Slow-worms in the garden
Slow-worms are neither slow nor worms… they’re not even snakes, but actually a legless lizard and whilst gardening this weekend a few made themselves…
Gardening
Planting my Edible Flower Seeds
This past year I’ve not been much of a Garden Geek and I’ve certainly not been blogging about it, so here we are a…
Floral Foodies – Cooking with herbs and flowers
I’m quite a traditional gardener growing the usual potatoes, onions, tomatoes etc along with apples, pears and my favourite grape vine but now it’s…
Sovereign YT6201-12 Garden Leaf Blower and Vacuum Review
Yes you can see it as a little lazy in getting a leaf blower/vacuum when you can do it all by hand but where’s…
Wheelie Bin Shelters…. With Plants!
One of our most popular pages on this site is for our pallet wheelie bin shelter, and clearly quite a lot of you are…
Preparing Your Garden For Winter
With summer gone and winter not far away there are certain jobs that need to be done and a few hours work will help you…
Growing Grape Vines in Southern England
Half my family live in Northern Cyprus, and when I was a child I used to go and visit for the school holidays, six…
Repairing a rusty lawnmower deck
I was lucky enough to be given a petrol lawnmower last year which although well used was still running fine, but the only downside…
New life in the garden
I like getting out with my camera and thought I’d pop out and take some photos of all the new life that has sprung…
Easy Pallet Ideas
I’ve already used old wooden pallets to make a wheelie bin shelter and have told you about sheds made from pallets but what other uses…