Hoe Man Charles Fleming site Vegetable Garden

I was thrilled when Angus the curator of Heligans garden implements showed me a roof space where a positive arsenal of old tools were kept. There I met the Scythe, from a polly-tunel he produced the Hoe, each with their personally etched history made tangible by small indentations on the blades, pitted and worn surfaces, wooden handles caressed with the sweat and toil of years. Richard Dee the Head Gardener Arranged for the gardeners to demonstrate how the tools were used. Charlie,Mike, Lander and Adrian modeled the tools, together they embodied the energy and made a live link with the past.