You can beat relaxing in the garden with a good book and a nice cold drink, especially when you have something to relax in and drift off to sleep. When it comes to relaxing, there are a lot of choices, from sun loungers to egg chairs. I recently discussed testing different zero-gravity loungers with their health benefits and why I love my Lafuma Relax Rt2 Zero Gravity Chair. However, when it comes to relaxing, the best…
As a professional gardener, I’ve been involved with garden maintenance for over 20 years, and if there was one request I heard the most, it was ‘Can you create those stripes on the lawn?’. The answer, of course, depends on their lawn condition, but it was usually a yes after a little lawn maintenance. First, I’d treat the lawn with iron sulphate (this kills moss and feeds the lawn making it dark green), followed a…
Over the years, I’ve had my fair share of sheds, and I used to joke that my dad collected sheds. He has a small holding, so he always had plenty of use for them, from turning them into chicken coops with automated doors to just using them for feed stores or general storage. We previously always went for wooden sheds. However, their high maintenance and need treating yearly with a new coat of paint if…
I first reviewed automatic hose reels over 10 years ago as part of my best hose pipe review when I first purchased the Hozelock auto reel. At the time, it was very expensive for a hose pipe but I’m pretty sure, it was the only one you could buy at the time with the auto rewind feature. It was a real game-changer at the time, thats for sure! No more having to manually retract the…
Over the years, I’ve tried to create areas of shade in my garden, especially now I have two beautiful girls who needed shade in the garden so they could play safely out of the sun. I also wanted a way to create shade over my rattan 8 seater patio set. I found that shade sails are great for providing consistent shade in the garden in one position, but I needed some way to create shade…
