Fake 125

I have finally caved in a couple of weeks ago and decided that I do need a long pole hedge trimmer and the other day we visited Chessington Garden Centre to make inquiries. And the story seems to be that we want a battery powered trimmer from Stihl, for several hundred pounds. The only catch is that there are very few of them in the country and I will have to put my name on the waiting list. So I need to take a look at reference 3 and decide what model to put down for.

In the meantime, the Garden Centre cafeteria looked bigger than ever and there was an impressive range of fakes on offer. A fake to suit every pocket, every home and every garden. With the one above actually being a hybrid of real twigs and plastic leaves; for the gardener in a hurry.

While these plastic flowers would do very well for the smaller pond. Of which, as it happens, we have three. Under consideration. Would they go with the fake terrapin that we already have? A blue terrapin, about five inches long and floating, originally bought on the strength of an allegation that it kept the duckweed down (snapped by Bing below).

The general tone of the shopping sheds, which seem to spread out a bit more as every year goes by, was very T.K.Maxx flavoured. Or very Coach House flavoured, for which see reference 4.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2021/08/fake-124.html.

Reference 2: https://www.chessingtongardencentre.co.uk/.

Reference 3: https://www.stihl.co.uk/.

Reference 4: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/2016/12/gifts.html.