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Ajax? The king of push mowers.Ransomes 'push along'.
I have a couple.
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Ajax? The king of push mowers.Ransomes 'push along'.
Yes, an Ajax, and as a child I was fascinated by the large royal coat of arms from the royal warrant on the bin.Ajax? The king of push mowers.
I have a couple.
If they were, you would be paying real money for one.Yes, an Ajax, and as a child I was fascinated by the large royal coat of arms from the royal warrant on the bin.
I think my father got it in 1958 because the box it came in became home to the puppy we had then.
I'm not sure if proper mowers like that are made nowadays.
Yes, that's it, nicely evolved from the 1830 invention and we had lower fuel bills and fewer obese gardeners before they were largely replaced by electric mowers.If they were, you would be paying real money for one.
The split drive off the fastest half of the roller always impressed me. I did have one of the front roller castings crack, but I had one cast in brass at the GEC foundry, the only repair ever necessary.
For the uninitiated.
Worth a look at Wilko. Apples and pears can be pruned to whatever shape you want, pretty much, even if you don't buy dwarf stock. And even if you do buy dwarf stock they don't usually stay dwarf once in open land. I know this as I planted some dwarf trees on the allotment and they are now enormous. The standard stock trees I have espaliered quite severely and they are nice and orderly, size wise!I've been thinking of planting some apple trees, maybe pears too. The small type to go along a fence line.
Not sure what they're called, i will have to research.
I've been thinking of planting some apple trees, maybe pears too. The small type to go along a fence line.
Not sure what they're called, i will have to research.
Planted a pear tree in my sisters London garden. We should all be planting trees wherever possible and ones that produce food are especially valuable. It was 6 quid from Wilko but a nice healthy specimen. I am going to teach her how to espalier train it so it takes less space!
It's a wonder he can still fly.Hope the chap got a decent feed.
I bet your 'lodgers' enjoyed the freshly turned soil too?The southern plot here is a bit more shaded than the northern one, even more so in the winter half of the year, so it is colder and wetter. The other plot has had the winter shreddings stirred in regularly, but the southern one has been too claggy.
So, yesterday, I forked it over, to break it up and let some air in. This I managed to do as potential snow showers went past on both sides, but I got away with it.
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I planned to leave it for a few days, then run the tiller through, but there was a long sharp frost here overnight and it looked doable this afternoon - so, the tiller was applied and minced it up nicely. From here on, I can apply shreddings and clippings to both plots.
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The idea was to be planting some stuff this year, but I never got around to doing anything and I've been housebound with plague a lot of the time. Next year, maybe, or there might be some salad stuff yet.
This is the first time I've noticed that they're not the same length...