Monday, May 12, 2025

Garden

Forest Master FM6DD Compact 6HP Petrol Wood Chipper REVIEW

How many times have you created a pile of cuttings and wished you had a little chipper to chop it up small? Those long...

How to grow Ensete Ventricosum ‘Maurelii’

No exotic garden would be complete nowadays if it didn’t contain an Ensete Maurelii. The massive paddle leaves of glossy luminous green and purple...

How to grow Spanish Moss ( Tillandsia usenoides )

SPANISH MOSS ( Tillandsia usneoides ) Spanish Moss is an epiphyte. This means that it gets it's food and water...

EGO PPX1000 A LONG STRETCH WITH EGO’S LONG REACH BIG BOY

Those tall hedges, and worse still those extra wide hedges off of a tripod ladder, were starting to take their toll on my body....

When should I plant eucomis bulbs?

Although eucomis can withstand temperatures down to -6C, I would not plant out until the Frosts have finished. This is usually the end of...

Battery long reach hedge trimmer review

Lots of homes have hedges in their back gardens that are two meters or more in height for privacy and noise reduction. The problem...

Hyundai hyB5200 blower review

Backpack blowers are now common place and have become an essential bit of kit for the professional gardener. There are some really impressive bits...

How to protect banana plants over winter

If there is one garden style that has really taken off during the last couple of years it's the trend for tropical style gardens....

Ego powerload strimmer review

When your strimmer has finally died forever and the time has come to look for a replacement, it's no longer just a matter of...
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