Fancy winning tickets for this Autumn’s HOTTEST gardening event? YES! OF COURSE YOU DO! We’ve managed to rustle up two pairs of tickets...
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Review: Charles Bentley Bistro Set
Let us be clear, this summer has not really been the weather for outdoor dining. Late spring saw us galavanting around the garden with fistfuls of...
Chelsea Flower Show 2017
Early this summer saw us once again swap the leafy lanes of Somerset for the filthy underground tramways of Big Smoke in order to rub shoulders with...
Beer TUBE of the Week – The Best of British Beer Yard of Ale
Remember the frisson of excitement that you had as a child when receiving one of those giant tubes of Jelly Tots at Christmas? Well dial that...
More Than words
A few weeks ago, we were asked by More Than insurance to act as ‘Agony Aunts’ to help answer some of their customers gardening questions...
Father’s Day BBQ – how to cook the ultimate burger.
Father’s Day is fast approaching, and up goes the traditional chorus call from the kids… “Hey, let’s treat dad to a nice BBQ on Father’s Day...
Shelfish behaviour – a shed shelf unit review
We're transforming our allotment shed from junk-bin to neat-and-tidy gardening storage facility. Stage one: some new shelves…
Arb talk with Target Trees
Got a large tree that needs some attention? Then best call in the experts. We find out the inside secrets from professional aroborists, Target Trees
Win! Tickets for the Official Super Bock UK Launch Party
Like Portugal? Like Beer? Like Portuguese beer? Like parties? Like Portuguese-themed parties? In London? With Portuguese beer? Yes? Fancy winning a...
How to revive a chilli plant
Spring has (kind of) sprung and I’m still trying to rouse my tired old chilli plants from their winter slumber. I’ve been ‘overwintering’ last...
An interview with… Val Bourne, the natural gardener
We are big advocates of organic gardening down on our allotment. Excluding a half-opened bottle of pea-pod wine, the only filthy chemicals...
Bench Marks: Westminster wooden bench on trial
We’ve got grand designs for the allotment. Construction is underway for a giant hop dome to straddle the currently fallow area next to our shed...