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Hi folks,
now that the Spring is over it’s a good time to look at garden tips for Summer.  Having your garden looking nice is a great way to enjoy your home and surroundings and growing your own vegetables is better for your health and saves you money too.  A keen gardening friend of mine once remarked that keeping a garden was like therapy, she said that looking after her garden was cheaper than paying a psychologist!!:-)

There is lots you can do in the garden.  However, keeping a garden doesn’t have to be a big job.  You can literally get started by planting a few flowers or vegetables in a window box or corner of the garden and progress from there year by year as you become more confident.  There are also many gardening groups that you can join to get some more tips and keep you motivated:-)  Another approach is to do some of the smaller gardening tasks yourself and hire a local gardener for the big work of planting and digging, to keep an eye out for, and spray for pests and diseases.  He/she can recommend a weekly spray program if you wish to do the spraying yourself.  Anyway, enough of the introduction, let’s get started, here is a list of the Summer jobs and tips for the garden below, hope you enjoy reading through them:-

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Hi folks,

this week I want to talk about DIY safety tips in the home.   It’s fantastic to try and do some DIY home improvements yourself from time to time.  However,  DIY can involve the use of power tools, working at heights, working in dusty or mouldy environments, lifting heavy objects etc. and there are certain precautions you need to take in order to keep yourself safe.   Here is a list of 9 DIY Safety tips below that will help you when carrying out DIY in the home:-

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Hi folks,

it’s that time of year again! With the fine weather we’ve been having recently it’s a good time to look at what needs to be done in the garden to get you set up for the rest of the year.  The garden poses so many opportunities, as a peaceful and relaxing place to work in your spare time, as a way to grow your own vegetables for the home, as a way to produce beautiful selections of colour and as a place to just relax and chill out with your family and friends whenever weather permits from now and right up until late Autumn.

Of course it takes a bit of planning and preparation to have your garden fit for purpose for the rest of the year and it all starts around now:)  So in order to help you we’ve put together a list of garden tips for Spring to get you going, hope you enjoy:-) :-

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