You may not think it, especially after last week’s abundance of snow, but spring is definitely on it’s way! That means, it’s time to get the garden ready. As a family of four with two young children, we tend to spend the majority of summer outdoors in our garden. Our twin girls enjoy playing football,…
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Fun Additions to Your Garden That Your Kids Will Love
Read moreOut of all the places in the home, the garden is perhaps the most magical and mysterious for children when they’re young. If you have a large garden, then it could seem like a forest to their young innocent eyes, but there are times when our gardens are just dull, boring and lifeless because we…
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Great Gardening Ideas For Your Kids
Read more(image: hanscom.af.mil) With the summer almost upon us, now is a great time to get outdoors and work in the garden. Not only will it give you the fresh air you need, but it will give you something to focus on, improving your brain activity and raising your mood. As a parent, spending time in…
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My Fairy Garden Watering Can Review
Read moreBack in 2015, our twin girls helped me to make a fairy garden. Ever since then, the fairies have been quite clever in leaving surprises and gifts out for our girls when they’ve been good. It happens without warning. Usually when I’m on my way to pick the girls up from school. Whilst I’m out…
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Getting the garden ready for summer
Read moreCan you believe that Christmas has been and gone already? We’re into a new year and that also means we’re heading into the warmer weather, although I think we may still have a little while to wait before we can put our sun cream back on! Is it just me that has a huge stash…
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Pimp My Greenhouse!
Read moreOcean Loans recently challenged a small number of bloggers to take part in their my ‘Pimp My Shed’ project. I was lucky enough to be one of those bloggers chosen, although it’s not a shed I’ll be pimping, it’s my greenhouse. I was given £75 to spend to help me give our greenhouse an overhaul.…
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Teaching children to grow vegetables and other garden ramblings!
Read moreI’ve always been passionate about gardening. Even from a young age. I remember sitting at a table in my back garden one summer, happily sowing seeds and planting plants. I’d sat in the same place for a good few hours with the sun blazing down on my back. Despite the sunburn, I’d enjoyed spending that…
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Keep the kids entertained this summer and win a playhouse!
Read moreWin this playhouse! Summer is here! This week we’ve certainly had the summer weather and that means we’ve made the most of it by having lots of fun in the garden! Here are a few of the things that we love to do in our garden: Gardening R and M absolutely love to help me…