We had to recently retire our high-end Jura coffee machine that has served us very well for over a decade. While the Jura delivered incredible espressos and frothy cappuccinos, the maintenance and cleaning it required was a slog, so we wanted a replacement coffee maker that would be easy to use and maintain.
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I’ve been very fortunate to play golf in some spectacular locations around the world from Vietnam to South Africa and from Mauritius to the UK. I’m not a very good …
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Oral and dental care is not an environmentally-friendly industry, and according to the British Dental Journal the UK alone goes through an astonishing 300 million tubes of toothpaste every year …
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Garlic is an amazing vegetable to grow because it requires very little space and attention (just a little bit of light weeding) and in early summer you get your own, …
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Win an assortment of tulip bulbs from Dutch Grown and give you garden some colour this spring. The bundle includes varieties such as Crispion Sweet, Double Shake, Blue Diamond and …
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The festive season is just around the corner and I will start my Christmas decorating in a weeks’ time. This year I’ll be using a foldable paper Christmas tree from …
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The process of making your own compost is actually quite magical. You put vegetable, fruit and kitchen scraps, plants, leaves and other organic matter on a heap or in a …
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Both Kirsten and I enjoy trying new and different foods, so we were really excited when we came across cucumelons at our local garden centre three years ago. For two …
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This autumn we got to review another cordless leaf blower and vacuum, the VS 100e from Stiga.