Power drill for bulbs love it. Great idea. Now all you have to do to complete your manly tasks is to get the hose out and wash all the dirt of your grass 😉
😂 too funny I just picked one up at the hardware store last week and thought what nifty little tool. Now I see your video and my suspicion was proved right, it’s a time saving tool
I've got one if these auger drill bits too and agree with your review. I bought one last year for a community planting project at my workplace and it really helped us to get 1,000 bulbs into the ground quickly. I know what you mean about it wanting to turn on you and yank your wrist if you're not careful. Going slowly in tough ground helps. Excellent video - I bet your family will feel so proud when they see their bulbs flower in early spring.
@@gwenyngruffydd that and 1kg of wildflower seeds! It took a small team of volunteers 2 sessions. Sadly, our estates department mowed over it during lockdown 🙈 despite them being involved in the project and me ordering an (overpriced) barrier to be put up around it. I'll try again next year!
Gwenyn Gruffydd it worked well but I found you have to be careful not to get soil into the vent holes in the drill like I did !! I’ll be using it for bulb planting next week.
Those augers are great, mate! I use the extra handle on my DeWALT cordless drill and it doesn't wrench my wrist too much if I dig into clayey soil. (BTW, as much as I enjoy watching you and learning from your channel I think that your Mrs is better looking, though being a bloke I'm probably a bit biased.)
Gwenyn, Have you tried using your auger as a tiller? Just put t he auger into the soil and stir it around as if you were stirring a very large can of paint. I use mine to incorporate compost, well decayed mulch or additives such as 'blood and bone' after harvesting everything from one of my garden beds. I bought my first auger online as you did, but have found that here in Australia we can get them at Bunnings warehouses. Brand name is 'Suttons' and they are available in 450 x 50, 75,100 & 150mm. I've found that the 50mm is good for stakes used to support garden edging or pressure treated pine sleepers used for raised beds.
Thats a great idea! I didn't think of that! Can see that would work really well for mixing the soil and compost up! waw a 150mm auger! Does that fit your hand drill?
@@gwenyngruffyddI'm sure a 150mm (6") auger could but used, though probably be best with the larger drills, and you'd definitely need to use the extra handle. All the the augers I've seen at Bunnings have 450mm (18") shafts but if that's all you need the 150mm could also be used for posts of that size. I use the 100mm attached to a DeWalt DCD996N-XE Hammer Drill with a 4a.h. battery for tilling. I could use one of my 6 a.h. or 12 a.h. Flexvolt batteries but I like to have the occasional tea-break.
You have great soil! Mine is extremely hard clay - difficult to drill into. What settings /speeds did you find most effective for drilling holes? I need to drill holes a bit depper about 12 inches and I'm finding it impossible because there is so much old root matter in the ground. Auger keeps getting stuck and drill overheats. I also think I may need to get a new battery for my drill because it's only lasting like 30 minutes
Terrific! great review! Lovely to see your beautiful family helping out too! I planted loads of Spring bulbs around my garden too. Spring bulbs to include Mascari and crocuses give bees loads of pollen but for the narcissi they mostly ignore those. I also planted a few really early flowering shrubs too. The best one I’ve found is the Lonicera Fragrantissima . Bees go nuts on it and it flowers February March/Aprill. I think it would do really well where you are! Try it, you won’t be disappointed! Keep up the gréât videos!!
Thanks Rich 😊 I will get Angharad on the case to get some Lonicera!! Cant get enough flowers for pollinators!! But truth is it’s for me as much as the bees I love seeing them work the flowers!! 😊
Gwenyn Gruffydd you can pick them up as small plants, they grow quite large in about 5 years but their a member of the honeysuckle family. They root in really well and done mine a hard haircut in late spring when finished flowering! Will pm you you some pics of their flowers so you can see
I have one and it doesn't work because the hole fills back up immediately! Am I doing something wrong?! I bought the bulb auger from the company I buy bulbs from, so I'm assuming it's the right kind and size!!
Sorry predictive text messed up my sentence! You can’t mow when the flowers are out. Once the flower dies back and the head falls off it’s ok to mow 😊👍🏻
Glyn, I don't speak Cymraeg so I used a translator. When I heard how your post was spoken I thought to myself "No bloody wonder the Argentineans couldn't understand the Welsh radio operators during the Falklands dust-up". (Dim rhyfedd gwaedlyd na allai'r Ariannin ddeall gweithredwyr radio Cymru yn ystod cyfnod llwch y Falklands.) Yeah, I cheated on that one too, lol!
