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I've just been watching a kids tv prog (Tommy Zoom, if you're interested!) and the little boy in it had some sort of 'giant hand' attachments for picking up his garden clippings. I would LOVE some! It did occur to me that I might be able to fashion something similar out of bits and bobs lying around but if they're not too much to buy, then it would be easier all round to do that. I'm sure there's a better Google search to do than I've managed... perhaps someone could point me in the right direction?

Claire

Think I have seen them in the Kleeneze book.

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Do you mean like these leaf gatherer jobbies...?

big hands

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Hazel
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update Sat 15/11/2008......there's gold in them thar...compost bins!......

Two bits of thin plywood or hardboard do just the same thing! If its for leaves, just rake or lift them with the boards, into the centre of an old sheet/ blanket or taup and gather up the corners! Job's a good un!

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Those are they Hazel! Thankyou!

'leaf grabbers'... yes, a better thing to search for than 'giant hands'

Claire

I'm sure that I've seen them in Wilko, too - a couple of quid, I think...

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update Sat 15/11/2008......there's gold in them thar...compost bins!......

I shall have a look in Wilko and the local DIY type places before ordering online then - I've never seen them locally but then again I wasn't looking until I saw Tommy Zoom making such good use of them, lol!

"TOMY TOMY TOMY ZOOM" Yep these are for sale in our local wilkos. Don`t think they would be ok for saving the planet though.........THAT DASTARDLY POLUTO !!

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I've seen it in Wilko before, flat green plastic grabber. Sorry can't remember the price but they're usually cheaper there than DIY stores & GC.

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Wild guess Minty... at least one small child lives in your house!?

Yep your right Seahorse. Young Archie loves his Tommy Zoom but also loves coming to the lottie with dad. At the age of 2 he really enjoys coming with me and even now is a demon with a rake.

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Aww! My littlest boy is two as well and comes to the lottie with me. He's very helpful up to a point but then starts asking to go to the shop, lol!

Looks good Seahorse, and you can buy them, or similar , in any garden centre. I just use an old pair of gardening gloves and scoop them up myself. Works well for me.

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OH Seahorse you are so right. DAAAAAAD is that a slug? "yes" DAAAAAD is that a worm? "yes". DAAAAD is a worm spagetti ? " NO Archie take it out of your mouth" DAAAAD why is that old man not moving ?. "He is moving , thats old Reg he cant move as fast as me and you but he knows a lot about growing veg". DAAAD Why has Reg got a stick up his bum ?"he hasnt got a stick up his bum................ARCHIE THATS A SCARECROW.....

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LOLOLOLOL!!! And of course... 'Mummy, find a worm!', 'Mummy, find a ladybird!', 'Mummy, find some berries!'... and so on and so on

Oh so brilliant Minty. I remember days similar to those with fondness - now I get 'MUUUUUUM, do I have to mow the lawn? (in a voice dredged up from the toes of size 10 skate shoes!!! Younger son (12) likes to strim round the garden but not clear anything up before or after. They are both fairly interested in what is growing though.

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Shirley

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