Ordered my Hoe yesterday off the internet yesterday, thanks for the link Wardy......can't wait.
I popped down the lottie last evening and booked lessons on using the Chillington Hoe with my Carribean friend ;)
The point of this post is to say that some of the stuff he was growing looked superb and in many cases unusual....
He told me that he bought 'seed' from a shop in Highfields (a predominently Asian area of the City).. so much cheaper he said...E.G. four kilos of red beans for four quid???
Now there's a thought!
With my immediate lottie neighbour being a Spanish lady who also grows varieties brought from her home in Spain I can see my plot going distinctly cosmopolitan next season
Derek
I dscovered my hoe is great for removing turf, I just get it under the edge and pull, it pulls the turf up but pulls tap roots and rhizomes out at the same time, rather than severing them as a spade does. It seems like harder work than using a spade until you realise you have done three times as much in teh same peiod of time.
I have South African and Spanish neighbours, they have wonderfully lush plots, and have made beautiful home made fences. They seem very resourceful and dedicated when compared to the weed and blight ridden plots of my British neigbours.