Hoggy like diana I would not be without my rotavator saves lots of time and hard work and as you say owning one means you can get it out and do as much or as little when you like. I would say buy I'm sure you won't regret it.
PS liked your bit in the village magazine last month had me in stitches
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Re: Rotavators I would just add a small caution, I have been using them in various forms since my late teens, and they can be great YES they speed the work up but NO they do not take it all away. Choose your model carefully as some types simply transfer the strain to your shoulders arms & wrists even if they save your lower back.
Rotavators , personally I don’t use one but I think The Secret Garden site has info on them Couple of hours at plot , lots of pruning done , Dalias starting to look Sorry !
Perhaps it would be good to hire a rotavator to trial before purchasing such an expensive piece of equipment.
In the garden we continued to prune two apples trees, stripping the leaves off the cut branches, mowing the leaves and piling the branches and twigs ready for shredding next week if the weather allows.
I moved the Bears Breeches into what I hope will be it's final position, gave it a good watering and wood chipped around it. We are getting there.
I filled in a pothole with repair concrete on the drive, then managed to tip a small jug of water over it! Panicked and threw some sand over the mess hoping it would absorb some of the water. I'll probably have to do it all again. To calm myself I potted up the nerines I dug up last week in a 50/50 mix of mpc and hort.sand into 3 pots and watered them. I've now put them wrapped in several layers of fleece in my cold frame as I haven't room anywhere else. They'll either survive the winter or not.
Thanks for advice re rotavator I have used them on numerous occasions and it will be a rotavator as opposed to a garden tiller that many sellers try to tell you is a rotavator not the same beast at all.
Did spend some time at allotment today moved and re-leveled one shed cut the long grass around the plot composted and turned the heap at the same time then covered it up insulating slabs to keep the heat in.
Sown a few peas and broad beans.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
Got to -2C in the GH sometime over the last few days which has finally finished-off the tomatoes - still had plenty of fruit and even flowers on a couple of sungold plants last weekend. Going out to shred them for the compost heap now, before the stems go mouldy. Dug up spuds, carrots & parsnips and picked a huge 'Tundra' cabbage for dinner.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
We said goodbye to our willow tree today - it was overshadowing many other smaller trees growing in the lawn. I will post a picture later on. However we have kept the trunk up to approx 10 foot, so now doubt shoots will appear next year, and the bird box will be going back on the trunk too.
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PS liked your bit in the village magazine last month had me in stitches
Couple of hours at plot , lots of pruning done , Dalias starting to look Sorry !
Did spend some time at allotment today moved and re-leveled one shed cut the long grass around the plot composted and turned the heap at the same time then covered it up insulating slabs to keep the heat in.
Sown a few peas and broad beans.
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog