop. And the whole time that I'm hatching these plots in my mind, I'm thinking, "Dave would get a kick out of this..."
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Debby. I would love to see pictures of them. Exciting gardening times.
DeleteHave lots of fun with your new toy! And a big wood chipper is something any serious gardener should have. We bought one years ago for my husband and he hated it and exchanged it for something, cant remember what. However I always wished he had kept it. We always pruning citrus trees and those chips are just what our garden needs
ReplyDeleteYes they are great. You can hire some giant wood chippers and they eat overgrown shrubs and hedging. The chippings are very useful Linda.
ReplyDeleteThe chipper her runs off the power takeoff on the small tractor, it makes lovely mulch for the paths. I would ask for a drag rake. It is like your 4 pronged long handled fork with the tines bent 90 degrees. Im going to need it to gather up my crop of gorse after we have run the flail over it.
ReplyDeleteYes PTO driven machinery is excellent TM. You sound very organised and know what you are doing. Years ago in Galway smallholders would grow fields of Gorse to sell for firewood at local fairs. It burns really well. Is your four handled fork called a Croom?
ReplyDeleteWe have a small shredder, which is powerful enough for our garden waste, they are brilliant. Great bargain, I'm using my mum's fork, which is probably older then me.
ReplyDeleteThe shredder and garden fork makes gardening easier Marlene.
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