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Plums and Damsons
Find out more about plums and damsons
fruits
09:58, 17th Aug 2010
Review of The Treehouse Diaries
A review of the book The TreeHouse Diaries by Nick Weston
books
11:17, 26th Jul 2010
Storing Herbs by Freezing
Find out how to freeze herbs to retain their flavour for months
preserving
16:10, 4th Jun 2010
Make Your Own Leafmould
Find out how to make your own leafmould to improve your soil
grow your own
15:28, 4th Jun 2010
Greenhouse Thermometer
Use a suitable max min thermometer to track temperatures in a greenhouse
greenhouse
11:22, 3rd Jun 2010
Greenhouse from Plastic Bottles
Build a greenhouse from old plastic bottles
greenhouse
10:19, 3rd Jun 2010
Make Tomato Passata
Preserve tomatoes by making delicious tomato passata
preserving
12:00, 25th May 2010
Growing Outdoor Tomato Varieties
Tomato plants which will survive outdoors in the UK
fruits
11:56, 25th May 2010
Garden Office
Work from home from a garden office or convert your shed!
Garden Office
building | shedMore and more people are now starting to work from home. While you may have dreams of living a self-sufficient life, there is no escaping the cost of living today. Therefore, rather than commuting long distances, people set up an office at home and work. Working in a spare bedroom or living room can be very difficult if you have a family, and so there is now a great interest in Garden Offices, Garden Rooms, and other Home Offices. From just a few thousand pounds you can set yourself up with a warm insulated office in your garden with electricity and telephone connections, double glazing, and all the comforts of home.
If your Garden Office is made of timber it is usually not necessary to obtain local authority planning permission. Working from home can improve your life style no end, and there are enormous environmental benefits thanks to the reduction of vehicles on the roads - less fossil fuels are burned, those on the roads can get where they are going faster and without traffic jams, and less roads will need to be built in the future across agricultural lands etc.
Article Published: 07:25, 22nd Feb 2008
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