Garden Environment...
Below are our articles on the subject of Garden Environment. If you can't see what you are looking for our other categories are displayed on the left under 'Our Quick Links'...
Access to the Garden
Maintaining access to a garden can be straightforward for some properties and a nightmare for others. Laying paths and putting in gates and fencing is reasonably...
Advice For Maintaining and Using Compost
A previous article on composting in this series has highlighted the types of materials which are suitable to use in the construction of a compost...
Cleaning Decking Safely
Decking needs cleaning regularly throughout the year to prevent moss and algae building up and making it slippery. The secondary aspect of cleaning decking is the...
Garden Storage
Storing tools safely not only extends their life but also additionally ensures nasty accidents are avoided.
When selecting your garden storage area, be it a shed,...
Garden Surfaces: Decking, Paving...
One of the key things to remember is that if you’re a keen gardener and/or like to spend a lot of time in your garden, you’re going to need to take into account safety...
Gardening Crop Rotation: Safety Benefits
Although most of us are familiar with crop rotation when it comes to farming, keen and knowledgeable gardeners will also understand the safety...
Gardening Tips For The Disabled
Whether you’re an elderly person who has enjoyed gardening all of your life but have now found that it’s become a bit of a struggle physically or you’re a younger...
Greenhouse Safety
Greenhouses have always been popular and not only help to protect and encourage certain types of plants to grow but they are also an ideal way for you to enjoy...
How to Avoid Tetanus
Whenever you hear the word ‘tetanus’, many of us tend to think only about being cut by a rusty nail or being bitten by a dog or some other animal. However, the...
How to Control Pond Algae
Pond algae are a natural occurrence, which occurs in any pond as free-floating matter if left untreated after a period of time. It manifests itself as a collection of...
How To Safely Dispose of Garden Refuse
With increasing concerns about mankind’s effects on the planet we should all try to do our bit to reduce the amount of refuse we cannot recycle, even...
Portable Shade for Protection from the Sun
Britons are finally waking up to the dangers of excessive sunbathing but still many more people die of skin cancer in this country than in hotter...
Questionnaire: Garden Risk Assessment
How safe is my garden? The question might be better phrased how safe do you want your garden to be? because no garden will ever be safe from...
Retractable Shades and Canopies
Although the sun is a source of energy the dangers of over-exposure are well documented. In another article in this section we talked about these dangers and how to...
Safe Decking
Decking has taken the country by storm over the last decade or so. It's a low maintenance alternative to lawns and plants and looks good in the right situations. But...
Safe Ways to Heat Your Patio
Gas heaters for patios were not really seen in the United Kingdom until about ten to fifteen years ago, when they began to appear in commercial situations, outside...
Sail Shades for Contemporary Sun Protection
Protection from the sun makes a garden more accommodating in the height of summer as well as being safer. Over exposure to the sun is responsible...
Starting a Compost Heap
Composting is a great solution to the effective conditioning of your garden and more and more people not only keen gardeners, have taken it up over recent years as part...
The Impact Weather Conditions Have on Gardening
Weather and climate both have a profound effect on gardening, especially so in the UK where the weather can be unpredictable.
The most...
Water Recycling
With water shortages becoming more common and a greater concern being shown for our natural resources many people are now looking at ways to use water more wisely,...
