Rake Expectations
Amateur Gardening|April 11, 2020
The grass is always greener with a Springbok, says Toby, as he celebrates the longevity of this truly lawn-loving rake
Toby Buckland
Rake Expectations

THE appropriately named parrot nose secateurs have rounded blades, shaped like the bill of a cockatoo, and the bolt that locks them together ‘stares’ like the beady eye of a macaw that thinks you’re a peanut. Conversely, a Springbok rake looks more like a mermaid’s tail than a South African antelope, and if that wasn’t bamboozling enough, it also answers to the nom de plume ‘spring tine rake’.

The Springbok name has mystified me for years, but a chance encounter with an old friend, Dominic Elsom, the marketing manager of Bulldog Tools, has finally solved the mystery. Dom let slip that the company is giving the rake a special centenary label to mark 100 years of manufacture.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 11, 2020 من Amateur Gardening.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.