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"Martin" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 May 2009 09:24:54 +0100, "Kate Morgan"

wrote:

This time last year I had 3 pairs of secateurs now I am down to one, I
only
buy cheap ones

Me too for similar reasons.

Never buy small tools with green handles. You will never find them again.
Red or yellow gives you a bit of a chance.




The answer at least for secateurs is to never put them down! I have a
holster permantly on so I always have them to hand :~)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea