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Gardening in May: jobs to tackle this month

April 28, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in May. If you're not sure what to focus on this month, or are short on time for gardening, you're in the right place! You can check out my gardening jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in May May is one of the busiest months in the garden. Everything is growing, so there's lots of maintenance going on, but we're also still planting lots of new things. Add to that the ...

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Gardening in April: jobs to tackle this month

March 25, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in April. If you're not sure what to focus on this month, or are short on time for gardening, this is a great place to start. You can check out my gardening jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in April This is the month when the garden really starts to take off. The weather warms up, the daylight hours increase, and everything feels like it just wants to get going. All ...

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Ten easy ways to get your garden ready for summer & outdoor entertaining

March 9, 2021 by Catherine 7 Comments

orange flower border

We all spend more time in our gardens in summer, but this year lots of us are planning on using them more than ever for outdoor entertaining. Is your garden ready for summer guests? During the colder months of the year, we naturally spend less time taking care of our gardens. When the weather warms up again in summer, we immediately want to get out there and enjoy them.  The trouble is, there’s often work required to get things looking ...

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Filed Under: Garden Tips Tagged With: Containers, Deck, Entertaining, Garden, Garden furniture, gardening, Grass, Home, Lawn, Lighting, Maintenance, Outdoors, Patio, Plants, Shed, Summer, Tools, Top Tips, toys

Gardening in March: jobs to tackle this month

February 25, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in March. If you're struggling to carve out time to stay on top of the garden, or just need some help with what to focus on each month, this is a great place to start. You can check out my gardening jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in March We've made it to spring, which means things are about to get busy in the garden. March is a great month to get ahead with garden ...

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Gardening in February: jobs to tackle this month

February 4, 2020 by Catherine 5 Comments

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Here's your one-stop resource for gardening in February. If you're struggling to carve out time to stay on top of the garden, or just need some help with what to focus on each month, this is a great place to start. You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. While January was a low-input month in the garden, we spent a lot of time planning, sketching and dreaming. Now the end of winter is temptingly in sight, ...

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3. The 10 minute gardener: quick gardening in January

January 7, 2020 by Catherine 2 Comments

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If you always feel like you don't have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! Read on for tips and ideas on quick but effective gardening in January. The start of a new year has worked it’s magic on my gardening enthusiasm, as it always does.  I’ve replaced the frenzy of Christmas with a gentler form of excitement, and my mind is buzzing with ideas for the ...

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Boiler replacement: what to think about before you buy

June 28, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Collaborative post Boilers: we tend to take them for granted, don’t we?  I know I only really think about ours when it stops working, or when the energy bills arrive!  But if you’ve ever suffered through a boiler replacement in the colder months of the year - which is when they tend to break - you’ll know just how vital a boiler is to the comfort and function of your home. The reason boilers tend to break down in winter is because ...

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Filed Under: Family Home Tagged With: Boiler, energy saving, Family, heating, Home, Home maintenance, Maintenance

Plant care tips for containers

June 27, 2019 by Catherine 10 Comments

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Collaborative post The world of plant care can be more than a little bewildering, can’t it?  Unless you’re a gardening expert, it can be tricky working out just what you need to do (or not do!) to make sure your indoor and outdoor plants thrive. I love gardening, but that certainly doesn’t mean I’ve got the plant care right every time; in fact I’ve had many disasters over the years.  I’ve also had lots of times where my plants thrived but I ...

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7. The 10 minute gardener: quick summer gardening jobs

June 27, 2019 by Catherine 18 Comments

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Welcome to the latest post in this series, looking at quick gardening jobs you can fit into a busy schedule.  This time I'm looking at ways to stay on top of your summer garden. Things have certainly warmed up in the last couple of weeks, and I’m really enjoying my garden now the summer plants are bursting into life.  I think the ‘little and often’ approach is best for gardening at this time of year; keeping on top of the garden through ...

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5. The 10 minute gardener: quick Spring gardening jobs

March 4, 2019 by Catherine 1 Comment

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This week, for the first time in months, I’ve been warm while gardening - which must mean that spring is definitely on the way! With the sun streaming in through the window as I write this, it’s hard to resist the call of some spring gardening; that lovely leisurely pottering that only the warmer weather of spring and summer allows.  So far it’s been all about wrapping up warm, concentrating on the task in hand, then heading back indoors for a ...

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