Wansworth
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Justan observation…..In Europe it’s possible to buy much smaller shovels with longhandles so Ther isntthetendencyto carry too much on the shovel,normally these shovels have a triangular shaped “blade”
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Blueboatman
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Yup
I’ve switched to long handled ones too
Less bending over as well
And where there’s a decent step or flange on top you just stand on it and wiggle. That sorts the baked clay bits !( with some judicious overnight presoaking)
What’s the soil in Galicia hills? Lovely I imagine ?? And well watered..
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I’ve switched to long handled ones too
Less bending over as well
And where there’s a decent step or flange on top you just stand on it and wiggle. That sorts the baked clay bits !( with some judicious overnight presoaking)
What’s the soil in Galicia hills? Lovely I imagine ?? And well watered..
️servus
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These are the cement-mixing-shovels if I am not entirely mistaken. I remember well the times when concrete was mixed by making a heap od sand with a dimple on the summit, add the correct quantity of cement and then bucket by bucket the water. The stirring is easier with these triangular shovels than with one would call a "coal- shovel" of rectangular shape and upturned sides.
And: I find your plan with the logs perfect. No rule for how much you do and how much you leave....
Wansworth
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Our garden I think was a quarry were the stone for the house was mined so pretty thin but neighbours have much better soil although a bitstoneyYup
I’ve switched to long handled ones too
Less bending over as well
And where there’s a decent step or flange on top you just stand on it and wiggle. That sorts the baked clay bits !( with some judicious overnight presoaking)
What’s the soil in Galicia hills? Lovely I imagine ?? And well watered..
Blueboatman
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We regularly add horse poo, lots and lots of it. Winter work.
Summer is def for contemplation
If only the weeds understood this!
Coming up roses though ( and strawberries when I can keep the badgers off
Summer is def for contemplation
If only the weeds understood this!
Coming up roses though ( and strawberries when I can keep the badgers off
Supertramp
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Every time I leave the boat there is always a list of jobs remaining to be done.....
The trouble is that I've now done all the pleasant or easy ones and am left with the really awkward ones.
It reminds me of a guy who came to paint the windows of a large house we rented years ago. My wife asked him how many coats he was putting on as it was his fifth time on the window above the front door. He said "Two, but I only like to paint in the sunshine so this ones getting a few more!".
The trouble is that I've now done all the pleasant or easy ones and am left with the really awkward ones.
It reminds me of a guy who came to paint the windows of a large house we rented years ago. My wife asked him how many coats he was putting on as it was his fifth time on the window above the front door. He said "Two, but I only like to paint in the sunshine so this ones getting a few more!".
