My eldest daughter is now almost 13, and my youngest is now 6 years old, and over the years, I’ve owned quite a few of the best kid’s playhouses over the last 12 years. These include both plastic and wooden playhouses of various sizes, from standard single-story children’s playhouses with large windows and accessories such as this SMOBY Kids Garden Playhouse to raised playhouses on stilts with additional slides and ladders to reach the playhouse…
When it comes to relaxing in the garden on your patio, the UK is not exactly known for its warm summer evening, and temperatures often drop off as we enter the evening. If you are anything like me, as soon as that sun goes down, I can’t stand being sat out in the cold. This is where the best table top patio heaters have proved very valuable. For me, tabletop patio heaters have proved a…
I’ve had many different mini greenhouses over the years to extend my growing space in my garden, from traditional aluminium greenhouses with polycarbonate or glass panes to wooden mini greenhouses and even plastic mini greenhouses with PE woven material. Let’s just say I’ve had my fair share of these types of greenhouses. My family also own a garden centre nursery in Manchester, so I know how to appreciate a well-designed greenhouse when it comes to…
Over the years, I’ve used my fair share of concrete breakers, mainly while doing building work at my family’s garden centre in Manchester over the past 20 years. This included installing new paths where the old concrete paths were, breaking down old display beds made from breeze blocks, as well as tearing up an old concrete and tarmac sales area ready for new pattern concrete to be paid. I’ve also used concrete breakers to break…
My mum and dad have had their family run nursery in Manchester for over 20 years now, and in that time, we’ve assembled around nine different polytunnels of various sizes. I’ve also had a few affordable garden/allotment type polytunnels (the green ones) at my mum’s and dad’s small holding (the grandkids refer to it as ‘the farm’). I like to think because of this, I’ve learned a thing or two about what makes a good…