Bees are going to love you even more come spring !
Hopefully if they all grow successfully!! 😁😁
yeah i hope to see that beautiful bulb garden results soon
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I bet they'll look great
Yes they do! 😊
Nice job. We're going out and planting our bulbs now too. Straight away I said we're definitely getting an auger. Digging all those holes. No no no
I agree!!😀
"Keep watching because it might be rubbish" Love it, great vid again. Diolch!
Diolch 😊
I hope you'll show us the results of all your work this year when the flowers start to appear.. Thanks for the video.. You have such a cute family!
Will do! 😊 thank you 😊👍🏻
Power drill for bulbs love it. Great idea. Now all you have to do to complete your manly tasks is to get the hose out and wash all the dirt of your grass 😉
Plenty of rain in Wales!!! 😀 🌧
I didn’t know ground had so many syllables. 😂 love it thanks.
😂 too funny I just picked one up at the hardware store last week and thought what nifty little tool. Now I see your video and my suspicion was proved right, it’s a time saving tool
Absolutely 😀
You do stay busy. That’s a good thing .👍🏼🐝🐝🐝😂❤️❤️❤️❤️
We try to stay busy!! 😅😅😅
I've got one if these auger drill bits too and agree with your review. I bought one last year for a community planting project at my workplace and it really helped us to get 1,000 bulbs into the ground quickly. I know what you mean about it wanting to turn on you and yank your wrist if you're not careful. Going slowly in tough ground helps. Excellent video - I bet your family will feel so proud when they see their bulbs flower in early spring.
Waw a 1000 bulbs!! 550 took long enough!!
Thank you 😊 yes hopefully they will grow successfully....and a great lesson for the kids.
@@gwenyngruffydd that and 1kg of wildflower seeds! It took a small team of volunteers 2 sessions. Sadly, our estates department mowed over it during lockdown 🙈 despite them being involved in the project and me ordering an (overpriced) barrier to be put up around it. I'll try again next year!
O noooo!! 🙁🙁 such a shame. Hopefully next year will be a success 😊🌷🌹🌺🥀🌸🌼
I used the long stem auger to loosen up all the hole material and plant berry bushes. Those augers are great for tons of digging projects
Absolutely!!
Greetings from USA 🤗! Great video! I definitely buying this auger ;)
Thank you 😊
They work great as long as there’s no rock or shale in the ground I kept hitting shale with mine and I couldn’t go very far down
Shale or bedrock and it’s a no goer.
Thanks brother for this information. I was searching for earth auger since long. But this trick can help me out with my requirement :)
No problem, glad you found the video useful 😊
Used one in spring to plant a load of wildflower plugs 👍🏻👍🏻
What did you think of it?
Gwenyn Gruffydd it worked well but I found you have to be careful not to get soil into the vent holes in the drill like I did !! I’ll be using it for bulb planting next week.
Those augers are great, mate! I use the extra handle on my DeWALT cordless drill and it doesn't wrench my wrist too much if I dig into clayey soil. (BTW, as much as I enjoy watching you and learning from your channel I think that your Mrs is better looking, though being a bloke I'm probably a bit biased.)
😁😂😂🤣
The next morning :HONEY...I CANT MOVE!😂
Absolutely!! 😂
Gwenyn, Have you tried using your auger as a tiller? Just put t he auger into the soil and stir it around as if you were stirring a very large can of paint. I use mine to incorporate compost, well decayed mulch or additives such as 'blood and bone' after harvesting everything from one of my garden beds. I bought my first auger online as you did, but have found that here in Australia we can get them at Bunnings warehouses. Brand name is 'Suttons' and they are available in 450 x 50, 75,100 & 150mm. I've found that the 50mm is good for stakes used to support garden edging or pressure treated pine sleepers used for raised beds.
Thats a great idea! I didn't think of that! Can see that would work really well for mixing the soil and compost up!
waw a 150mm auger! Does that fit your hand drill?
