Five fantastic Father’s Day gift ideas
Here are five fantastic ideas for a present which might suit your father on Father’s Day. It’s on 18th June 2017 so you’ve got a couple of weeks to sort it out.
A spade is a spade on Father’s Day
A good spade makes all the difference in the garden, whether you’re just starting out or whether you’re an experienced gardener. Everyone should have at least one. Has your dad got one?
A spade is for:
- digging over vegetable plots and flower borders
- splitting plants
- making a slit trench for hardwood cuttings
- making a veg bed or border from your lawn
- giving sharp edges to lawns and paths.
Gloves or gauntlets
If you’re any sort of gardener you wrestle with vegetation, and it pushes back. Wear gloves or gauntlets, depending on the job. Safety goggles too. Personal protective equipment – PPE – you know it makes sense for your dad.
Choose the right gardening gloves for you. Sarah Buchanan
Secateurs and holster
Secateurs and a holster would be a good present except it’s essential that secateurs feel comfortable in their owner’s hand. If you can take your father to try some out it could be the answer.
Bypass, anvil, rolling handle or ratchet secateurs? Read up first. More on choosing here in this video with Alan Titchmarsh.
Felco secateurs are used by many professionals. They last for years and parts can be replaced. Whatever your hand size or pruning requirements, there is probably a pair to suit you. Felco No. 2 is the original pair. Felco Classic No. 8 is an ergonomic and slightly larger version.
A pruning saw
Secateurs are good but they can’t cope with thicker branches. You need a pruning saw for that.
Technical detail: a pruning saw cuts on the pull stroke.
Tools to prune rambling roses. Sarah Buchanan.
Chilli plants
It would be very cool for your dad to grow his own. (Note: it’s not at all difficult.) Buy one or more plants from a garden centre or a supermarket. Your father can grow them on in pots or in a growbag.
Jalapeno chilli. © graibeard and reused under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Extra idea: liquid seaweed feed
Liquid seaweed feed will put hairs on the chests of your dad's plants. It’s a slow-release organic fertiliser.
Like I said, you know your dad best. Good luck in finding him the right present for Father's Day!
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