It’s that time of the year when the lawn mower is going away in the shed until next year. But I’ve started to wonder if I should get rid of my old mower and get one of these more unusual ones instead…
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October 25, 2015 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping
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While most people will think about making a cinder block planter (Like those in my post: Top 10 Cinder Block Planters) there are many other things you can make with them. So I thought I would bring you ten of the very best ideas…
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March 29, 2015 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping, Upcycling and Recycling
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One thing I love to see is a summer flower in full bloom. From a single plant to a whole field of them, they never fail to make me smile. But the flowers I am about to show you should make your jar drop. These...
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July 29, 2014 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Art and Design, Gardening and Landscaping, Plants and Flowers
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Watching my next door neighbour paint his fence I realised that my own one needs a little sprucing up as well. After all, you have to keep up with the neighbours! But I want something a little more than a plain wooden fence, I want...
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May 8, 2014 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping
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My own garden path is something that I need to fix. You see I once tried to put down a patio with rather a disastrous effect. So now I have a lumpy, bumpy, miss-match of a path that I need to start from scratch again....
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September 19, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping
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While out walking the dog in the woods I often see Conifer cones all over the floor, just about everywhere. But the other day I saw someone collecting them (hundreds of them) and wondered what on earth they could make or indeed do with all that...
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September 12, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping
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Do you have an old tree stump in the garden? If you do you might want to check out these ten ideas for using them. Some do require a lot of work, but they are all amazing ideas that can turn any boring tree stump...
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April 21, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping, Plants and Flowers, Upcycling and Recycling
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The first ever film I went to see in the Cinema was “Herbie Goes Bananas” way back in 1980 (yes, I really am that old and I was 5 when I watched that!) Anyway my point is that I understand some people’s fondness over their...
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April 16, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping, Upcycling and Recycling, Vehicles and Transportation
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I have always wondered if birds really do like bread or if they are just grateful for what they get?!? Well, maybe it doesn’t matter what they eat, but more where they eat it. After all, a feeder ball hanging in a tree is a much safer...
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April 2, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping, Gift Ideas
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This might just be me, but as a kid, I hated just one single thing more than the dentist, and that was shopping for school shoes! Boring shops, full of boring shoes, with boring people fitting them, and boring conversions about why that shoe I...
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March 14, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Gardening and Landscaping, Plants and Flowers, Upcycling and Recycling
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I am going to admit to something here that not a lot of people know: “I HATE GARDENING!” I love the look of a nice garden, but hate doing it. For several years now I have paid my elderly neighbour in beer to cut the grass...
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January 18, 2013 The Top 10 Of Anything and Everything
Art and Design, Gardening and Landscaping, Plants and Flowers
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