Monthly Archives: January 2012
How To Get The Most Out Of Automatic Pool Cleaners
How do you get the most out of an automatic pool cleaner? I guess that it starts with choosing the right pool cleaner in the first place, making sure that it is suited to your pool and enabling you to get many years of use out of it. This in turn will depend on the […]
Fennel – For Looks and For Cooks
I’ve grown fennel for quite a few years, partly because it is so easy to grow and partly because it is a very striking plant. It is a herbaceous perennial which dies back in winter. Provide some protection if temperatures drop below –10c. Plant your fennel so it gets maximum sun in the growing season. […]
How to Make Crystallized Ginger at Home
Crystallized ginger is also known as candied ginger or glace ginger. The main thing here is that crystallized ginger is much easier to use than the regular ginger. In fact, for morning sickness or nausea it is advisable to have crystallized ginger as it is easily palatable than raw ginger. You can easily make crystallized […]
Fiskars 7884 X27 36-Inch Super Splitting Axe
I recently bought this axe to use in my garden. This is not a standard gardening tool, I know, but I have four tree stumps in my garden that need some serious attention! And a chain saw isn’t a lot of use on a tree stump. I could have rented a stump grinder, but I […]
A Bumper Year for Apples
Here in the UK we love to talk about the weather, and boy did we have plenty to talk about in 2011. The effect of our climate on garden crops has never been more obvious – and apples are a very good example. The start to the year was the coldest for thirty years. […]
