Hi Ya. I get quite a few pallets and use them for compost bins etc, I have been looking at purpose made tools for the dismantling of them as a hammer and crowbar tend to split them. I recently saw and advert for Cargo-cycles pallet tool and am considering the purchase of one these tools. Has any one...

Hi Ya, Been a long time since you asked about litter pickers. I to have a small back problem and was wondering did you purchase one? was it the £2 one on amazon? and if you did is it up for the job? I currently use long handled tools were possible as my back is not helped by an arthritic hip aswell ...

Hi Ya again, Having reread the article I see now that the initial outlay could be very high even though they say it will last 5 to 10 years. I suppose a heavy ground will hold nutrients better than my sandy soil. Quite an expense and would you reap the benefit. Judging by the cost of the humble spud...

Not really sacrificed as like you I had to attend under pain of death. mine. My OH doesn't seem to realise I work with people all day everyday and sometimes get fed up with their wingy winey ways so the lottie is my bolt hole. I plug in my ipod and I'm in my own world. No it's not selfish just you w...

Hi Ya, Geoff, ut that way I see your point. as you nsay the application rate for b/f/b does seem low. I am only going to try a small area and as shipping rates are so high is why I went to b&q. I wonder how much it works out with shipping then? Still only a trial and as for alchemy that's way ab...

Many thanks Colin for the link. I had been using the wrong terminology to do my search. I am on sandy soil and this is why I'm interested. I have read articles but wanted to see if any one has used it who wasn't trying to sell it as the articles were/are all biased to sell it. Johnboys comments are ...

I treid doing a search and came up blank. That is why I posted. Perhaps I used the wrong terminology. I mwas suprised when my search turned up blank. But Happy Gardening to all.

I read an article about volcanic rock dust from scotland I think and am tempted to try it. You can get it from B&Q's. Has any one ever tried this dust? and if so do they think it does the job or not? The write up said about atrial farm and claimed it really inmproved the soil mineral content. I ...

oops seems I should of read further down as I am interested in this topic aswell. I am going to try using a mini greenhouse with a fleece cover and a plastic cover inside my greenhouse with heat supplied by a small frost free parafin heater. Any else tried it? I have not sown a thing yet and am gett...

Not sown any thing yet. I'm itching to get going. Nearly mid march and nothing in. I put some polythene down on the lottie last week to try and warm the soil so I could sow parsnps. Since then rain, and overnight tempretures dropped and we even had more snow. I am temped to sow in the greenhouse but...

I was lucky and an americam friend got me my long handled spade. I did a lot of searching and found my long handled fork for £25 on amazon. it was under the name of Diarmond Gavin the irish gardener and was delivered promptly and is great. I can fully recommend it. good luck in your search.

I read that in our area a chap was found inside a sub station electicuted and cutting tools beside him. obviously going to nick copper cable and sell it for scrap. what amuses me is that he is a good bloke and never hurt a fly has 120 convictions for previous but was a good boy? who are you trying t...

I have only just been playing with the maps. I am not sure bI like the idea as privacy is in my opinion compremised. very clever how you have put the link in though I would like to be that good myself. why milton kenes? I had a look at our site and it wasn#t as good as that one.

I do not know if this has been posted before but I have been trying to puchase a long handled digging fork. I have looked at certain sites on the web but the forks I have seen seem very fragile in that the shank between fork tines and handle are short. If anyone has recently purchased one or regulal...

liquid gold. one way of putting it. I had a solitary plot once and used to do that out of convienience. I have heard that competition pot leek growers use the diluted first passing of the day to feed their charges and of one bloke who made his wife use a poe first thing in the morning as it was beli...