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Working from Home: The Benefits of a Garden Office
Have you ever thought of bringing your office to your home, but think it is impossible since you believe you do not have enough space? If you have a garden, then it is all the room you need to set up an office. It is easier than you think with Urban Pods. Below are some […]
Best Real Estate Blogs to Read For Lawn Maintenance Tips
Best Real Estate Blogs to Read For Lawn Maintenance Tips The real estate industry is rapidly changing, so it’s a must to be regularly updated with upcoming real estate events. To be updated with current events in real estate, you need to read real estate blogs and news. Doing this will help you gain […]
Potty Feet
There is so much innovation out there in the gardening community and one of the things I love most about visiting flower shows is spotting new innovative products. Recently most new products that I’ve seen have focused on various watering systems, so when I walked past Jardinopia’s “Potty Feet” stall I was pleasantly surprised. At first […]
Wave Goodbye to Box Blight!
Start Planting Buxus Again – The Long Awaited Cure for the Dreaded Box Blight is Here Once a beautiful feature in many UK gardens, whether used as a low dividing hedge, styled into topiary shapes or simply as a feature bush; box bush declined due to the box bush fungus cylindrocladium buxicola which decimated buxus plants […]
Should I be using glyphosate based weed killer in my garden?
As an avid gardener and proponent of grow your own, I have always tried to focus on organic methods of growing. By organic I mean limiting the use of raw chemicals, so I would use horse manure as a fertiliser rather than buying a chemical preparation, granted that it is the chemicals (mostly nitrogen) in […]
The New Stanley 4-in-1 Petrol Garden Multi Tool
Having recently been given the opportunity to trial Stanley’s Petrol Hedge Trimmer, NAP Brands also sent me Stanley’s new 4-in-1 Petrol Garden Multi Tool to test. I must say that I have always been reticent to buy a gardening multi tool since I was concerned that instead of buying one tool that does the job it’s meant […]
Trialling Stanley’s New Petrol Hedge Trimmer
Stanley Tools New Power Gardening Tools “Stanley” the household name for quality hand tools; and if you didn’t know the ubiquitous Stanley Knife actually takes its name from Frederick Trent Stanley who founded “Stanley Bolt Manufacturing” in 1843. Fortunately for us gardeners they have now started producing garden power tools. As a keen gardener and […]
The Big Garden Birdwatch 2017
This year, the Big Garden Birdwatch will take place from 28-30 January 2017! In 2016, the Big Garden Birdwatch count was pretty awesome! Some stats: 519,000 people counted 8,262,662 birds! If you’ve been in a state school in the last 20 years, or ever watched Springwatch, the chances are that you have heard of the […]
How to Deal with Wood Pigeons
Wood pigeons Wood pigeons seem to be increasing in number and everywhere I go, to give a talk, do a demo in a garden centre or doing a GQT these feathery pests certainly seem to be featuring heavily in people’s gardens! They do damage all over the garden, but worst hit are the edibles – […]
Best Gardens for Event Hire
Gardens are brilliant to visit, but how about hiring a venue space at one? How amazing would that be?!! *Hiring the Orangery at Kew Gardens, London What a wonderful spot! I was at Kew last Saturday (17/12) and there was a wedding/reception just about to happen. What a wonderful background for some stunning photographs! Kew […]