How to Pick Fruit from Tall Trees

How to Pick Fruit from Tall Trees

Fruit trees are wonderful things to have in your garden. From apples and pears to cherries, plums and damsons, they’re Mother Nature’s very own sweets stash. Compared to sugar-laden commercial confectionery, seasonal fruit is actually good for you, so it’s safe to tuck in! Of course, you can eat the fruit in its natural state….

6 Creative Ways to Use Solar Powered Lighting in Your Garden

6 Creative Ways to Use Solar Powered Lighting in Your Garden

Summer is the perfect time to take your indoor habits – relaxing, reading, eating – outside. Especially at the end of a scorching hot working day when you were stuck inside your workplace for eight hours or more. But there are one or two issues you might need to overcome to turn your nighttime garden…

How to Install a Water Butt in Your Garden

How to Install a Water Butt in Your Garden

Installing a water butt in your garden to collect rainwater isn’t a particularly difficult job, and you don’t need specialist tools to carry out the work. If you’re into DIY, you probably already own the required tools (there’s a list further down the page), so the only thing you’ll need to buy is a water…

7 of the Best Garden and Storage Sheds

Wood, metal or plastic? Windows, windowless or decorative? Small, medium or large? These are some of the head-wrecking options you must think about when deciding which type of shed or storage solution is best for your garden. Personally, I like wooden sheds simply because wood is a natural material and I like the way wood…

5 Things to Consider When Buying a Garden Shed

5 Things to Consider When Buying a Garden Shed

Sheds aren’t the kind of thing you buy every couple of years or so. When you buy a shed, you want to make sure it’s going to last for a long time, so it’s vitally important you make the right decisions. There is much to consider, but this guide will focus on the top 5…

3 Ways to Build Raised Beds in Your Garden

3 Ways to Build Raised Beds in Your Garden

There are a lot of advantages to using raised beds to grow vegetables. One of the main ones is the ease of use. Especially if you have a bad back or have trouble getting up and down. Let’s take a look at a few more of the raised bed gardening plus-points. You can grow a…