Sarah I know what you mean - I must have every bird in the neighbourhood visiting and its costing a small mortgage but so worth it to know I am helping keep the odd endangered species going. My property is near a marsh area so I get such a wonderful variety that it is an expenditure I don't mind, but I also spend far too much on my garden, usually end up giving the plants away after a season as I realise they will never be happy there. A lot of it seems to come under the heading of "it seemed a good idea at the time". One day I will win the lottery and get a landscaper in to do it right!
As far as tools go I just stick with the mantra - they don't make em like they used to!
the new spade is really quite nice used it to day what a difference a good spade makes, my old one was a boarder one so quite small. new spade is full size.
I cooked some brownies on Wednesday so I'm out of the dog house
Ah, they don't make them like they used to! This is me old Elwell spade & fork I've had since 1961...still going strong, albeit the spade is getting worn down a little now.
I would add that they are never put away dirty and are oiled weekly in the season.
I have been known to sneak plants in under cover of darkness and declare "that old thing? Its been there years!!" My friends use the same ploy for clothes/shoes/bags - so why not plants ??? To compensate i very rarely buy clothes/shoes/bags so i think we are probably quids in !
Lovely to see you are still here tea drinker. Who spilt coffee over the keyboard? You? My OH split a glass of sparkling wine in his laptop the other day. Disaster! But it recovered enough for him to do a back up tht evening. It was dead in the morning.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Tell the OH to put the laptop into a big container of rice for a week. Not guaranteed to work but you'd be surprised how many sodden laptops, tablets and phones I've 'repaired' for people by this simple method
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Sarah I know what you mean - I must have every bird in the neighbourhood visiting and its costing a small mortgage but so worth it to know I am helping keep the odd endangered species going. My property is near a marsh area so I get such a wonderful variety that it is an expenditure I don't mind, but I also spend far too much on my garden, usually end up giving the plants away after a season as I realise they will never be happy there. A lot of it seems to come under the heading of "it seemed a good idea at the time". One day I will win the lottery and get a landscaper in to do it right!
As far as tools go I just stick with the mantra - they don't make em like they used to!
the new spade is really quite nice used it to day what a difference a good spade makes, my old one was a boarder one so quite small. new spade is full size.
I cooked some brownies on Wednesday so I'm out of the dog house
James
Ah, they don't make them like they used to!
This is me old Elwell spade & fork I've had since 1961...still going strong, albeit the spade is getting worn down a little now.
I would add that they are never put away dirty and are oiled weekly in the season.
DavidK I'm impressed, looks like plenty of life in them yet, especially with your TLC.
Chicky
Thanks, KEF…..I don’t know if it makes sense, but they are so well balanced and easy to use, I’m useless when trying to use modern-day equivalents.
Regarding the care of them, it’s the way were brought up…..I’m a product of the pre-throwaway age.
David what oil do you use for the handles i read somewhere to use veg oil but i didnt think that could be right
Lovely to see you are still here tea drinker. Who spilt coffee over the keyboard? You? My OH split a glass of sparkling wine in his laptop the other day. Disaster! But it recovered enough for him to do a back up tht evening. It was dead in the morning.
Hi Busy-Lizzie,
Tell the OH to put the laptop into a big container of rice for a week. Not guaranteed to work but you'd be surprised how many sodden laptops, tablets and phones I've 'repaired' for people by this simple method
tea I've sent you a message xx
nice looking tools dave I'm going to go and clean mine this weekend
James