My family has been hanging out the laundry on a retractable washing line for years. Our washing dries very quickly on a sunny day - and they're so simple to…

If you've got an old barn on your property you may want to convert it to live in - so can you do this legally? You can legally convert an…

Drying your washing in the open air is great for both your clothes and the environment. However, are clotheslines illegal in some parts of the USA? Clotheslines are generally not…

At the time of writing, I'm building a treehouse in the garden for my little granddaughter. She's at an excitement level of 11 out of 10. Like all things worth…

Wood is a beautiful natural building material, and choosing the right type of wood for a garden gate is important - as it's constantly on show and will be seen…

A well constructed and uniform looking deck is a great asset to any outside space. However, a botch-job deck with all the screws coming out, snapped off and unevenly spaced…

In this brand review, we're focusing on New England Arbors, which is now called Vita. We'll explain all below... New England Arbors recently merged with Vita Gardens to form the…

We've just fitted a new garden gate at home and I love it. There's something very satisfying about leaning on it like an old farmer, looking out across the fields…

We've had both centipedes and millipedes in our backyard at various times, and not really thought much of it. So finding out some folks see them as pests is a…

We're lucky enough to have a double garage at our property, but it's so full of bikes and other stuff that we rarely use it for cars. In fact, we're…