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Incinerator in garden

The heat is on

Written by Beth Bright

As Guy Fawkes weekend approaches, it’s the perfect time to get out in the garden and do a little burning. All those prunings, thorny stems and weeds staring at you? Their end...

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array of pumpkins outdoors

Peanuts, pumpkins and pies

Written by Beth Bright

The clocks go BACK an hour this weekend and that always make me stop and think: soon it’ll be December 21, the shortest day, start of the winter solstice and then Christmas. But for...

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beech tree in autumn

Leave autumn to us

Written by Beth Bright

The Mamas & Papas had a hit song about it, John Keats wrote an ode to it and Americans call it something completely different. Autumn is here. Or Fall if you’re from the other side of the...

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Shed at night with table and chairs outside

Shed sale now on: he shed, she shed or we shed?

Written by Beth Bright

Should I get a shed? You wonder about it then end up wondering how you ever lived without the extra space, place to store stuff and most importantly of all, somewhere...

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Tubtrug: bucket, basket or box? You decide

Tubtrug: bucket, basket or box? You decide

Written by Beth Bright

You know how it is, there are jobs to do but before you get started you need the right bucket, box or basket. You spend ages looking, then there’s no time to...

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Water droplet clouds

Soggy September. Jobs for the garden

Written by Beth Bright

In the garden it’s been a month for waterproofs and water butts. One minute, glorious sunshine then next the sky darkens and the heavens open. Time to pop into the shed/man...

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Iroko hardwood gate

Your guide to the perfect wooden gate

Written by Beth Bright

There’s something about the click of garden gates. Remember as a kid when you waited for the postman on your birthday? Or the much anticipated arrival of a loved one? The first...

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dog in a hat

Hats off! Bridport Hat Festival

Written by Beth Bright

Tomorrow is officially ‘Haturday’. To the uninitiated, it’s the start of Bridport’s Hat Festival on Saturday 2 September. The whole town turns out in an array of headgear to rival Ascot...

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