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The Ultimate in Luxury Pools

When people start to think about installing a pool in their backyard or opening a business that features swimming pools, they can sometimes forget how many options there really are. You could install a standard swimming pool that would be fun for your family and, in the case of a business, your customers. But if […]

Bulbs For Your Summer Borders

As is often the way in England, our snow has waited for the false security of nearly spring to… spring upon us! However, not to be caught out, we’ve prepared a list of bulbs that will be available to buy soon, to be your first strike back against our belligerent and unpredictable climate and provide […]

Emeralds and Evergreens

Green is the colour on the agenda this week and, with the last frosts of spring soon to be behind us, we can expect a lot more of it in the coming months. The primary connotation of green is, of course, its prolific occurrence in nature and this is the primary reason green is such […]

Where The Wild Things Aren’t

The other day I watched the jungle book and while I enjoyed myself with all the abandon of the first viewing of my youth, the ending disturbed me unlike I remembered – how quick Mowgli was to abandon his jungle, the place he’d been raised in. The reason I’m citing a cartoon this week is […]

Don’t Soil Your Chances

The importance of soil types in the different areas of your garden cannot be overstated, as the ph level (alkalinity versus acidity), density and moisture retention can all serve as major factors in the success of the plants you try to cultivate. Aside from this you also have the fertility of your soils to consider […]