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Old 17-03-2006, 01:39 PM
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Tesco have now got in a trowel and fork for £2.97 each, wooden handles, the trowel isn't bad but I would miss out on the fork. They have quite a few bargains in regarding feed/water crystals and hoses.
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I've seen these Andrewo and they do look quite smart but I always wonder about the quality of tools when they are so cheap. My husband managed to bend a spade in half last year which wasn't a cheap one but was a new one bought from the garden centre. They just don't make things to last these days.
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That said, I have a 99p Stores set of tools which have doen remakably well and I always think they're also very cheap to replace...
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got some fairly decent hand tools from £land. Similar hand tool from well known diy place cost five times as much and broke. Cheap one still going strong.
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