Ten top pieces of kit for your winter tool shed
The old Victorian saying urged us ‘Never a borrower or a Lender be’. But there can’t be a gardener in the country who has not borrowed a gardening tool at some stage, so here are ten top essential...
View ArticleTen top log splitters to keep the home fires burning
It’s time to make sure the log store is properly filled for the coming winter months. And even though the logs you have might just squeeze on to the hearth or wood burner they will burn much better if...
View ArticleTop value log splitters to help keep the home fire burning
There’s nothing like a blazing log fire to get you through dank January days and you may well find that the wood store has diminished after the recent holidays. Splitting wood with a hefty axe is a...
View ArticleTen top tillers to prepare the garden for Spring planting and growth
Most gardens have escaped the worst of what we normally expect at this time of year – snow, and frozen ground so rutted that many a broken ankle has been caused just by a walk to the car. But as the...
View ArticleTen top mowers for early bird gardeners
The recent milder weather has made many a reluctant gardener take a turn around his patch to see the first signs of Spring growth. And there have been a few brave souls who have given the lawn its...
View ArticleTen versatile mowers designed with larger gardens in mind
Believe it or not, the first signs of Spring are there for all to see, snowdrops in the woods, crocuses in the garden and bright sunny days alternating with buckets of rain. This rain will ensure that...
View ArticleTen top mowers, there is one for every type of lawn
This spell of warmer weather wafting here from Spain – or so we are told – has certainly made the garden grow. The lawns are now quite lush and the Spring flush of grass has started in earnest and many...
View ArticleTen gardening tools to make your life easier and your neighbours jealous
We’ve all been there. A big box arrives at the neighbour’s house and shortly afterwards there’s the noise of an engine firing up and you look over the fence to see a cracking new machine at work in the...
View ArticleTen unbeatable gardening deals for September
The last bank holiday until Christmas is over but there is still plenty of work to do outdoors before winter, so here are 10 top deals to help you lick the garden into shape. With the rain sluicing...
View ArticleTen top machines from German engineers Einhell at very special prices
Einhell is German engineering company which manufactures great value-for-money gardening equipment. So here are ten of their top pieces of machinery, all at special prices, some you won’t get anywhere...
View ArticleIt’s getting colder so here are ten top log splitters to help keep the fires...
As predicted, just as we kid ourselves that we can wear T-shirts through winter, along comes a cold snap and those thick sweaters are heaved from the back of cupboards along with scarves and gloves....
View ArticleNeed a new chainsaw? Here is our choice of ten top machines to consider
This is the time of year to trim overhanging branches and cut down trees and it goes without saying that a good chainsaw is vital. Yes, you can use a bow saw for the odd branch but you need to be built...
View ArticleTen top devices to get your garden ready for Spring, it’s closer than you think
The bitter weather over the last two weeks of so seems to be on the wane and in five or six weeks’ time we’ll be out in the garden again wondering about the first cut of the lawn and sewing the first...
View ArticleTen great garden machinery deals for May
You can’t put it off any longer. If you haven’t trimmed the lawn and started work on the vegetable plot or flower borders this is the time to get cracking. There are a thousand and one jobs to do but,...
View ArticleTen great deals on petrol lawnmowers, many exclusive and new for 2016
Recent showers and belting hot sun have made the lawns grow apace and you can now start to lower the cutting heights on the mower. Smaller lawns look better when cut short but many people like to leave...
View ArticleTen top machines to cut down the longest grass and toughest scrub
Any museum of rural life will include displays of old country tools, and among them will be viscous-looking scythes up to six feet long with an ash handle and metal blade. There was a great art in...
View ArticleBritish-designed brushcutters on special offer, there’s one for every garden
Every gardener needs a line trimmer and brushcutter is their armoury. These little machines save hours of scrabbling about on hands and knees with a pair of garden shears trimming lawn edges or...
View ArticleTwo Top Sweepers to Clear Leaves from Your Lawn and Help Your Back
Autumn is setting in for real and soon the parks and pavements will be brimming with gold, russet and brown hues. The last to lose their leaves are often the Oak and the Beech but some are thinning out...
View ArticleWe hereby declare the leaf clearing season officially open
Poets and artists may find fluttering leaves in the late autumn sunlight an inspiration. Gardeners may beg to differ. Matted leaves on paths can be as slippery as ice and when they carpet flower beds...
View ArticleConsign the rake to history, these machines make leaf clearing simple
We have been warning for some time that leaves need to be cleared, and often, both to allow lawns and flower beds to stay healthy and to keep the garden looking neat and tidy. After all you don’t want...
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