Wilkinson Sword Stainless Steel Leaf Rake 601320W

As I have mentioned in some reviews that I have already written I am positive that it is far better to pay a little bit more and invest in good quality gardening equipment, I have bought some inexpensive spades and forks and have always lived to rue the day, they just don't seem to last long. Every gardener will have a rake but most garden lovers will own two rakes. One is the normal soil rake that we use in the borders etc. and the other is the much larger leaf rake that we inevitably turn to when the leaves begin to fall. I love Autumn but I am always extremely wary of the falling leaves, I won't let them lay there for too long because they get wet and ...  Read the complete review

When I moved into my new property almost two years ago I adored the large sprawling garden. I am very lucky to have moved here and it really is the garden of my dreams with ample room for me to grow lots of vegetables, have a fairly large flower garden and there's even a small woodland at the bottom edge of my garden which I am very proud of. I moved in at the beginning of summer and had an idyllic few months just pottering around the garden, enjoying the shade of the trees and planning all the alterations I was going to undertake. It was blissful. Well, until we had an end of summer storm that is. When I awoke the next morning I looked out at my beautiful ...  Read the complete review

When I first saw the house I now live in, one of the selling points was the garden. I was seduced by the forest outlook and, at first sight, the lawn and shrubs looked relatively low maintenance. How naive I was. As Autumn came I discovered that three mature oak trees shed, literally tonnes of leaves and I found out the hard way that actually to rake leaves you do need a proper leaf rake, a garden rake or hoping the problem will go away just won't do. This wasn't actually my first leaf rake, I bought a cheaper rubbish one first that really didn't do the job and broke. As the leaves fell thick and fast a trip to Robert Dyas ensued where I ...  Read the complete review