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Garden Buildings

Greenhouse 2020 – New Uses

January 15, 2022August 13, 2020

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

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WoodShed Renovation

February 12, 2021June 29, 2020

△ My woodshed, before and after renovation Pages in this post Page #1: Structural Repair ► Page #2: CladdingPage #3: Renovating the roofPage #4: … read more

Categories DIY, Garden Buildings, The Woodshed 1 Comment

Cedar Singles #5
Treating and staining a cedar shingle roof

February 12, 2021May 11, 2020

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.

Categories DIY, Garden Buildings, The Cabin, The Woodshed 1 Comment

Cedar Singles #4
How to remove and replace shingles

February 12, 2021May 11, 2020

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.

Categories DIY, Garden Buildings, The Cabin 7 Comments

Cedar shingles #3
Identifying and preventing damage

February 12, 2021May 3, 2020

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.

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Cedar shingles #2
How to clean and restore them

February 12, 2021May 1, 2020

After seventeen years of neglect my shingle roof needed a thorough clean. Here are the techniques that worked for me.

Categories DIY, Garden Buildings, The Cabin, The Woodshed 2 Comments

Cedar shingles #1
Weathering, maintenance & longevity

February 12, 2021May 1, 2020

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.

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Greenhouse Makeover

March 15, 2020

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

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Success with Greenhouse Melons

April 9, 2019July 21, 2018

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

Categories Gardening, Produce, The Greenhouse 8 Comments

Cabin construction pages finally added!

April 7, 2019May 30, 2018

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

Categories The Cabin 1 Comment

Greenhouse 2017 – hot house plants

April 7, 2019May 14, 2017

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

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Greenhouse 2017 – the Veggies

April 11, 2019May 14, 2017

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

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