Gardening is one of the very few activities which engages all the senses and which can give a decent amount of exercise, the level of which can be varied to ...

This guide will tell you everything you need to know about how drains get blocked, how to reduce blocked drains and what to do about blocked drains when they ...

Quick Jump to List Before you buy a hot tub, you want to be confident that you’ll be able to enjoy it without worrying about the costs.  The good ...

Quick Jump To List It doesn’t matter if you live in the town or the country if you have a garden, you probably want to know how to get rid of ...

If you sharpen your garden shears properly, you’ll get more use out of them, plus they’ll do a better job of cutting. That’s good for your arms as well as ...

Quick Jump To List There are basically two ways to get your shower water to just the right temperature.  You can mix hot and cold water or you can ...

Mould is bad for you.  That’s official.  It triggers breathing problems and can weaken the immune system.  It’s also really ugly to look at and ...

If you just want to get clean, then having a shower is probably a better option than having a bath. If, however, you want to enjoy getting soaked in hot ...

Quick Jump To List Treat your lawn properly and you’ll have a glorious outdoor living space for most, if not all, of the year.  Get it wrong, ...

We’re all in favour of using natural methods of weed control wherever possible, but if we’re honest, there are times when you just know your best move is to ...

Ants may be fine in the great outdoors and having a few in your house may not bother you but if they start taking over, then you need to take action ...

Dealing with cats can be a real challenge for gardeners.  On the one hand, even if you’re not a cat fan, you don’t actually want to hurt them.  ...

Every gardener needs at least one pair of garden shears and many gardeners prefer to have two or more pairs so they can choose the best pair for any specific ...

Houses are getting smaller and we all need to make the best possible use of our vertical space.  The irony of this statement is that getting to that ...

Handheld steam cleaners have been growing in popularity for a while now.  For the sake of clarity, we’re talking about the ones you use for cleaning your ...

In the old days, cordless lawn mowers meant either fully-manual lawn mowers or petrol mowers, both were (and are) big, heavy and cumbersome and petrol mowers ...

Garden shredders have all kinds of uses.  If nothing else, they can reduce the sheer volume of your garden waste, which can make it much easier to fit ...

To their owners, cats are fluffy bundles of affection and entertainment.  To gardeners, however, they can be absolute pests.  The problem is that cats will do ...

Freeview is 70 standard channels and 15 HD channels of free entertainment.  It’s available, for free, to anyone who can set up an aerial to receive ...

It’s amazing how items from bygone eras can make an unexpected comeback.  Not so long ago, people were ditching traditional stove top kettles for their ...

Tumble dryers are bad for the environment, bad for your household budget and actually bad for your clothes.  Because of this, although air drying takes ...