Hi there everyone, I'm glad to be joining the team and hope, although I'm still very much a novice, to be able to give some useful advice to people.

The question I wanted to ask was really, does anyone know where I can get rusty, second hand garden tools from. The reason I ask is that someone has asked me to make a heron for them and, because they have an allotment, I thought it'd be a nice idea to make it from old rusty garden tools.

I've been on a few websites, but just found antiques which are too expensive, and I'm going to go round loads of scrapyards this Saturday, I thought I'd throw my question to everyone at GardenBanter.

In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.

All the best for now,


James Caley

James Caley wrote:
does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from.

beg, steal or borrow - I suspect a trip to local allotments will turn up the
necessary. Just ask, I'm sure there'll be at least one discrded item in
every shed.


In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many
discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.

a minor point prhaps, but this is a newsgroup, not a web site.

news:uk.rec.gardening

toodle-pip
--
William Tasso

"William Tasso" wrote in message
...
James Caley wrote:
does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from.

beg, steal or borrow - I suspect a trip to local allotments will
turn up the
necessary. Just ask, I'm sure there'll be at least one discrded
item in
every shed.


In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many
discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.

a minor point prhaps, but this is a newsgroup, not a web site.

news:uk.rec.gardening

toodle-pip
William Tasso

Hi William,
He's accessing URG via http://www.gardenbanter.com/ so I guess it
sortof looks like a website :~)
Jenny

"William Tasso" wrote in message
...
James Caley wrote:
does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from.
Car boot sales are good for a whole range. Sometimes turn up at local
house-clearance auctions - I bought a bundle including long & short handled
shovels (classic spade shape), two spades, two border forks and a pick-axe
for £2.00. No-one else bid - they were after all the broken china and wormy
furniture...

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 13:59:24 +0100, "Sad Sid" . wrote:


"William Tasso" wrote in message
...
James Caley wrote:
does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from.
Car boot sales are good for a whole range. Sometimes turn up at local
house-clearance auctions - I bought a bundle including long & short handled
shovels (classic spade shape), two spades, two border forks and a pick-axe
for £2.00. No-one else bid - they were after all the broken china and wormy
furniture...

next somebody will tell you that they are stolen.

I'll fetch my coat, this is where I came in....

--
Martin

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:29:28 GMT, James Caley
wrote:

Hi there everyone, I'm glad to be joining the team and hope, although
I'm still very much a novice, to be able to give some useful advice to
people.

The question I wanted to ask was really, does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from. The reason I ask is that
someone has asked me to make a heron for them and, because they have an
allotment, I thought it'd be a nice idea to make it from old rusty
garden tools.

I've been on a few websites, but just found antiques which are too
expensive, and I'm going to go round loads of scrapyards this Saturday,
I thought I'd throw my question to everyone at GardenBanter.

In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many
discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.


Check out your local refuse tip ( now called a 'recycling centre' ).
You'll find plenty of old tools there - assuming the people who are
sub-contracted to run the place have a totting shed.

You might also find some less than rusty tools too - I picked up a set
of Wolf interchangeable tools for a fiver.... and the handle alone was
worth twice that.

Regards,



--
Stephen Howard - Woodwind repairs & period restorations
www.shwoodwind.co.uk
Emails to: showard{whoisat}shwoodwind{dot}co{dot}uk

"James Caley" wrote in message
s.com...
Hi there everyone, I'm glad to be joining the team and hope, although
I'm still very much a novice, to be able to give some useful advice to
people.

The question I wanted to ask was really, does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from. The reason I ask is that
someone has asked me to make a heron for them and, because they have an
allotment, I thought it'd be a nice idea to make it from old rusty
garden tools.

I've been on a few websites, but just found antiques which are too
expensive, and I'm going to go round loads of scrapyards this Saturday,
I thought I'd throw my question to everyone at GardenBanter.

In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many
discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.

You would make yourself even more welcome in this newsgroup if you were to
subscribe directly to uk.rec.gardening instead of via the indirect way you
have chosen.
It costs you nothing, except to learn how to join a newsgroup.
If your ISP does not support a newsgroup srevice, you should sack him and
get another ISP.

Franz

"JennyC" wrote in message
...

"William Tasso" wrote in message
...
James Caley wrote:
does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from.

beg, steal or borrow - I suspect a trip to local allotments will
turn up the
necessary. Just ask, I'm sure there'll be at least one discrded
item in
every shed.


In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many
discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.

a minor point prhaps, but this is a newsgroup, not a web site.

news:uk.rec.gardening

toodle-pip
William Tasso

Hi William,
He's accessing URG via http://www.gardenbanter.com/ so I guess it
sortof looks like a website :~)

More fool he.

Franz

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 14:31:00 +0100, Stephen Howard
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 09:29:28 GMT, James Caley
wrote:

Hi there everyone, I'm glad to be joining the team and hope, although
I'm still very much a novice, to be able to give some useful advice to
people.

The question I wanted to ask was really, does anyone know where I can
get rusty, second hand garden tools from. The reason I ask is that
someone has asked me to make a heron for them and, because they have an
allotment, I thought it'd be a nice idea to make it from old rusty
garden tools.

I've been on a few websites, but just found antiques which are too
expensive, and I'm going to go round loads of scrapyards this Saturday,
I thought I'd throw my question to everyone at GardenBanter.

In any case I'm glad to have found this site and hope to have many
discussions on matters which are close to people's hearts.


Check out your local refuse tip ( now called a 'recycling centre' ).

or sometimes "local authority amenity centre"


--
Martin

The message
from martin contains these words:


next somebody will tell you that they are stolen.

I'll fetch my coat, this is where I came in....

I don't recall you had a coat when you came in, Martin. Just put it
back, and we'll say no more about it.

Janet

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:57:42 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

The message
from martin contains these words:


next somebody will tell you that they are stolen.

I'll fetch my coat, this is where I came in....

I don't recall you had a coat when you came in, Martin. Just put it
back, and we'll say no more about it.

I told you so...


..... so it's back to walking from Lands End to John O'Groats wearing
nothing but a giant rucksack and a silly grin.........
--
Martin

The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

He's accessing URG via http://www.gardenbanter.com/ so I guess it
sortof looks like a website :~)

More fool he.

You'd be surprised how many people have never heard of Usenet.

--
Rusty Hinge
horrid·squeak&zetnet·co·uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/tqt.htm

"Jaques d'Altrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these
words:

He's accessing URG via http://www.gardenbanter.com/ so I guess it
sortof looks like a website :~)

More fool he.

You'd be surprised how many people have never heard of Usenet.

Don't all folk read an introductory book about the Internet before jumping
into it?

Franz

The message
from Jaques d'Altrades contains these words:

You'd be surprised how many people have never heard of Usenet.

--
Rusty Hinge

Indeedy Rusty. Probably the least promoted area of the net now. The web
is king of the net and all else is rubbish you`d have thought.

--
email farmer chris on
Please don`t use as it`s a spam haven.

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 08:53:47 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"Jaques d'Altrades" wrote in message
...
The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these
words:

He's accessing URG via http://www.gardenbanter.com/ so I guess it
sortof looks like a website :~)

More fool he.

You'd be surprised how many people have never heard of Usenet.

Don't all folk read an introductory book about the Internet before jumping
into it?

Read a book?
What nowadays?
Don't be old fashioned Franz :-)
--
Martin