Gardening

Given our rural location, we are constantly battling slugs in the vegetable and flower garden. Regular followers and readers will know that we try to garden as organically and naturally…

We are very excited about our orchard this year – the trees are entering their third season and to this point we’ve been thinning out the fruit to help the trees…

Our lemon tree has been infested with aphids and we try out a new natural aphid control from Ecoworm that is made from potassium soap spray.

We’ve got a sweeping gravel driveway leading up to the house, which looks great and that doesn’t flood with heavy Welsh downpours, but it’s a nightmare to keep it weed-free.…

Last year, we were approached by Plantsurge to try their water softening magnet. We received their new unit (made from recycled ocean plastic) earlier this year and posted a short…

It’s been about a month since we seeded our vegetables and for the most part it’s been a very good start. The weather has been patchy with cold and warm…

One of the best features and selling points of Felco secateurs, pruners and loppers is that you can take them apart to clean, fix and maintain them, which is very…

Hot on the heels of our Eve Weather review, we have another great outdoor Thread-enabled gadget to check out: the Eve Aqua smart water controller. This is a great device…

We had a busy summer and autumn last year reviewing electric and battery-operated gardening tools and the one thing that became evident very quickly is that not all batteries are…

I have taken a real liking to growing succulents, and this year I’m making my displays using a perlite and peat-free compost mix. This is the first time we’ve used…