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Seaside Gardening
This home by the sea is complemented by a garden that is both practical and gorgeous! What turns a house into a home? It may start with a house and a … Read More about Seaside Gardening
Botanical table settings
Country Garden Setting the table for a feast can be great fun, and you can use what you have in the garden. From contemporary green and white to flamboyant colour … Read More about Botanical table settings
Woodland box
Replicate the forest floor and take the woodland indoors with this DIY and pot recipe in one. You will need: Timber (shutterboard or any scrap wood) cut … Read More about Woodland box
Watermelon Ice Lollies
Artisanal food is a term that we hear a lot, and now it has been extended to popsicles (fruit ices). On hot days, especially at the beach or around the pool, there … Read More about Watermelon Ice Lollies
Go for a green lawn!
Now is the time for ‘the spring treatment’ or ‘spring scarifying’, which are the horticultural terms for giving the lawn a low cut, a firm raking or scraping, … Read More about Go for a green lawn!
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Sweet potatoes are not a run-of-the- mill veggie where you just buy a packet of seeds, sow them and watch them grow. No, for sweet potatoes you … Read More about Sweet Potatoes
Pruning hedges and topiaries
Late spring and early summer is when plant growth is most rapid and vigorous, which is why many hedges and topiaries require regular pruning at this time of year to … Read More about Pruning hedges and topiaries
Practical DIY
Cladded Planter
Cladded Planter Let’s be honest – plastic can be a bit ugly in the garden. To get around this we cladded a … Read More about Cladded Planter
For the pet of the house
For the pet of the house This is the eleventh DIY in our Working with Wood series presented by David van den … Read More about For the pet of the house
Kitchen Gardening
Sweet Pineapples
Sweet Pineapples Common name: Pineapple Botanical name: Ananas comosus Origin: Tropical … Read More about Sweet Pineapples
The flavours of an Indian summer
Spicy, steamy, exotic, mysterious… there are so many more words that can be used to describe the subcontinent of India, … Read More about The flavours of an Indian summer