Alan - Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

Build a DIY Tractor

July 21, 2020May 17, 2020 by Alan

I’ve found many references in various online archives referring to home made garden machinery. Interestingly there’s many plans for garden tractors including both the two and four wheel variety. I suppose this should be no surprise as with a bit… Continue Reading

10 Machinery Questions

April 6, 2020 by Alan

Would you like to test your knowledge on vintage garden machinery? Here are ten general questions to pass five minutes, the answers are at the bottom of the page. If you missed the Christmas questions – they are much harder… Continue Reading

Then & Now, Locations Home & Abroad

May 8, 2021March 9, 2020 by Alan

This months meanderings is generally about one particular manufacturer, but also crosses the paths of Farmfitters, Kubota, Countax, Husqvarna and Wheel Horse. Initially taking us into the 1960’s on a short trip abroad and then a trip back over to… Continue Reading

1967 Book Review

February 11, 2020February 10, 2020 by Alan

It’s not often, if ever, that a book review for horticultural machinery and tools for the garden appears. But here it is, a very short review, albeit fifty three years late, because this particular gem of a book I hold… Continue Reading

Fifty Years Ago…..

January 9, 2020 by Alan

The year is Two Thousand and Twenty. Sounds futuristic, doesn’t it? It resonates as one of those dates plucked out of thin air by black and white sci-fi movies from the 1950’s and 60’s trying to convince us that we’d… Continue Reading

10 Vintage Equipment Questions

December 4, 2019 by Alan

Since it’s December and the nights are long and dark, a short quiz on vintage horticultural stuff might pass 5 minutes. Here are ten general questions, the answers and explanations are at the bottom of the page. Each question &… Continue Reading

Coverella 21 and Dynamow

November 14, 2019 by Alan

I’m sure club members will no doubt have seen adverts for any number of machines or tools claiming to be bigger, better, quicker, stronger or more versatile than anything that has ever graced a garden before. The problem is that… Continue Reading

Webb Mowers

November 7, 2019October 12, 2019 by Alan

I’ve been reading a Webb lawnmower brochure from 1973, the first page headline is “How to choose the right mower for you and your lawn” which is quite fortuitous as someone recently asked that very statement via email. There are… Continue Reading

Flymo Advert Printing

July 26, 2019 by Alan

I’ve often considered writing about Flymo, yet the more information I see the more immense the task becomes. Flymo, like many manufacturers had multiple interests and it turns out their range of machinery is huge and it would perhaps be… Continue Reading

Bolens & Machines on TV

November 7, 2019June 8, 2019 by Alan

‘The sun always shines on TV’ goes the 1985 song by A-ha, and to a certain degree it does although it might not be the sun that brightens your day but the appearance of some vintage horticultural machinery which you’d… Continue Reading