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Spade, fork, rake, hoe, edging iron set,

Lopper, Hedge shear, pruner set and

Trowel, cultivator and kneeling pad set.

Carbon steel long handled soil rake, Dutch hoe, edging iron, digging fork and digging spade for £25.
Telescopic lopper, telescopic hedge shear and bypass pruner for £15.
Trowel, cultivator and EVA kneeling pad for £20.
This gives you the cheapest reasonable set of gardening tools.

argos.co.uk

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721/7597

721/7607

721/7652

Sewage treatment in own garden using a sewage treatment plant below ground level. Then use treated water in your garden.

Install your own domestic waste water treatment plant underground or upgrade your own septic tank/cesspit. Treated water can then be used to water the garden.

rewatec.co.uk

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Soil Pick

The Soil Pick is a selective soil excavator. Selective in the sense that it fractures, pulverizes and displaces porous and semi-porous soils at a high rate of speed, yet leaves non-porous objects unaffected. The Soil Pick excavates soil without risk of damaging buried utilities. The Soil Pick employs converging/diverging nozzle technology to accelerate compressed air to supersonic speed ( to 1500 mph). The high velocity air stream travels approximately 4 inches from the distal end of the Soil Pick - "the cutting edge" - before decompressing to atmospheric pressure with sufficient violence to pulverize and displace soil.

The Soil Pick weighs 6.5 lbs., has zero hand/arm vibration, and can be used for extended periods without fatigue.

This could be used to excavate soil away from tree/hedge roots without cutting through the roots. This would be useful for erecting a rabbit fence against an existing hedge.

mbw

Sewage treatment in own garden using a sewage treatment plant above ground level. Then use treated water in your garden.

There are three common types of holding or wastewater treatment system in use:-

Cesspits or Cesspools
Do not provide any treatment at all, they are simply a holding tank which must be emptied by tanker on a regular basis.

 

Septic tanks
Provide minimum treatment and must now discharge to a soakaway only. These are generally only used for smaller domestic developments and are nowadays less acceptable to the planners.

 

Biological treatment plants ie Biodigesters ( which operate above ground)
Provide a much higher level of treatment than septic tanks and may discharge to a water course, provided a Consent to Discharge is in place. Modern packaged plants are the officially preferred option at present.

biodigester.co.uk

Soil Reinforcement on steep slopes

Terram Ltd provide geotextile material to provide reinforcement for ground on a steep slope to prevent the soil from slipping downwards. They also can provide material to construct safe walkways up/down and across it as well as safe areas for maintentance of plants on that slope.

Terram Ltd

Mamhilad

Pontypool

NP4 0YR

United Kingdom

May 2000

Soil stabilisation on steep slopes to allow plants to establish themselves.

Steep earthwork slopes require stabilisation in order to prevent soil erosion by strong winds and heavy rainfall. The planting of vegetation will prevent this from happening, however, while this is becoming established there is the potential problem of washout of the topsoil and the subsequent loss of any vegetative planting. TENAX can offer a natural alternative to man-made structures with HiSlope erosion control blankets. Manufactured from coconut fibre, they are natural, organic and eco-friendly and will degrade in around two to three years after which time vegetation will have become firmly established. Highly effective as a means of soil stabilisation, TENAX HiSlope erosion control blankets disintegrate to form humus adding two tonnes of nutrients per acre on decomposition. In addition, these blankets absorb solar radiation, therefore reducing the impact of excessive heating and are 100% non-pollutant. They are resistant to rot, mould and moisture and maintain 20% of their strength even after one year in the soil and 40% when completely immersed in water.

tenax.co.uk

Self Watering Pots with their water reservoir provide garden space on your window cill and garden boundary walls

Self Watering Window Boxes

To soften the fascia of cold concrete or the hardbrick look of multi storey buildings, so that you can grow herbs or annuals in your 770mm length
360mm wide 200mm deep window box.

Self Watering Growbag Containers and Barrier Baskets

Providing a unit incorporating a water reservoir into which a grow-bag can be housed to ensure full term growth and to provide a cascade of colour throughout the season. Ideal on balustrades, balconies and boundary walls.

amberol.co.uk

Self Watering pots with their water reservoir can be mounted onto metal frames to provide a gardening area for wheelchair users or for the infirm

Amberol Self Watering Precinct Planters and Pagoda Planters with heights from 600mm to 3700mm and the Self Watering Growbag Containers can be mounted onto metal frames created by you, so that your wheelchair can fit under it and you would have access to 21" depth of your garden whilst sitting in your wheelchair. The same system could be used if it is difficult for you to bend over or kneel down to your garden.

amberol.co.uk

Skin shielding lotion helps reduce the natural oil and moisture loss when you are gardening

One of the functions of the outer layer of skin is to act as a one way barrier, preventing irritants from coming in but still allowing it to breathe. Shielding lotions restore the natural balance of the skin by helping prevent moisture robbing irritants from entering the skin while also reducing moisture loss but they do not prevent the skin from breathing. They often improve breathing because they help keep the skin pores free of outside irritants that are often too complex to be eliminated naturally.

Because Gloves In A Bottle shielding lotion becomes part of the outer layer of skin itself, it doesn't wash off like conventional lotions. It comes off naturally with exfoliating skin cells. For continued protection, just reapply every 4 to 12 hours.

giab.co.uk

Skid-resistant surface for vehicle and pedestrian areas.

Watco Grip-Master is available in two grades:-
Vehicle Grade and Pedestrian Grade. Both offer a safer, highly visible, anti-skid surface.

Easily applied as one ‘high build’ coat

Solvent free formulation

Ideal on concrete, tarmac, asphalt, wood and flat steel

A heavy duty epoxy resin binder is applied to the substrate and the aggregate is broadcast by hand.

The Vehicle Grade aggregate is 1mm to 3mm and the

Pedestrian Grade aggregate is 0.9mm to 1.3mm.

watco.co.uk

Slugs - Natural Pest Control

Slugs are one of the most common and destructive pests in British gardens. Damage is widespread across many plant species and can be extensive due to the slug's ability to feed all year round providing temperatures are over 5°C. Many slugs live underground and this is where the nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita targets them. The nematodes are watered into the soil and seek out the slugs, killing them within 3 days. The best time to apply these nematodes is between March and October and are most effective in wet weather.
One treatment gives control for up to six weeks and is harmless to children, pets and wildlife. Natural pest control products offer a safe and effective way of controlling pests for both edible and ornamental crops, without the use of toxic chemicals, making them ideal for the organic gardener. Treatments are suitable for use in both greenhouses and outdoors dependent on the pest and take the form of natural predators, parasites, bacteria or parasitic worms called nematodes, all of which occur naturally and are specific to the pests they are targeted against. Full instructions supplied with each treatment.

thompson-morgan.com

Seed Sowing Guide book

THE ESSENTIAL guide for gardeners on raising plants from seed. The great majority of flower and vegetable seeds will emerge from their big sleep quite readily if a few common sense guidelines are followed, and that's the purpose of The Seed Sowing Guide. It has been compiled by Thompson & Morgan's Horticultural Experts. The hope is that, with the help offered in this guide, the pleasure you get from sowing seeds will be both widened and enhanced.

thompson-morgan.com