Gardening

How to Enjoy Your Garden Space All Year Long

Collaborative Post¦ For most homeowners, we take immense pride in what’s on the inside of our properties. However, you should pay just as much attention to your garden space too. … Read More

Taking Care Of Your Garden During A Summertime Heatwave

Collaborative Post¦ The hot summer sun appearing over the UK often feels as though it comes and goes in an instant, yet while heatwaves may only last a few weeks until the dreary weather returns, the damage that the hot sun can do to our gardens is extensive. On occasions where these heatwaves last for a longer time, this can become problematic, turning our lawns brown and even killing certain plants, whether you keep up with the watering. In the event of a heatwave this summer, it’s best to be prepared, and so we’ve listed some of our best tips for handling this to properly care for your garden.

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10 Garden Activities to Entertain the Kids

Collaborative Post¦ When you’re searching for ways to keep the kids entertained, you want to be sure that they’re getting the most out of their playtime too. As spring approaches in full bloom, kids will want to be out in the garden, exploring and keeping busy. 

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UK Lockdown in our House: Weeks 12 -18

Is this still lockdown? I’m not sure anybody knows quite what it is anymore! I mean, most things are back open, but in another respect things still aren’t ‘normal’. Although, what is normal, anyway? It’s looking pretty likely that things won’t ever be quite the same again, or at least not for a long time. In many respects, we are still acting like we’re mostly in lockdown. This is largely down to the fact that I recently found out I’m pregnant! (This is also the reason my lockdown updates have been abysmal!!) In spite of mostly being at home still, we’ve actually done a lot over the last 6 weeks!

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Back to the Garden: Growing fruit & veg in lockdown

Collaborative Post¦ You may have seen a couple of months ago that I’ve been working on a campaign called Back to the Garden with Sudocrem during lockdown. Of course, many children have been out of school for weeks and that continues to be the case for many (including my daughter, Autumn). Back to the Garden encourages children to get out there (or stay indoors) planting seeds and growing various vegetables and plants. Not only is it a brilliant way to occupy them, it is educational. Both myself and Sudocrem previously ran competitions where you could be in with the chance to win a gardening kit. Unfortunately, these are now both closed. However, there are still lots of great ideas and a colouring print out over at Sudocrem’s website: https://www.sudocrem.co.uk/back-to-garden/

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