How to make decorative tealight holders
Grey Sundays are a great excuse to make stuff, particularly if you have kids around the place (I don’t have that as an excuse but I don’t care). Tealight holders are a great way to add a little light...
View ArticleHow to make a greenhouse for free
A greenhouse is a useful thing. It helps you harden off your tomatoes and other veg with ease; it allows you to grow things that you might otherwise not be able to in the UK climate; and it acts as a...
View ArticleHow to make candied peel for after-dinner yumminess
After a hectic week, the cupboard was bare but for a few wizened oranges and a bag of sugar. Much as the garden provides, there’s only so far lettuce and radishes can go when you’re having a sugar...
View ArticleHow to pot on tomatoes
My tomatoes have started looking a little leggy recently – which sadly doesn’t mean that they’d look great in a little black dress. Leggy plants have too much stem compared to foliage – but luckily,...
View ArticleHow to customise a garden bench
Garden furniture can be expensive, particularly if you want something a bit different. However, it’s easy to get hold of a tired old garden bench on Gumtree, Freecycle or similar, then tart it up with...
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