More posts by Clare Flynn
Garden
What about a wormery?
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap) recently undertook a study which shows UK households throw away about a third of the food they buy. Roughly half of the 6.7 million tonnes of food thrown in the bin each year is edible and ...
Interiors
Everything you want to know about making cushions
The most searched for items on our site relate to making cushion covers, so we thought we'd pull it all together for you here in a simple summary so you can find the right page, whatever your cushion-making needs. Making designer ...
Garden
How to grow garlic
Garlic can be planted in the autumn (October/ November) or Spring (December to February). It's incredibly easy to plant and very hardy so it's a great bet for novice vegetable gardeners. Garlic doesn't produce seeds: all you have to ...
Stories
Reasons to be cheerful – part two!
Last April, I wrote a piece on the blog about 10 reasons to be cheerful when you're broke. Sitting here towards the end of January, it seems like a good time to revisit that theme. The turn of the year is always punishing on the wallet ...
Garden
Planning a herb garden
One of the few compensations of the month of January is that you can always curl up in front of the fire, away from the filthy weather, reading seed catalogues. The wind may be howling, the snow may be drifting, or the rain may be beating ...
Household
Video interview with our stain-busting guru
We cornered Stephanie Zia, the author of our stain guide, bribed her with some lunch and Anne asked her a few questions about her brilliant stain-busting techniques. To get your copy of the Make it and Mend it No Nonsense Guide to ...
Stories - Garden
Turning kids into vegetable lovers
To encourage small children to get into gardening and to start eating their greens without complaint, we've discovered a great little children's gift kit - the Secret Seed Society. The pack contains a storybook "No Hens in the Pen", ...
Food
Caroline’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
This week Caroline is ably assisted by her daughter Bethany in making Chocolate Chip Cookies - yum yum - and easy-peasy! And well done Bethany! >> For baking trays and mixing bowls we love Lakeland ...
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