Greenhouse 2020 – New Uses
New uses since repaving Alpines in pots New shelf and staging Focal point of the garden Lilies in pots Fan trained peach Last year … read more
Garden Buildings
WoodShed Renovation
△ My woodshed, before and after renovation Pages in this post Page #1: Structural Repair ► Page #2: CladdingPage #3: Renovating the roofPage #4: … read more
Cedar Singles #5 Treating and staining a cedar shingle roof
In this post I will show you how I gave my old cedar roof shingles a new lease of life using a preservative and water-repellant stain treatment.
Cedar Singles #4 How to remove and replace shingles
In this post I am going to show you how cedar shingles can be replaced using only basic DIY tools and a bit of understanding of how cedar shingles are fixed.
Cedar shingles #3
Identifying and preventing damage
As I learned the hard way, cedar shingle roofs can deteriorate prematurely. Here are the problems to watch out for and the maintenance needed to get the best out of them.
Cedar shingles #2 How to clean and restore them
After seventeen years of neglect my shingle roof needed a thorough clean. Here are the techniques that worked for me.
Cedar shingles #1
Weathering, maintenance & longevity
In the first post in this series I look at how cedar shingle roofs have weathered in my garden over 15+ years, and how maintenance could extend their useful life much further.
Greenhouse Makeover
For the last 10 years the greenhouse has been used for growing produce: tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, aubergines, melons, strawberries. Although this has been very … read more
Success with Greenhouse Melons
Here’s how I grew 30 Charentais melons in a narrow greenhouse bed just 5 ft long and 1 ft deep. Charentais are a fragrant variety … read more
Cabin construction pages finally added!
I have finally got round to adding the missing information pages about our first garden building: the Cabin. How I designed and built it … read more
Greenhouse 2017 – hot house plants
I’m using the staging and shelf at the north end of the greenhouse to grow a range of ornamentals, including fuchsias, ferns, hosts, pansies and … read more
Greenhouse 2017 – the Veggies
I’ve planted the greenhouse with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, aubergines and some hot-house ornamentals. Trying to cater for all of their needs is tricky: the tomatoes … read more