With spring in the air, it won’t be long until the summer season arrives where you can sit out in the garden all day long enjoying the best of the weather, reading your Sunday newspaper and drinking your favourite coffee. When you’re intending to sit for more than just a few minutes, you will need [...]
Do you need to deter burglars from getting into your garden and potentially ransacking your garden sheds or do you have a problem with animals trying to get into your bins as they search for food? If you have a simple chain-link fence or perhaps a picket fence around your garden, perhaps now is the [...]
You may have watched the original or re-runs of a television series called The Good Life between 1975 and 1978, which featured actors Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith, the late Richard Briers and the late Paul Eddington. One of the main features of this marvellous comedy was the constant interaction between characters who were trying to [...]
Hopefully the British summer is just around the corner. There’s no better way to enjoy the weather than with a tasty barbecue. If you’re thinking of buying a barbecue in preparation, what features should you be looking for? There are a great range of barbecues available, varying from those under £50 to more elaborate models [...]
The roof of a log cabin often gets neglected, purely because most of the time, it is out of sight. As you go in and out of your log cabin, either daily or weekly, you see the panels and you see the doors and windows, but it’s much less obvious to raise your eyes to [...]
There are so many benefits to purchasing high quality environmentally friendly furniture sourced from managed forests. Furniture which has been made from wood which was taken from managed forests is long lasting and beautiful, it is the sort of furniture which will last for generations and be handed down from you to your grand children [...]
When you see log cabins for sale how often have you allowed yourself to dream about your own private retreat in the garden? For those with sufficient space, it is a dream that is now within their grasp, with a wide range of pricing options and cabin sizes available. Log cabins make your garden usable [...]
Figures published by a leading mortgage intermediary in March 2012 reveal that the average rental yield for buy-to-let properties in the UK rose by 4.99 per cent between 2010 and 2011. Landlords in Britain also enjoyed a 4.8 per cent increase over the year in average monthly rent. While it seems clear that the rental [...]
I am delighted to say that during the unusually warm March we actually squeezed in not just one outdoor bbq but two. Sure, we knew it was too good to be true that the weather would stay so nice. However, it was indeed a nice taste of what we can look forward to in the [...]
Recently, I have been finding the most curious ideas for decorating the garden. There have been some interesting twists on the classic fountain, ponds, birdhouses and gates. Mainly it they have less to do with creative designs and more to do with fascinating materials. I have been most drawn to the organic objects, and configurations, [...]