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Not sure about the 'personal fitness bit' Hornbeam but I'm with you on the 'old fashioned' gardening. Since my days are spent either gardening or playing golf I think I've got all sides covered - lots of gentle exerciseand not too much noisy pollution (especially since my mower has gone to the great garden in the sky).

The only word of caution I have is that it does get more difficult with age...........particularly the heavy digging!!

 

I echo Dendo's comment - manual working in the garden is more fun and more effective than working out in a gymn. All that pointless and boring treadmill stuff and repetitive weight lifting? nah! You should see my pecs!

On digging - well there is another subject for discussion. Organic gardeners don't dig. See RHS book on organic gardening for the reasons why we don't do heavy digging

 

You should see his tummy as well :D :D No offence meant HB

 

I'll show you mine if you show me yours. Behind the bike shed after school?

 

Well. this is getting interesting now Mr Marge had a blowey sucky thing ( :eek: ) - I thought it was a man thing. As Ive said before, I spend a lot of time trying to get him NOT to do anything in the garden - he's apt to get carried away :eek:

PS I leave the leaves for the worms too :D

 

Couldn't possibly comment before the watershed on Mr Marge's "blowey sucky thing"

What you get up to in the privacy of your own home...

 

Sorry HB.My parents told me never to talk to strangers and certainly never to show them things behind the bike sheds,so sorry :eek: :eek:

Anyway,I wouldn't want to upset Shiney and Macleaf by two timing them :D :D

 

:eek:

Have we got back on to exercise again? :rolleyes:

 

Just to stir it up a bit, I think these gardening electrical gadgets are a man thing and I wish that they would be just as enthusiastic about household electrical gadgets eg vacuum cleaner, washing machine, cooker. I hate noisy lawnmowers, leaf blowers (which only seem to move leaves from one spot to the other, hedge trimmers, strimmers, the list goes on. Phew glad to get that lot off my chest. (Mind you beloved does look sweet with that silly grin as he trundles round on his ride-on, quite possibly the best toy he's had since action man)! :D :D

 

Yes - I agree with you Celia. Boys toys and the only time some blokes will do any "gardening" is when they can pretend that they are a Terminator with a big gun in their hands. Even better if a tank can be strapped on to their backs and it breathes out fire or poison. Is a garden just a killing ground for them?

 

I like my few garden gadgets - my little rotary lawnmower, and strimmer thing for the front, which can't take a lawnmoer. And I got a sucker/blowy thing for lifting the fallen leaves of my many roses from the bark mulch/border- works a treat - much better than hand picking. For the other leaves its a sprung rake and leaf mould production.

 

Just to show the difference that 15 minutes make with a leaf blower heres the before and after pictures taken on Friday morning at 8.45

and the next at 9.00

Anyone want to guess how long it would have taken with a rake ?

 

i liked the first picture Beefy,then you spoil it by blowing away the leaves :D :D :D

 

I only do what they tell me macleaf - if they say chase leaves I chase leaves :D

 

Beefy :D :D nice one