I’ve been using wheelbarrows for over 20 years, and one thing that is clear as day is that not all wheelbarrows are created equally. In fact, some of them are bordering on not much better than my youngest daughter’s toy barrow. I remember when I first started using wheelbarrows in my family’s horticultural nursery, my dad would be looking for a couple of new barrows for on-site, and I’d be thinking, just get those ones,…
The Makita brand has been around for as long as I can remember and it is one you can trust and depend on for your power tool needs. It is used by millions of people from professionals to home user. The Makita brand is popular for its high-quality power tools and energy-saving mechanisms. The company that began back in 1915 has grown into a force to be reckoned with in the industry. With employees running…
Over the years, at my family’s plant nursery in Manchester, we have rented wacker plates for various jobs more times than I care to count, and as a financial decision, we should have purchased our own wacker plate much sooner. It would have made planning much easier not to mention the money saved on rental fees. The issue with renting (as well as the cost) was that we ended up always rushing to get the…
I’ve been using hedge trimmers for almost 20 years, and I’ve got to admit, some of these latest cordless hedge trimmers will give most petrol or corded hedge trimmers a run for their money in terms of performance. Even the long reach cordless hedge trimmers (which I have also been testing) have proved much easier to use than the petrol hedge trimmers on my garden multi-tool I have also been testing. When it comes to…
I have experienced an ongoing battle with flies for years, especially in my kitchen with blue bottles and fruit flies. Outdoors mosquitos always seem to be a problem during the summer months and they always seem to take a liking to me. With this in mind, I thought I would take the opportunity to share what I have found to be the best electric fly killer, taking into account my own personal testing and the…
