On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 09:28:20 +0100, rbel wrote:

On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 10:27:59 +0100, David Hill
wrote:

The handle of my favourite trowel disintegrated the other day so I've
had to come up with a replacement.

Good bit of improvisation.

A mini powered hand held
auger does, however, have potential.

Although it is almost sacrilegious to the tools and the craftsment who
who once treasured them,sets of auger bits that used to go in a
carpenters brace can be found very cheap at junk stalls,boot sales
etc. I found two sets in my late fathers shed while clearing. The
best set I keep for the occasional wood work job ,larger bits from the
rougher set in the chuck of a cordless drill have made short work of
drilling neat holes in hardish soil for sowing runner beans etc.

G.Harman