@@gwenyngruffyddI'm sure a 150mm (6") auger could but used, though probably be best with the larger drills, and you'd definitely need to use the extra handle. All the the augers I've seen at Bunnings have 450mm (18") shafts but if that's all you need the 150mm could also be used for posts of that size. I use the 100mm attached to a DeWalt DCD996N-XE Hammer Drill with a 4a.h. battery for tilling. I could use one of my 6 a.h. or 12 a.h. Flexvolt batteries but I like to have the occasional tea-break.
Sounds like you have the right drill for the job!! 💪🏻💪🏻😊
Good minds think alike I've been using the same one last couple of months and saved hours of backbreaking digging planting 280 primroses.
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I’m new to You Tube videos. I need directions on where to look for the link to the augur.
There should be an arrow under the video. Click on that and the description will pop up.
Hope this helps ?
You have great soil! Mine is extremely hard clay - difficult to drill into. What settings /speeds did you find most effective for drilling holes? I need to drill holes a bit depper about 12 inches and I'm finding it impossible because there is so much old root matter in the ground. Auger keeps getting stuck and drill overheats. I also think I may need to get a new battery for my drill because it's only lasting like 30 minutes
We have heavy clay too but it’s wet. Makes it a lot easier.
I find fast speed works best.
Roots will be a problem. You’ll need to dig that by hand! 😅
Terrific! great review! Lovely to see your beautiful family helping out too! I planted loads of Spring bulbs around my garden too.
Spring bulbs to include Mascari and crocuses give bees loads of pollen but for the narcissi they mostly ignore those. I also planted a few really early flowering shrubs too.
The best one I’ve found is the Lonicera Fragrantissima . Bees go nuts on it and it flowers February March/Aprill. I think it would do really well where you are! Try it, you won’t be disappointed! Keep up the gréât videos!!
Thanks Rich 😊
I will get Angharad on the case to get some Lonicera!! Cant get enough flowers for pollinators!! But truth is it’s for me as much as the bees I love seeing them work the flowers!! 😊
Gwenyn Gruffydd you can pick them up as small plants, they grow quite large in about 5 years but their a member of the honeysuckle family. They root in really well and done mine a hard haircut in late spring when finished flowering! Will pm you you some pics of their flowers so you can see
@@richardnoel3141 Yes please that would be very useful. Do you need to let them climb something or are they self supporting?
Gwenyn Gruffydd no they support themselves! Can grow to 10 ft x 10ft if you let them. Masses of flowers in the spring, smells amazing too 😍
Angharad has been looking at them and really likes them!!! Guess we will be planting them soon too!! 😂
Wait, what did you say?! I appreciate the video...love the accent....I'm still lost thos lol.
😄😄😂 it’s a good drill bit 😁
I have one and it doesn't work because the hole fills back up immediately! Am I doing something wrong?! I bought the bulb auger from the company I buy bulbs from, so I'm assuming it's the right kind and size!!
Do you pull out the bit as it’s drilling down?
How do you mow the grass if you have flowers or bulbs growing? Wouldn't it cut the plant when you cut the grass?
How it once the flowers have died back down. You can’t now when they’re in flower
@@gwenyngruffydd I didn't fully understand your sentence, but thanks
Sorry predictive text messed up my sentence!
You can’t mow when the flowers are out. Once the flower dies back and the head falls off it’s ok to mow 😊👍🏻
@@gwenyngruffydd I just thought the grass would cover the flower. I still don't fully understand
The flowers will be taller than the grass in spring
This is kinda ironic. I just ordered 550 daffodil bulbs, but I bought a standing plugger. Hopefully it works out.
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Haha “first impression.. this is boring..” wait what?!? “A giant hole” ahhhh ok! 🙈🤣
Glad you stayed for the hole digging!! 😁😁
Da iawn mar teulu i gyd wedi joio bydd en diddorol i weld y blodau yn y gwanwyn cadwch yn saff
Diolch Glyn. Ac chi...pethau dechre mynd yn wath mas na eto!
Glyn, I don't speak Cymraeg so I used a translator. When I heard how your post was spoken I thought to myself "No bloody wonder the Argentineans couldn't understand the Welsh radio operators during the Falklands dust-up". (Dim rhyfedd gwaedlyd na allai'r Ariannin ddeall gweithredwyr radio Cymru yn ystod cyfnod llwch y Falklands.) Yeah, I cheated on that one too, lol!
Stop talking.