Your Garden Isn’t Just for You! Hedgehogs. What’s not to love? Gardeners throughout the land are being urged to consider one of our most beloved native wild mammals since population levels have sunk to a desperate level. Time was when you’d see a squashed hedgehog on the roads almost all...
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Potatoes on the Patio
Potatoes on the Patio I was pushing the trolley round my local Waitrose this week and a handy mixed bag of Alan Titchmarsh endorsed Potatoes caught my eye. What “AlanTitchmarsh and Waitrose Grow Your Own” have cleverly done is to offer a mixed bag with three dependable varieties to give...
Heavenly Hellebores
As I look out of my office window, the sun hits the patio with its cast aluminium garden furniture glistening in the sun. Just beyond the paving area is a huge flower bed resplendent with all sorts of varieties of hellebores which set the metal patio furniture off a treat...
August Outdoor Tasks
August Outdoor Tasks August means metal garden furniture Sale time! And that keeps us super busy, flogging aluminium patio tables and sun loungers to those in need of a bargain. However, the days are long and there’s plenty of time to enjoy life outdoors, so check out our August To...
Jobs For July
Jobs for July It’s not all yummy barbecues and romantic candle lit dinners round the patio table this month. There’s still a fair bit of work in the garden and if you are quick, you can get through the task list before the kids break up for the summer. Most...
Garden Tasks for June
Garden Tasks for June June is definitely the metal garden furniture connoisseur’s favourite month: the nights are long and warm, the days are sunny and bright, the garden is verdant and there’s a very good chance that you actually get to eat outdoors round your aluminium patio table or bask...
Pest Free Garden Dining
Pest Free Garden Dining We’ve been waiting for the Summer Holidays for so long – the patio’s been brushed and the fabulous new metal garden furniture has arrived. There’s gas for the barbecue and plump new cushions for the sun loungers; even the weather is holding out. But sure as...
Potatoes on the Patio
Potatoes on the Patio I was pushing the trolley round my local Waitrose this week and a handy mixed bag of Alan Titchmarsh endorsed Potatoes caught my eye. Alan loves ‘Potatoes On The Patio’. What “AlanTitchmarsh and Waitrose Grow Your Own” have cleverly done is to offer a mixed bag...
Daffodils
Daffodils There really aren’t many sights to beat the irrepressible daffodils that are bursting out all over the place. Even a municipal roundabout looks better covered in daffs and somehow they seem to glow even brighter on dark rainy days. Of course we all know about daffodils from William Wordsworth’s...
Heavenly Hellebores
Heavenly Hellebores – Metal Garden Furniture As I look out of my office window, the sun hits the patio with its cast aluminium garden furniture glistening in the sun. Just beyond the paving area is a huge flower bed resplendent with all sorts of varieties of heavenly hellebores which set...