Mowdirect Blog

Your blogger has just arrived back from Castelfranco in Northern Italy, home of Global Garden Products (G.G.P.), Europe’s largest garden machinery manufacturer and one of the five biggest producers of lawnmowers in the world. G.G.P. is the company behind Mountfield, one the UK’s best known garden machinery brands, as well as Stiga, Castel Garden and Alpina. Mountfield lawnmowers (who invited us) are Britain’s best selling petrol brand and on our visit we were able to test drive some of their latest models as well being given a guided tour of G.G.P.’s two factories in the area and their Research and Development centre. Read more »

New for 2008, STIHL have just launched an exciting range of electric powered garden tools to compliment their existing petrol powered line-up. STIHL, the world’s number one name in petrol chainsaws and leading manufacturer of high quality garden equipment, have for many years been a popular choice with professional gardeners. Now they bring their expertise and innovative technology to the normal home user with a range of electric powered grass trimmers, hedgetrimmers and a blower-vac which are all ideal for use in noise-sensitive residential areas. Read more »

MowDIRECT are pleased to be able to announce the launch of the new 2008 range of brushcutters and clearing stores from STIHL. STIHL offer an impressive range of brushcutters and clearing saws capable of taking care of the smallest of domestic applications to the largest and most arduous of commercial contracts. A combination of ergonomics, innovation and new technology ensure that whichever STIHL model you purchase, it is designed to perform at the highest level. Read more »

If you have a smaller-sized garden with maybe only a little bit of ground set aside for growing vegetables you are likely to need a mini-sized garden tiller. There are a wide range of models available on the market so which one is the best mini tiller for you and your garden? Read more »

New for 2008 and now in stock, we are pleased to be able announce the launch of this premium range of lawnmowers from Efco - Italy’s leading manufacturer of garden machinery. Packed with features and made to the highest specifications, these professional grade lawnmowers from Efco promise years of trouble free use and should prove a welcome addition to the tool shed for any discerning homeowner looking to invest that little bit more to get the very best. Read more »

Just in, we have limited stock of two models of Ryobi garden shredders both available with free wheel barrows! These two shredders are amongst our top deals of the week and offer you the choice a standard impact type shredder - an excellent choice for the smaller garden - or a specially designed ‘quiet’ shredder which will comfortably handle larger quantities of waste and is ideal for larger sized gardens. Read more »

What is a zero-turn ride-on mower? If you are from the UK it is quite possible that you will be unfamiliar with this type of sit-on lawnmower. Whilst in the United States this style of ride-on has become extremely popular in recent years and has been standard kit amongst commercial operators for some time due to the huge time-saving capabilities they possess, the zero-turn ride-on mower has yet to really take off in the UK. Essentially this type of ride-on allows you to literally turn 360 degrees on the spot. This is possible because the rear wheels are independently powered and unlike on a traditional ride-on mower can turn in opposite directions. Read more »

If you have paths and driveways to clear this winter from snow and ice we have a great range of walk-behind and towed broadcast spreaders that can be used for spreading ice melts such as salt and grit. Looking at the BBC Weather report this morning, snow is forecast for Scotland, northern and eastern England with occasional flurries elsewhere. Temperatures are going to remain cold going into the weekend with further snow following on Saturday in the west of the country. Further cold snaps are not ruled out for the remainder of the winter season. Read more »