You need not be plagued with flies coming into your home. You can intercept them on the way in, trap them before they reach your doors and windows, discourage them from coming near, not attract them in the first place and put up barriers. My article gives ideas for several ways, some of which are natural, to do each one of these methods. Mix and match the solutions that work best for you. For those…
Winter pansies are one of my favourite plants for providing some autumn and winter colour when not much else is flowering. Most varieties of pansies are hardy and this means that they can be sown in summer through to the autumn and will give some colour throughout winter and into the following spring. I sowed some winter pansies in a new Super7 heated propagator so thought it would be the perfect time to show you…
If you have a number of post holes to dig in your garden – for fence posts, decking supports or planting trees – please seriously consider purchasing a petrol auger for the job. These petrol powered digging tools save you time and effort as well as do away with most aching muscles and blisters. All the models in our review come with three drill bits that create different size holes. We list each earth auger’s…
Sorbaria is one of my favourite shrubs but the variety I fell in love with was the more compact and smaller growing Sorbaria sorbifolia ‘Sem’. This popular variety only reaches around 150cm wide (5ft) by around 100cm wide. The eventual size of this shrub makes it an ideal addition for smaller gardens and borders. It is such an attractive shrub that has pink/bronze foliage in spring, eventually maturing to a dark green colour and this is followed by…
If you’re feeling a bit exposed in your garden but don’t want to put up more fences or walls, consider using artificial conifer screening. While these hedges of greenery won’t fool anyone into thinking that they’re real, they do provide you with your much-needed privacy and add some more greenness to your outside life. There’s not much difference between artificial conifer screens, so we focus on the ones with the best reviews. We give their…
