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If you can get a shovel with a long handle about 4.5-5ft.....so much easier less bending.

You forgot Acorns, supposed to be very good eating when the tanin is removed.

I would use these tools = digging Hoes/Azadas because after using them myself i swear by them as others do here. You can dig and chop the weeds with them, then give it a rough digging over, then i would cover with horse manure and cover the lot with heavy black plastic that builders use and leave it...

oops I have never heard that one, we used to use Dock leaves.

Well you must have lots have money :wink: Vinegar works by making the ground too acid for plants to live in and as far as i know doesntt affect anything else. But after more and more rainfall the acidity of the ground becomes less or you may have put an alkaline there in the form of limestone, in wh...

Sooner or later a Fox will be a problem. As soon as he discovers your chucks he will be there and you will be sorry. A Fox will strike day or night he isnt fussy he will strike whenever he gets the chance, he may even hide under a neighbours shed waiting for you to go out, and yes he is that clever....

Thanks.......i suppose i had better hope for a bit more global warming

If you were to add heat either by capturing it in the daytime or by heating the polytunnel in some way, do you think you could acheive getting crops in the winter months??

Is it true that you can grow veg all year round in a polytunnel and is polytunnel cost effective when you have to replace the plastic every ???? years ?

Yes i think i have seen one of those claw forks, but what do you use it for??

Well i bought 2 of those Chillington Hoes (Azadas), i bought the Heavy Duty Hoe and the Ridging Hoe for making all my seed trenches and potato ridges and i find them invalueable and cant understand why we all havent got them especially with the build of the Chillington ones which are the ones i got....

Yes these hoes are addictive arent they, once used you wont go back to your spade again.

I got hold of a Chillington Hoe with the crocodile stamp and they are very very good. The same place had some other brand and i can tell you there is no comparison between the 2, the Chillington Hoe type were far better. I was a bit dubious untill i tried them i have the Heavy duty digging hoe and t...

How much in weight or any other kind of measurement do you feed your free range laying hens per day?. Just the amount per hen really i suppose in layers pellets or do you add something extra to layers pellets and if so why and how much per hen? Do you have to feed them more in the colder months in c...

Wood is easier split when fresh and the smaller the pieces the quicker they dry...........so it should be cut and split to the size you will be burning it at before drying.