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damaged during a break in.What's the answer? Don't leave valuables in your shed? So where else can they go? I'd always recommend making your garden as secure as possible by locking gates and putting up fences and walls. Police often recommend planting

of the gardens. I thoroughly enjoy this process, even though I know that some people will be unhappy with their medals. I do, however, have great faith in the judging system and I think it generally works very well.For those who wish to know, here is a simple

into out-of-town shopping destinations where you can find all manner of gifts, furniture, books and pet products, and probably tuck into lunch and a cream tea to help make a day of it.However, it's the gardening that really matters to me, and I often leave

Thinking back to the brown expanse that took centre stage in my garden during the summer drought, and how subsequent rainfall brought it back from the dead, I marvel at the resilience of grass.Well, the doubting Thomases among you may have thought

January already: Christmas neatly tucked away and another year of fabulous gardening stretching away ahead of us. The beginning of the year is the time for fresh starts and change but, rather than pestering you with annoying resolutions which few

Just in case you have been in a surgically induced coma or trekking up hidden valleys amongst deep jungle, I must remind you that this is Chelsea Flower Show week. Garden designers, nurserymen and builders have been beavering away in the grounds

the weather forecast to see what's in store for later in the week, but with Wimbledon in full swing surely we can expect rain!But if rain doesn't arrive it really is done to the gardener to make up for the shortfall. A friend of mine took on an allotment

. Local conditions vary massively, and so do the gardens created in each location. By going with the flow rather than against it you can create a great garden, and make life easier for yourself!

-in-law’s greenhouse for the winter.Third - and this is very positive news - the frosty snap will have done wonders for your parsnip crop. Parsnips need a bit of cold to give them the wonderful sweetness that makes them the perfect accompaniment to Sunday lunches

right away.3. Insulate outside tapNot only must I turn off the stopcock to my garden tap to isolate the water supply (mine is almost hidden behind pipework under the kitchen sink), but I must wrap insulation material round the brass tap itself. Again, I