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With the weather finally improving,  I am keen to get in the garden and start tinkering around, as I am sure everyone else is.I have been looking at ways to improve my patio and came across this: http://www.house-extension.co.uk/garden-patio

Lay a patio now and you'll enjoy the benefits each time you're out in the garden. It's not a difficult job, so put aside a weekend and you'll soon be entertaining friends, or enjoying a well-earned rest on your new patio surrounded by pots

Very helpful. Another job I'm going to try soon, but just a circle.... best to start small me thinks :) How much sand and cement will i need for a patio that is 8 foot by 10 foot Can you lay a patio over an exisiting patio?

This year I'm determined to only grow one variety of tomato. This is because my garden was overrun with tomato plants last year and I couldn't get onto my patio for growing bags and poorly staked cordons. So 2011 will see a more streamlined effort

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COMPOST I NEED FOR PLANTING CLEMATIS INTO LARGE PATIO POTS They are greedy so I would use John Innes No. 3 + added garden compost. And slow release fertiliser mixed in with an anuual top dressing of special cleatis food

Hi all, We're digging out the clay soil in a problem area of our garden and to save ourselves from injury, thought it best to hire a small skip to put it in. We wonder now though, as we are laying a patio also, is is possible to reuse the clay

Hi all, We're digging out the clay soil in a problem area of our garden and to save ourselves from injury, thought it best to hire a small skip to put it in. We wonder now though, as we are laying a patio also, is is possible to reuse the clay

container, with Chris BeardshawHow to maintain a garden pondCreating a summer patio pondMaking a bubbling water feature

Watch Joe Swift's practical video demonstration on choosing marginal plants for a garden pond. Plant choices include Cyperus involucratus, Equisetum hyemale and arum lily.summerMore water gardening projectsGrowing marginal plants in a container

Learn how to lay a path, with the help of Monty Don. He demonstrates how to lay slabs on sand and cement with the aid of a spirit level and a grid of pegs, to create a path. all year roundMore garden DIY project ideasHow to lay a decked pathway