Hardy Plants for your garden

Lily of the Valley

If you are looking for a garden that can maintain a great appearance, with ease, then hardy plants could be for you. Hardy plants are those that can withstand low temperatures and this makes them great for gardens in the UK. With the ever unpredictable British weather, there aren’t even any guarantees when it comes …

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7 Delicious Things To Do With Rosemary

7 Delicious Things To Do With Rosemary

I’d thoroughly recommend growing your own rosemary as it’s a very hardy plant, has a great fragrance, and obviously is great to cook with. But it grows… a lot, so I’m often left wondering what else I can do with it. Whether you’ve bought herbs from the shops or grow your own then no one …

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Garden Kitchen Ideas

Outdoor BBQ garden kitchen worktop

Your garden really is where the “fun” cooking takes place, we all agree it’s exciting cooking with real fire, so why not make the most of it and build yourself an outdoor garden kitchen? I love the theatre of my pizza oven, entertaining for friends and family, especially when they get to make their own pizzas, …

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Praise for the pizza oven

White outdoor pizza oven in a lovely garden

I feel pretty proud that I built my own pizza oven from scratch and guests who come over to eat homemade pizzas are pretty chuffed and jealous in equal measures too! But this week I had the pleasure of getting the following email. Not only had Jim read about my pizza oven on this blog …

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Homemade Wood Crates

Wooden crate with a Jack Daniels logo

Everywhere I go I seem to see wood crates… in garden centres, fashion shops, food shops, independent stores, anywhere really and they’re mostly used for displays rather than actual storage. I can see why they’re everywhere because they very nice! Rustic, vintage, solid, and very flexible in use… so I thought I’d make my own! …

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