Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she dealt
with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a flame-thrower rather
than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the Weed
Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a small
bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of €39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good? How
widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...

Cat(h) wrote:
Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she
dealt with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a
flame-thrower
rather than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the
Weed Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a
small bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of ?39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need
to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my
weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good?
How widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are
they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

I don't know the particular model you mention, but the rule here is
not "Small is beautiful", but "Small is absolutely lousy". In my own
experience, big isn't much better, either, though I know some people
are happy with flame guns. (My mother criticises my vacuum-cleaning
technique, as I rush the job: maybe I'm the same with
flame-throwers.) I don't like the sound of "small butane bottles":
the stuff is pricey, especially in little packets, so I bet that
would make it more expensive than a chemical treatment. And I'm
usually among the last to recommend herbicides.

--
Mike.

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she dealt
with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a flame-thrower rather
than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the Weed
Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a small
bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of ?39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good? How
widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

£39 is extremely over the top. £11-12 at the budget shops, inc a can of gas.

The butane or propane or butane/propane mix (all are suitable) are widely
available for blowlamps etc, you'll get them at car accessory shops etc.

It's a handy tool in that you can spare your back whilst using it standing
up, but if greenness is your aim, what you gain by not using toxic chemicals
you lose by using hydrocarbons. Your choice.

Steve

shazzbat wrote:

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
oups.com...
Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she dealt
with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a flame-thrower rather
than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the Weed
Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a small
bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of ?39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good? How
widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

£39 is extremely over the top. £11-12 at the budget shops, inc a can of gas.

€39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from €59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)


The butane or propane or butane/propane mix (all are suitable) are widely
available for blowlamps etc, you'll get them at car accessory shops etc.

It's a handy tool in that you can spare your back whilst using it standing
up, but if greenness is your aim, what you gain by not using toxic chemicals
you lose by using hydrocarbons. Your choice.

I am not fanatical about my greenness, and have been known to eat
things that throw shadows...
I still prefer the idea of flame to that of dousing the ground
repeatedly with chemicals.

Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...

SNIP

?39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from ?59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

Ah, so that was a euro sign? It came out as a question mark on my screen, I
was wondering about that :-))

Steve

The message
from "shazzbat" contains these words:

SNIP

?39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from ?59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

Ah, so that was a euro sign? It came out as a question mark on my screen, I
was wondering about that :-))

Came out as a black rectangle on mine, but I guessed.

--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

On 23/11/05 4:07 pm, in article
, "Cat(h)"
wrote:

snip

€39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from €59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

I'm guessing that's meant to be Euros but what I'm getting is a little black
dot and the figures following that. It might be better for you if you spell
out the Euro bit.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

Sacha wrote:

On 23/11/05 4:07 pm, in article
, "Cat(h)"
wrote:

snip

€39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from €59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

I'm guessing that's meant to be Euros but what I'm getting is a little black
dot and the figures following that. It might be better for you if you spell
out the Euro bit.
--

I'll know for future reference.
Isn't it pathetic, though, that many servers and other computersy
things I am utterly illiterate about are not equipped to deal with a
major world currency which is legal tender since 2001?
Grumble.

Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...

On 23/11/05 5:08 pm, in article
, "Cat(h)"
wrote:


Sacha wrote:

On 23/11/05 4:07 pm, in article
, "Cat(h)"
wrote:

snip

€39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from €59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

I'm guessing that's meant to be Euros but what I'm getting is a little black
dot and the figures following that. It might be better for you if you spell
out the Euro bit.
--

I'll know for future reference.
Isn't it pathetic, though, that many servers and other computersy
things I am utterly illiterate about are not equipped to deal with a
major world currency which is legal tender since 2001?
Grumble.

Yes. ;-)
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

major world currency which is legal tender since 2001?


Is it that long ago?

I was in Sicily when the Euro came in and it was quite comical to see the
locals at the 'Hole in the wall' looking at the "New Money"

And of information to one and all. If you want a really good 'local time fun
and games', see the New Year in, in Sicily. We stayed in Taromina and got to
know the locals really well :-))

More details? email me :-))

Mike

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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shazzbat wrote:

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
oups.com...
Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she dealt
with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a flame-thrower rather
than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the Weed
Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a small
bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of ?39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good? How
widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

£39 is extremely over the top. £11-12 at the budget shops, inc a can of
gas.

?39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from ?59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)


The butane or propane or butane/propane mix (all are suitable) are widely
available for blowlamps etc, you'll get them at car accessory shops etc.

It's a handy tool in that you can spare your back whilst using it standing
up, but if greenness is your aim, what you gain by not using toxic
chemicals
you lose by using hydrocarbons. Your choice.

I am not fanatical about my greenness, and have been known to eat
things that throw shadows...
I still prefer the idea of flame to that of dousing the ground
repeatedly with chemicals.

Except that as I've said in another article, it is unlikely that the weeds
will be totally killed.

Alan


Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...

The message
from "Alan Holmes" contains these words:

?39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from ?59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

The Euro sign does not feature in any standard ASCII set, so those of us
who have protocol compliant newsreaders are either seeing a question
mark, or a black rectangle.

Be sure that symbols you use are supported by standards, or you will be
misunderstood - at best.

--
Rusty
horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

In message , Jaques
d'Alltrades writes
The message
from "Alan Holmes" contains these words:

?39, not £39. That's about £26 - special offer, down from ?59
(lucky me), not including the gas canister.
Welcome to Rip Off Ireland :-)

The Euro sign does not feature in any standard ASCII set, so those of us
who have protocol compliant newsreaders are either seeing a question
mark, or a black rectangle.

Not necessarily, mine is compliant but can additionally show the Euro
character in this case.

Be sure that symbols you use are supported by standards, or you will be
misunderstood - at best.

Indeed
--
Chris French

Cat(h) wrote:
Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she dealt
with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a flame-thrower rather
than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the Weed
Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a small
bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of €39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good? How
widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...


I was stupid enough to buy one (not that brand). It's very useful for
lighting the barbecue (nothing else)!

"Cat(h)" wrote in message
oups.com...
Further to an earlier post, Janet Barraclough (I think?) said she dealt
with weeds on her driveway and other paths with a flame-thrower rather
than chemicals.
I rather like the sound of it, and have found somethign called the Weed
Wizard, a small hand-held flamethrower which operates with a small
bottle of butane, for what seems a reasonable cost of ?39.
Bearing in mind the huge cost of Pathclear for the surface I need to
treat, the fact that it is a toxic chemical, and that it is making
little enough impression - except stunting their growth - on my weeds
this time of year, I am very tempted by this tool. It also has the
potential of being used even in beds (plant beds, that is...).
Has anyone else here any experience of this tool? Is it any good? How
widely available are the small butane bottles? How dear are they?
Thank you for any helpful comment!

Cat(h)
Herds twirl slow...

I've never found them to be any use at all, the roots are not destroyed and
they grow again.

The only real solution is one of the chemicals.

Alan