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Old 16-03-2010, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by womble View Post
Jeanied, I know what you mean and yes I probably have been guilty of fork abuse in the past,
The S&J one went when I was digging up a rhubarb, but I do treat them with a bit of care normally!
After I broke it digging up the rhubarb, I finished it off with a 20 year old spade, if that could do it, why can't a one year old fork?
Probably the spade worked because you cut through the rhubarb roots with it, thereby making it easier to lift. Rhubarb can have humumgous roots, and the only tool you would be able to lever them out with would be a crowbar, I would think.
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