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Sneeboer Asparagus knife... knowingly mocking my own incompetence...

Sneeboer Asparagus knife... knowingly mocking my own incompetence...

Many moons ago, I shared an allotment with my best friend. We both had young children and not enough space to grow our own at home. So we lucked o...
Enjoy gardening... New product
Our top 6 gardening gift ideas

Our top 6 gardening gift ideas

We reckon we’ve got the perfect selection of gift ideas for gardeners. As we have selected and stock what we think are the best gardening tools an...
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Tinker and Fix your tools... a how-to feature in Rutland Living magazine

Tinker and Fix your tools... a how-to feature in Rutland Living magazine

We're proud Rutlanders. We live here, work here, and in my case actually born here. It's a lovely spot, and without wanting to sound too much like...
Enjoy gardening... Maintenance Mindset
All you need for deadheading...

All you need for deadheading...

Deadheading is ongoing during the summer months. As well as cutting flowers to enjoy in the house, there’s the challenge of keeping the blooms in...
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Garden shows... are bloomin' great!

Garden shows... are bloomin' great!

We're really enjoying taking Tinker and Fix out on the road at some garden specific shows this Spring and Summer.  So far we've headed to a couple...
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Best Buy accolade for our Karma gloves

Best Buy accolade for our Karma gloves

It's always a good day in Tinker and Fix HQ when one of our products gets a bit of recognition. We spend a long time carefully selecting the tools...
award winning Enjoy gardening... Product Focus: Gloves
A new batch of Skatewood Hori Hori's just arrived!

A new batch of Skatewood Hori Hori's just arrived!

We continue our love affair with using recycled Skatewood in tool handles... it surprises us how each time we get a new batch we are newly impres...
Enjoy gardening... Gift ideas Product Focus: Hori Hori
New Sneeboer in stock!

New Sneeboer in stock!

We love it when it's Sneeboer delivery day... we have some old favourites and some new Sneeboer garden tools too... all ready for you to use this ...
Enjoy gardening... Product Focus: Sneeboer
Our next event... we're heading to Holkham garden fair

Our next event... we're heading to Holkham garden fair

We love Holkham Hall in Norfolk and have been visiting it for many years.  The Walled Gardens are just beautiful and we've enjoyed seeing it chang...
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Top tips for tools for national allotment week…

Top tips for tools for national allotment week…

Our first house had a tiny garden. Because we bought a garage with a house attached (it was a cracking garage though – the former village forge, E...
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Deadheading – who knew?!

Deadheading – who knew?!

Turns out there are two types of deadheading… the kind I know and am doing a lot of at the moment, and another kind that I had no idea about! Appa...
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Peak weeding time... invest in the right tools for the job

Peak weeding time... invest in the right tools for the job

The peak weeding time in the garden and we’re on hand to help you get the right gardening tools in your hand to ensure you can do the job effectiv...
Enjoy gardening... It's that time of the year...