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I just think we should do what good deeds we can as we pass through. Like the seedlings we plant, some will wither, but others will florish into mighty glades, and we will never know the difference. But the more good, tge better the chances.

10 Charlotte potatoes, seeds for parsnips, carrots, beans, peas, snap peas, rainbow chard, perpetual spinach, pumpkins,squash and radishes. Salad mix and nasturtiums (leaves great for salads). Amaranth and 120 perenial plants from plugs doing well. 43 rasberries, 30 strawberries in planters, 10...

Keep learning new skills, keep practicing and applying. Gardening is becoming much more important as retirement beckons. Dancing and lessons beckon when I have the time. Vary your cooking repertoire. Reinforcement by practice of important knowledge and skills is useful. Forge new neuronal...

Somewhere cool, like a garage? Metal office cabinets might be good value?

Three tine forks are called canterbury fork I think.

Hence the regular horse poo collection, and the need for the serious digging hoe . At least, near Manchester I don't have to worry about water. I swear, this afternoon the local zoo went past in pairs, looking for a bloke building a big boat. Forty days and forty nights? Eee, that were luxury...

On the edge of productive coal measures and oxford clay. Could be the remains of a couple of centuries old slag heap.

There are no layers for my area. Well, i've learnt something new exists, anyway. Might be useful another day.

The autospade i believe makes normal digging, like turning beds, easier. Perhaps when I'm a bit older, but not what I need just now. For the last garden we hired a mini digger for the weekend. Well worth it. Dug 2000 litres worth of pond, and through the 2 foot solid clay layer before the...

Kind of market garden size agriculture. Considerably stronger than even a proper old fashioned forged garden fork. Lots of leverage. Great for opening up the structure in a bed, and you can turn it should you want to. I'm so old I remember double spit digging. Whilst I might draw the line at...

I have both the 5 foot bar and the 5ft chisel bar. Both are about 18 pounds in weight. Good tools, and well used in my previous garden (though to be entirely honest a dewalt breaker might have made the odd appearance). A long all metal trenching spade is also very useful. But I do like the...

Thank you. The draper one is more like a light azada. Something like that but longer blade and heavier. I have a chillington set that are very light and small. Bellota make one with what looks like an axe handle, that looks great, but is described as a light hoe. I did look at the bronze tools...

I have hard clay soil with stones. This is a big improvement on the previous garden, which was clay with 2 foot rocks, but still quite hard to plant in. I'm looking for a tool like a long mattock. I have, and like, an old azada, aproximately 1.4 meters long, head is about 6 inchs wide by maybe...

Whilst I have been impressed with the level of technical knowledge displayed on the thread (especially in relation to the sea of ignorance we see outside the forum on a daily basis), the critical question is how much would it cost, and how many people want one?. I have my British blades...

Hi, I pmd you Saturday? I asked if £25 including paypal fees and p&p was acceptable?

Okay, you twisted my arm. Or possibly your ankle. Or knee, spine and tibia. Paypal ok? Send details for me to pay please.

Thank you, everyone. I really appreciate the advice. No amount of reading regulations carries the weight of your collective experience.

I am moving to a smoke control zone. The new house has an open fire in the living room (and gas central heating). Following on from the thread about preparing for winter, and the discussion on fuels, i was hoping to tap into the forum's collective knowledge. The house is in the high peak, and...

I find it hard to make bad coffee with an aeropress. It seems remarkably tolerant of all the variables. Now, I'm sure lots of you could make better coffee with more care, effort and measurement, but more or less whatever I do, the aeropress makes decent coffee. I'm using one thats about 12 years...

Arrived safe and sound, thank you.