Fences are a vital part of every garden. Giving you your own outdoor area, sectioned off, as well as keeping unwanted visitors out of your area. But what colour should fences be painted? For starters, if you ware wanting to keep your fences following the natural outdoor theme of your garden, we would recommend you paint them either green or brown. This will help them to flow with the rest of your natural garden, and not be too over the top. However, if you are after something different, people are...

Many people are reluctant to work in the garden in autumn. However, planting bulbs in this season can lead to beautiful blooms in the spring. These are a few of the reasons you should buy autumn bulbs for your garden. The Soil Is Still Warm When winter begins, temperatures drop, which causes the soil to freeze. This can make it difficult or even impossible for you to do any sort of planting. In autumn, however, the soil is usually still warm, which means you’ll be able to plant bulbs without...

Christmas is fast approaching. Now is the time to begin considering what plants we wish to have in our homes over the festive period. In this article, we are going to discuss what plants are the best for indoor use at Christmas. Holly Holly is not necessarily a plant which you can grow indoors at Christmas. However, taking little shrubs and making them into wreaths will look amazing this Christmas. If you want the gorgeous red berries showing make sure you have a female variety. MistletoeAnother classic Christmas plant is...

In simple terms a kneeling bench is a tool which you kneel down on whilst gardening. It is made out of a soft padded material which offers protection for you knees. When gardening you will find the kneeling down on the hard ground does begin to damage your knees. A kneeling bench helps to limit this damage. A kneeling bench can also offer you a place to store your handheld tools. These include you shovel, scissors and gloves. Kneeling benches offer storage pouches on either side of the handles. The...

Previously, we have looked into garden toys for children. But as we all know autumn is approaching. This means more cold, wet and dark days. But does all the garden fun really have to stop just because the sun is going? The answer to this question is no. The fun never has to stop. There are so many different activities we can do with our children outside even in the autumn. One of my favourite activities to do with my child is go out and collect leaves and sticks. You...