Are you watching the Chelsea Flower Show on TV at the moment? As usual, there are some absolutely spectacular garden designs to marvel at and get inspired by, some traditional, some contemporary and a few blending both to splendid effect. So what style is your garden? Modern, old fashioned, a mix of the two, or […]
We’ve talked about cooking on a chiminea before. It’s an awesome way to prepare delicious food outdoors, fun as well as easy and effective. With the BBQ season on the horizon and the weather – at long last – showing signs of warming up, we thought it’d be fun to give you a whole load […]
All you have to do is visit a National Trust garden, English Heritage property or stately home and you’ll see stunning, rolling landscapes to die for, complex and interesting gardens stretching for what feels like miles, full of visual secrets. Awesome. Then you go back home, look at your flat grassy square… and despair. Can […]
So far 2018 has been wet, wet, wet. And pretty chilly at times. Farmers in many areas of Britain are at least three weeks late letting their livestock out into the fields, which are not much better than a quagmire after endless weeks of rain. March began with an exceptionally cold easterly flow and loads […]
So how do people actually use their chimineas? Different people use their chimineas in different ways. We talked to Kate and Tony over in remote North Devon about their chim experiences, and got them to send us some photos. Kate and Tone’s chiminea adventures “We bought our beautiful cast iron chiminea from the Chiminea Shop […]
Short of readies? You might be a big fan of recycling and re-purposing. Maybe you just prefer old things to new things. If so, you can pick up an old pine or oak table for very little money, because ‘brown’ furniture is totally out of fashion. Not an actual antique, just something vintage dating back […]
Last time we took a look at all sorts of cool things you can do, as a complete beginner, to create an outdoor space you, your family and friends will love spending time in. A beautiful and practical space that looks good all year round, even when the weather’s doing its nasty wintry thing. All […]
How’s your garden looking? Have you taken time to design it, or could it stand some improvement to make it into a space you can use all year round? The thing is, garden design is a specialist skill, something people do Degrees in at Uni. It deals with the bone structure of an outdoor space, […]
Good, solid, attractive outdoor furniture is the perfect complement to any garden. A fire pit or bowl is the ideal way to keep the chill off when you’re enjoying the outdoors, and even to cook on. Put them together and what do you get? Beautiful garden furniture with an integral firebowl. Blimey. That’s what we […]
We had an epic time over Xmas and New Year, and we spent plenty of time outdoors enjoying the crisp fresh air, warmed to our very cockles by our lovely big chiminea. Now all the festive kerfuffle is over and done with, our thoughts are turning to spring. We’ve done some research to find out […]