Tools on Test

Stiga Swift 372e Battery Garden Tractor
Stiga Swift 372e... the combination of its size and tight turning circle means it can get around most areas of lawn. The battery life is good and itās very quiet....
Stiga Swift 372e Battery Garden Tractor
Stiga Swift 372e... the combination of its size and tight turning circle means it can get around most areas of lawn. The battery life is good and itās very quiet....

Jakoti Hand Shears
These are small shears (overall length 30cm) designed to be used with one hand, theyāre more like scissors than the traditional sheep shear design. Their construction is all metal apart...
Jakoti Hand Shears
These are small shears (overall length 30cm) designed to be used with one hand, theyāre more like scissors than the traditional sheep shear design. Their construction is all metal apart...

Bulldog Hedge Shear Wavy Blade
These shears performed really well, I used them to trim a Lonicera nitida hedge as well as some Beech, they cut cleanly through the fine growth as well as thicker...
Bulldog Hedge Shear Wavy Blade
These shears performed really well, I used them to trim a Lonicera nitida hedge as well as some Beech, they cut cleanly through the fine growth as well as thicker...

Bulldog Anvil Pruning Shear
I pruned branches in an apple tree and found they require less effort than bypass secateurs. I also hard-pruned a Sambucus and they managed well with stems up to about...
Bulldog Anvil Pruning Shear
I pruned branches in an apple tree and found they require less effort than bypass secateurs. I also hard-pruned a Sambucus and they managed well with stems up to about...

Niwaki Hori Hori Weeding Trowel with Canvas Sheath
The Hori HoriĀ Japanese Weeding Trowel is a short hand-tool consisting of a beechwood handle and a carbon steel blade.
Niwaki Hori Hori Weeding Trowel with Canvas Sheath
The Hori HoriĀ Japanese Weeding Trowel is a short hand-tool consisting of a beechwood handle and a carbon steel blade.

Niwaki Sentei Secateurs
Niwaki describe these secateurs as designed for light use but at Barnsdale Gardens we donāt generally do light use, so theyāve been really put through their paces.
Niwaki Sentei Secateurs
Niwaki describe these secateurs as designed for light use but at Barnsdale Gardens we donāt generally do light use, so theyāve been really put through their paces.