I have always grown plants in what many gardeners would call a real greenhouse or polytunnel and being brought up in my families small nursery in the North West of England with greenhouses houses and polytunnels, this was never an issue. However, what if you don’t have space for a permanent greenhouse. What then? Well, the answer is a mini greenhouse but what I was interested in was more of a compact portable greenhouse to…
The first thing to note about cordless brush cutters is that they are not to be confused with cordless strimmers. You see, they look identical and in reality, it’s difficult to tell the difference. So what really is the difference. Well, they’re designed with more demanding brush cutting in mind that most strimmers are not up to the job to do. They will easily strim through thick nettles, overgrown brush, brambles, sapling and anything thing…
Being brought up in a family of animal lovers we always kept a range of chickens, from Cochins to Rhode Island Reds which make really good layers. Our issue, even when we lived in a smaller town, was the foxes. We always had an electric fence but needed a way to make sure the chicken coop door was open at first light and closed again in the evening once the chickens were all roosting. Now…
Laburnum trees are best planted as young trees or sapling though they can be grown from seed but take many years. If planting a bare root tree, the best time to do this is between October and March when the tree is dormant. Although this guide shows a newly potted tree, the process is the same for bare root trees. Potted trees can be planted at any time of year Where to plant a laburnum…
I’ve been using Flymo lawnmowers for over 20 years, mainly the petrol hover mower which is an excellent tool as part of my garden maintenance business I ran alongside working in the family nursery. Flymo hover mowers are great for slopes, embankments and uneven lawns. In fact, we still have a couple of these petrol hover mowers to this day and they still fire up the first time every time. Like a lot of people,…
