The Gardening Thread.

[South Bank Hank]

They are protected so you're pretty much knackered really. One bit of advise, stay clear, they don't interact with each other very well let alone humans and can fight like demons.

Except for the honey badgers. Those are just cute and cuddly and love a good fuss.

(don’t try this at home though)

 

[Special Blue]

Hard as nails badgers! Many a Jack Russell has lost their life(and head) by doing what they naturally do.

 

[RobM]

I said I did that, and reinforced the broken fence with more wood and wire, as they don't like their paws catching the wire. So that stops that entrance, and they just make another. To date, they have made 11 entrances.

You've missed a trick there, put turnstiles in!

 

[Ricey]

Hard as nails badgers! Many a Jack Russell has lost their life(and head) by doing what they naturally do.

One of my working dogs killed a badger! I saw her go for it and thought she was going to get hurt. She proper ****ed it up!

 

[Special Blue]

One of my working dogs killed a badger! I saw her go for it and thought she was going to get hurt. She proper ****ed it up!

Shame it weren't a burglar but some dog!

 

[South Bank Hank]

True story - a badger wrote off one of my mate’s cars donkey‘s years ago by walking out in front of it. He still gets good mileage from the story when these scammy car insurance people phone up and ask if he’s been in an accident. One of them told him “the other party had accepted full responsibility“. He strung it out for about half an hour before conceding the other party was a dead badger.

 

[Benfleet A1]

One of my working dogs killed a badger! I saw her go for it and thought she was going to get hurt. She proper ****ed it up!

Did you ever work with war dogs?

 

[Benfleet A1]

True story - a badger wrote off one of my mate’s cars donkey‘s years ago by walking out in front of it. He still gets good mileage from the story when these scammy car insurance people phone up and ask if he’s been in an accident. One of them told him “the other party had accepted full responsibility“. He strung it out for about half an hour before conceding the other party was a dead badger.

When I was on the post many years ago, I was pushing the bike up Church Hill in Benfleet at silly o'clock one morning when three badgers came rolling out of the bushes by the church knocking the sheesnik out of each other.

Picture if you will me dropping the bike and running back down the hill screaming for my mother. Very nearly had a accident in the underpants department that day.

 

[Ricey]

Did you ever work with war dogs?

I’ve worked with some of the SAS dogs who have confirmed kills. You do not touch or go near them unless you have had permission from the handler. Very very intimidating dogs, their eyes tell a story!

 

[MK Shrimper]

Got a new strimmer today. Just sayin'

 

[Mad Cyril]

Got a new strimmer today. Just sayin'

Petrol?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Petrol?

Battery

 

[Ricey]

Battery

Any good? I’m thinking about a battery lawnmower. Garden isn’t big enough for petrol but I hate having wires.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Any good? I’m thinking about a battery lawnmower. Garden isn’t big enough for petrol but I hate having wires.

Seems to be, only just got it. I did want a battery lawnmower but I've had a bit of expensive month so may have to wait.

 

[Mad Cyril]

It would be great if manufacturers could adopt a standard battery so that you could buy devices separately.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Any good? I’m thinking about a battery lawnmower. Garden isn’t big enough for petrol but I hate having wires.

Push along Qualcast models are still around, and they have cylinder and roller so if you want a good lawn then that would do the job.

 

[Ricey]

Push along Qualcast models are still around, and they have cylinder and roller so if you want a good lawn then that would do the job.

Good shout, didn’t even think about that.

 

[MK Shrimper]

My old man used to have a push type mower. No ****ing thankyou. They're absolute murder.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

My old man used to have a push type mower. No ****ing thankyou. They're absolute murder.

Not if kept sharp, and used regularly, however if the grass is left to get too long then they can be a tad hard work.
A reconditioned older metal model is better than the newer, lighter, more plastic ones.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I mow a few lawns throughout the year. I find petrol mowers the best for large lawns, and electric mowers the best for small. The petrol ones are much heavier, so best to have a bit of help with the self propelled lever(if it has one), on a large lawn. For nicer stripes, you need a roller, preferably on the mower. Much more problems with the petrol ones tho if not kept right. If sitting in a shed unused for over a month, the petrol starts going stale. This can form gums and Peroxides, which stick throughout the fuel system, especially in the carburettor, making the mower harder or impossible to start. So you really need to empty the petrol from a mower if it won't be used for over a month. Petrol stored in a can needs to be shaken before use as some of the many additives, can rise to the top, or sit at the bottom in the petrol.