So what's it all about?? A manure or 'muck' fork. I decided when I was down the plot that I needed one to make lighter work of spreading the manure as a garden forks prongs are quite thick so it makes digging into the heap quite hard.
Anyway after a lot of searching I found one on amazon for a bargain price of just £12.03. I was a little dubious as some of them go for around £60 but it had received good reviews so this is what I decided to go for.
Well It arrived by courier yesterday...It was very well packaged.....so well it took me nearly half an hour to open it. I had a friend visiting who was in absolute hysterics watching me and immediately got the camera out!!
The photos are a little blurry...I don't think I was moving at warp speed...I think Annie perhaps couldn't keep her hand still she was laughing so much!
The handles was wrapped and taped in plastic which was a major feat in itself to open...but then this self sticking plastic was wrapped around the blades.
I unwound FOREVER...and then realized my mistake...I had wound off the prongs and onto me....another set of giggles from Annie!!
But fianlly all was well and I had a manure fork stood proud in my kitchen. In total it's 5ft tall which is taller than me but it's nice and sturdy and I can't wait to try it out at the weekend. Needless to say on the packaging feedback for Amazon I only gave them 1star for ease of opening!
Finally just a couple of shots of my fire burning brightly on Sunday afternoon....
It took much longer than I anticipated to burn down and even though we have fire's in incinerators bins only we still aren't allowed to leave them unattended....so i was there after sunset but kept toasty round the fire!
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So you're a compact person like me. As I always say perfume comes in tiny bottles but disinfectant in large ones.
ReplyDeleteHope your fork lives up to expectations - sad to be excited about shifting manure though!
I was always told that poison comes in little bottles...i like your analogy much better Sue.
DeleteIt may be sad to get excited about shifting manure...but I'm easily pleased!! :-)
It looks like they weren't taking any chances of the packaging coming undone in transit. You're all set for muck spreading now.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not Jo....I saw someone leave a comment about how there fork was damaged in transit....maybe this was the cause of the excess packing!!
DeleteMy daughter is under 5' also :) Sounds like quite a job getting that unpacked.
ReplyDeleteThere are quite a few of us 'littlies' in the world Ann...I don't mind though.
DeleteI certainly got a good workout when getting the fork opened!
I have a fork just like that one. I've been using it to pull pieces of wood from a pile of sawdust. Not fun, but I need to get rid of that pile.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you could make it fun Ratty...why don't you try singing whilst your at it?? Always lifts my spirits with the mundane tasks!
DeleteAw, stop mucking about... (ala Charles Hawtrey)
ReplyDeleteLol Mal....good to see you visiting!
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