If there’s one area of the garden that always seems to cause some kind of drama at some point through the winter months, it’s the fencing. For many homeowners, their fencing ends up blown to the other side of the garden, missing a panel or two, or simply losing its colour, which isn’t ideal when…
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Getting your garden ready for winter
Read moreI woke up this morning and as usual made myself a cup of tea. In doing so I looked out of the kitchen window and into our garden. That’s when I decided that it’s almost time to start getting our garden ready for winter. At the moment our garden is full of toys. There’s a…
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Fun Additions to Your Garden That Your Kids Will Love
Read moreOut of all the places in the home, the garden is perhaps the most magical and mysterious for children when they’re young. If you have a large garden, then it could seem like a forest to their young innocent eyes, but there are times when our gardens are just dull, boring and lifeless because we…
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How To Get Your Family Back In The Garden
Read morePicture Source We’ve all been there. Maintaining a garden is difficult, and once you let standards slip it becomes hard to find the motivation to get back out there. The overgrown weeds, dying plants, and tacky, old garden furniture are all things which aren’t quite as appealing anymore; there’s little to motivate the family to…
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Magical Gardens For Kids That Don’t Cost The Earth
Read moreThe thing about gardening is that no matter how good you are at it, or how much time you devote to it, it can be a pretty expensive endeavour. The price of plants, tools, soil and decorations can all add up. Especially if you have a specific vision of what you want to create for…
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RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch: Making Bird Feeders
Read moreThis year we’re taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch which takes place 28th-30th January. The Big Garden Birdwatch helps the RSPB to build a picture of garden wildlife across the UK. If you want to take part simply click the link above and register for your FREE pack, full of fascinating facts, tips and advice.…
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Spooky Spider Crafts at Pughs Garden Centre
Read morePughs Garden Centre, Radyr has become one of our favourite places to visit. We’ve been a number of times now, either just for a wander around the shops, flowers and fish, or for an event such as their Santa’s Grotto or Butterfly Ball. Today saw us return to Pughs Garden Centre for their Spooky Spiders Little Green…
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Pimp My Greenhouse!
Read moreOcean Loans recently challenged a small number of bloggers to take part in their my ‘Pimp My Shed’ project. I was lucky enough to be one of those bloggers chosen, although it’s not a shed I’ll be pimping, it’s my greenhouse. I was given £75 to spend to help me give our greenhouse an overhaul.…
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10 Garden Activities with Chalk
Read moreChalk is a wonderful thing. You can use it to draw on boards, floors and even paper. You can use it to practise letter writing, drawing pictures or to play games. I recently picked up a pack of outdoor chalk from ASDA for our twin girls and I was pretty amazed at just how many…