Most of you will have experienced the rather nauseous exhaust fumes from your garden machinery which rather spoil the enjoyment of gardening. A couple of hours walking behind your mower will leave your clothes smelling of exhaust fumes. This may not be too noticeable when in the garden, but if you nip indoors for a cup of tea or to watch Neighbours, then you, and those around you, will notice the smell.

If you use a 2-stroke petrol-powered hedgecutter it is very likely that you have suffered the effects of inhaling those smelly exhaust fumes. Many people suffer severe headaches and nausea, as well as becoming very tired, very quickly. Not pleasant at all and it puts many people off doing the job.

The cause of these symptoms is the chemically imbalanced petrol that we buy from the pumps. The fumes of both the neat petrol and the exhaust fumes are classed as 'toxic' and as such are really bad to breathe. The government knew this years ago and legislated that all cars should meet tight emission controls and be fitted with Catalytic converters that trap and burn off the toxic product.

Garden Machinery on the whole is not fitted with 'cats' and the exhaust remains Toxic.

But now help is at hand with an alternative to the impure pump petrol, in the form of ASPEN alkylate petrol. This product which is produced in Sweden was developed to overcome the severe health issues facing the many thousands of Swedish timber cutters in the 80s and its success was outstanding.

This Alkylate fuel is chemically stable and contains no aromatic hydrocarbons (solvents). It burns very cleanly with no trace of the unpleasant smells or toxic fumes from petrol. The result is that your clothes will not stink, and you will feel refreshed rather than sick, at the end of a long day.

We currently sell many thousands of litres of this Aspen fuel to the gardeners of East Devon each year.