DIY – DIARY OF A NEW GARDENER

Building a shed

We needed a safe space to hold our gardening tools and store our seeds, a shed was undoubtably on the cards. After shopping around online we mentioned we were looking for one to our dad and to our suprise he said he had an old one that he had flat packed and kept down theContinue reading “Building a shed”

How to dry your garden herbs

Here in the U.K., alongside the crazy year it’s been already with COVID-19, the weather seemed to join the party so unfortunately the grand plans for our garden and allotment didn’t go entirely to plan BUT we did have a wonderful array of herbs! A vast array of herbs are very hardy and we haveContinue reading “How to dry your garden herbs”

Building our compost bins from old pallets

So, I have a friend that has a warehouse – with lots of pallets! When I sent a photo of the 99+ pallets to Ben, he immediately said; “GET THEM ALL!”. First task…finding a van…check Second task…loading the van…check Third task…transporting the pallets…check Fourth task…emptying the pallets from the van…check… Fifth task…transporting the pallets toContinue reading “Building our compost bins from old pallets”