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Lawn Fertiliser Spreaders

March 27, 2024March 25, 2024 by Alan

You may be wondering why there’s a picture of a stuffed green frog in this article, but more about that later… I’ve concluded that nearly every garden, certainly those with a lawn, will have felt the presence of a garden… Continue Reading

Quiz: Guess the company…#1

April 29, 2024February 18, 2024 by Alan

From the eight clues can you name this famous company? Since the December quizzes are always popular, here are some clues to pass a few minutes and work out the company name. The answer and a more detailed explanation of… Continue Reading

VHGMC Machinery Log Sheet – Download

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 by Alan

Here we are at the beginning of a new year and it won’t be that many weeks until the shows and events start. The first main event is Tractor World at the Three Counties Showground at Malvern on Saturday 24th… Continue Reading

Quiz 2023

December 2, 2023November 25, 2023 by Alan

Here are twelve questions for a short quiz. These very random questions relate to horticultural items; technical knowledge is not required but a bit of guesswork might be useful. A pencil and paper is handy to write down the answers.… Continue Reading

Briggs & Stratton powered…

September 16, 2023September 14, 2023 by Alan

Imagine going back thirty years to 1993 (yes thirty whole years) and, quite randomly, you are allowed to put a small Briggs & Stratton engine on absolutely any machine of your choice. What would it be? Perhaps a lawnmower or… Continue Reading

Battery Power! Is it the future…again?

August 21, 2023August 11, 2023 by Alan

Battery-powered machinery has been hanging about in the horticultural machinery world for several decades. Probably the best-known machines with batteries as their means of power are lawn mowers, for instance, in the vintage arena are cylinder mower models such as… Continue Reading

Kubota Premises – Then & Now

July 16, 2023 by Alan

Recently I have been looking at the history of Kubota tractors in the UK. Although the tractors were sold in many countries in the 1960s, the first Kubota tractors didn’t arrive in the UK until the early 1970s, and the… Continue Reading

Quiz 2022

December 7, 2022December 6, 2022 by Alan

Here are twelve questions for a short quiz. These questions relate to the names of tools, machines, brands or slogans; technical knowledge is not required, if in doubt just take a guess at the most obvious sounding answer! See how… Continue Reading

The Cultivator Magazine – April 2021

April 17, 2021 by Alan

Landing on VHGMC subscribers doorsteps shortly will be the April issue of ‘The Cultivator’.This issue contains articles about the Gravely 430 tractor from Marcus Stephens, the British Anzani Iron Horse from Bryan Garnham; Gutbrod tractors from Steven Little, and part… Continue Reading

12 Christmas Questions 2020

December 18, 2020 by Alan

It is once again December and here are twelve horticultural questions we have gathered together to pass a few minutes. The answers are at the bottom of the page. Last year’s questions can be found here: 2019 Christmas Questions.Questions:1. Jonsered… Continue Reading