Keep it Cosy for Less With These Latest Portable & Sustainable Home Heating Ideas
Keep your spirits high and your carbon footprint small as the mercury falls. The new range of portable heating solutions available today will make a smaller dent in your wallet and the planet. As the seasons change and higher energy costs loom this winter, it’s a good time to invest in new, more efficient heating […]
Simple Fun DIY Projects The Kids Could Be Doing This August
There are lots of ways to keep the kids busy during summer when you’ve got a bundle of DIY projects and chores in your back pocket! Why do it? You’re on the final furlong in the Summer holidays before the kids return to school. If you’re not heading out on a trip at home or […]
How To Make Your Garden A Bee-Friendly Habitat This Autumn
There are plenty of bees and other pollinators still about late summer and into the early Autumn, so it’s wise to ensure that your planting and gardening practices provide a steady source of nectar well into the autumn months… not just in spring and early summer. Nevertheless, it’s not just about the flowers. There are […]
Autumn Month by Month Checklist For Your Garden
Summer is midway in Ireland, and even though it’s hard to imagine, it’s time to start prepping our garden for autumn harvests and potting. So it’s time for our late summer-autumn edition of your month-by-month Irish gardening checklist. It’s not too late to plant the odd late vegetable crop, though – there’s still a lot […]
Essential Chores to help you say Goodbye to Summer & Hello to an Autumn-Ready Home and Garden
Now that we have left the summer behind and recovered from frantic Back to School season, it’s the perfect time for getting our home (and especially our gardens), ready for the colder months ahead. Use our helpful checklist of jobs and minor DIY maintenance tasks to help you through the seasons. With the kids in […]
Gardening Tidy-Up, To-Dos and Seasonal Checklist for August
As August makes its presence felt, our minds turn gently to the waning of Summer. In our part of the world, it marks the time of Lughnasa, the beginning of the harvest season. For many home gardeners, it’s a time for cutting back and preparing for the next cycle of growth during the last vestiges […]