Archive for June, 2011
Alko 42BR Petrol lawn mower
Friday, June 24th, 2011
Lawn mowers as the name implies are simple machines which has rotating blades to cut grass in gardens. They work on a simple mechanism of blades attached to a vertical axis which rotates. These types of mowers are called rotary mowers. The other type is where the blades are attached to a horizontal cylinder and is called the reel mowers. Whatever the type the smallest mowers that can be pushed by human hands are usually employed for small gardens. Heavy duty mowers that can be attached to a tractor or that can be driven around are used for golf course and large gardens.
Al-Ko a global company which has been making vehicles for garden for more than 75 years are pioneers in lawn mowers. Their products are manufactured using the latest technology and provide 2 years warranty with excellent after sales services to almost all their products.
In 1966 their first petrol four wheeled lawn mower was conceptualised and manufactured. With constant innovation and research they have developed various versions of petrol lawn mowers. But their latest 2011 version of AL-KO 42BR comfort beats all other for its multiple functions and value for money. AL-KO 42BR is with 42cm self propelled petrol rotary mower. It has Briggs and Stratton 450 series engine with a power of 148cc/1.9kw. It starts on recoil method and has a petrol tank capacity of 0.8l. As we have mentioned earlier the blade has a cutting width of 42cm with Ultramow steel 3 in 1 cutting deck. It has cutting height of 28-75mm. the cutting height can be adjusted in 7 stages and has individual wheels. It has a collector volume of 65l and the handle is two points, foldable. The AL-KO 42BR weighs 26kgs and can be comfortably used for an 800sq m of lawn area.
Though the AL-KO42BR is not self driven it has 3 in 1 function of cutting, collecting and mulching using a single engine, it speaks the machines utility value. The Ultramow steel deck homes with a 5 years home owner’s warranty. The machine as such has a 2 years homeowners’ warranty. With all these features the average price of this product is only ₤209 which includes the vat.
AL-KO 42BR comfort is value for money buy for those who have an 800sq mts of garden. The product is also supplied with a mulch kit. The complete detail of the product is available online in AL-KO’s website. One can access the complete details about AL-KO 42BR comfort from the net.
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Handy hand tools
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Since the dawn of human history, we have used our hands for an amazing array of purposes: to comfort and caress those we care for, to defend ourselves against attack, and to carry out the daily tasks which allow us to survive. We have also used our hands to manipulate materials at hand in order to make many practical tasks easier and quicker, and in fact, archaeological evidence of the first hand tools dates back over two and a half million years ago to the Palaeolithic period of the old stone age. These early tools were sticks or rocks which were used to ground and pound materials, to dig into the soil searching for food, or to throw as hunting or defence weapon. One million years later, with early technological advances, tools were far more sophisticated, and axes, picks and cleavers with carefully shaped and sharpened blades and functional handles were in common usage.
Nowadays, the basic function of tools has not changed significantly, whether it is to cut, bore, dig, carve or cleave, but the tools used have become more efficient and effective. At www.buckandhickman.com we have almost six thousand hand-powered tools for you to choose from, so no matter which task you are required to perform, we can supply you with the perfect tool.
For example, we have excellent complete sets of screwdrivers from Contractor 1st, as well as shovels, staplers and axes from this great manufacturer. We can also offer key wrenches from Roebuck, pipe slices from Irwin Industrial Tool and fantastic hacksaws from eclipse.
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Landscaping a Small Garden with the Sky Pencil Holly
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
It’s often easy to get your flowering bushes and shrubs all manicured around your little city garden patch. You easily get them pre-nursed and ready for implantation in you prepared garden soils from such noted online gardening firms like Brighter Blooms. They specialize in excellent greenhouse grown flowering shrubs like the 6-month blooming Knockout Roses as well as wisterias, and azaleas which can co-exist happily in your garden and provide a real feast of colors in the spring and summer months. And if you want to add some olfactory delights, you can add Tea Olives and gardenia plants.
But if you step back a little you’d notice that you garden has more horizontal flower beddings in the landscape which will need some element of height to it. If there are no trees in the corners, you may need to add fast growing trees like bamboos that can add an oriental feel to your garden. But even better are those Sky Pencil Hollies that have become quite fashionable among landscape artists to accentuate flowering beds with vertical shrubbery that won’t take up too much precious space. Growing from 3-4 feet to as tall as 10feet without being tended, Sky Pencil Hollies can line driveways or break the monotony of your flower beds.
Just like many of the nursery plants you can order from Brighter Blooms Nursery, Sky Pencil Hollis is low on maintenance. You just need to water it regularly on its first year to grow a robust root structure and that’s it.
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