just ordered the tools for my allotment!

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« on: June 07, 2008, 11:07 »
hi all,

ive ordered the tools for my allotment this morning :)

i have gone for some draper tools, never been to sure about draper but got a look at a mates and they are wearing well!

i have chosen tools with ash handles!

here is a lish of what i have ordered

spade
fork
rake
dutch hoe
draw how
3 prong cultivator
leaf rake
Secateurs
dibber
bulb planter
hand trowel
8l watering can
brush


think thats it lol

how did i do?


nathan
2 allotments, long standing back problem, am i mad?

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Re: just ordered the tools for my allotment!
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2008, 11:48 »
Quote from: "new_2_veg"


here is a lish of what i have ordered



Should get you started, but go easy on the home-brew!
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2008, 12:03 »
lol haha


i have got 2 barrels of youngs on the go as it happens :oops:

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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2008, 12:51 »
can anyone think of anything else that may be usefull to me of things i will need?


thanks


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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2008, 15:31 »
I like a riddle meself  :D  Oh and a trug. A trug is handy. I know you is talking tools but indulge me  8)

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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2008, 17:10 »
lol

ive got a trug but do need a riddle yes.

ive got a wheelbarow too :D

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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2008, 17:35 »
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ive got a trug but do need a riddle yes.



OK - why do elephants paint their toe nails yellow?

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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2008, 18:05 »
lol


im gonna give up today, everyone is pickin on me :cry:

 :wink:

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« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2008, 18:09 »
string line? quite handy for putting away untidyly, and then spending hours (when you need it) untangling the blessed thing, like I do........ :wink:

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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2008, 18:29 »
Two sprayers, one for insecticide, the other for weedkiller.

Indentical & unmarked.

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« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2008, 18:31 »
hadnt thought about that G thanks


haddnt thought about sprayers, may sound silly but what am i likely to spray?


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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2008, 19:49 »
Think you may have missed the point in my previous post, but..........

greenfly
blackfly
whitefly
anyothercolourfly
caterpillars
mealy aphid
pea weevil
other assorted undesirable creepy crawlies
anti-blight precautions on toms & pots
weedkiller

and much much more

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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2008, 20:38 »
na i got it :wink:    id use my back pack sprayer for weedkiller so it would never happen :D



had never thought about spraying stuff

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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2008, 11:17 »
the website

www.doctorgreenfingers.co.uk is quite useful its what i used before i found this website chat

Hope this helps charles



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