"I used to run a very sucessful after school gardening club. We planted an orchard and created a veg garden on waste land at the front of the school. Kids got to grow, and take home flowers and veg. Herbs were grown and used in the school kitchen.…"

"Such a group would also have incresed purchasing power - discounts...."

"I cut through an incoming mains cable which had come away from the electricity pole, and was entwined with clematis. Scottish Power attempted to charge me £700, untill I pointed out the lack of warning signs, sent photos etc. Heard nothing for…"

"Hi, what ever youget, make sure it has a hydraulic feed! Having numb hands from feeding my petrol chipper persuaded me to get a Landforce forester duo. Chips 8" and shreds 2"!"

"YES! It's only Diesel Engined Road Vehicles that need to run on DERV (hence the acronym!) every other diesel engine can run on rebated (red) diesel."

"No cert = no insurance."

"Garry & John, You leave me with no option other than to get the rest of my notes from my mothers. I will of course be presented with a list of jobs to do while I'm there! I hope you appreciate the sacrifice!"

"Garry, JKW can lie dormant for 20 years, so what we think we have killed.....In Knotweed Control: Implicatiforons  Biodiversity and Economic Regeneration in CornwallLisa Rennocks concluded that "Results indicate 4-5 years of spray…"

"Right tool for the job etc!"

"I've found it (Pantheon) to be much more effective than Gly. I have one site with some minor regrowth, but with any JKW problem its monitoring and spot spraying till it finally gives up! The main benefit is that they are selective herbicides,…"

"Pantheon 2 or Tordon 22k, very good kill rate, not cheap though!"

"Roundup and Gallup are both tradenames of Glyphosate herbicides. In JKW Gly can trigger dormancy, not death!"

"Your using Glyphosate on JKW?"

"I baught a reel of B&Q's cheap and nasty yellow line last year (I was using polycut blades but my supplier didn't have any) To be honest it cut well, was very cheap and lasted ages! I'm using Stihl square line at the mo, but…"

"Try Wynstay's in Llanwrst, or any of the agricultural merchants. Doing a PA1/6 refresher, and am told they are tightening up on the sale of herbicides and you will need to show your certs to buy pro chemicals in the next year or so "

"Oregon do a scarifier blade which replaces the cutting blade on a mower, anyone tried one?"