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Sowing Carrots and Preparing Soil

Preparing soil for growing carrots Growing Carrots – I am a little later than planned at sowing my carrots this year, for me it’s not just a case of sprinkling a few seeds into the soil. I like to make sure the soil is prepared well to ensure a harvest of big, strong cylindrical Carrots. …

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How does my garlic grow?

How does your garlic grow Back in January I planted my gleaming white garlic cloves courtesy of a competition win from Woollygreen. For months there were no signs of life in the soil. A few weeks ago in preparation for  planting up the raised beds, they were covered with an old shower curtain and some bin …

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How to spend one million Nectar points

If you were given 1,000,000 Nectar points to spend, how would you splash out. That’s just what Confused.com are asking pinners to do, then show everyone what you would buy by creating your very own Pinterest board.  So I have been busy virtually transforming my kitchen with a new cooker, fridge freezer and plenty of …

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It’s a Candle no wait its a CAKE!

I know you are looking at the picture above and you are thinking it’s a candle – when in fact it’s a CAKE, not  a drop of wax in sight. I had a most enjoyable time a few weeks ago at a cake decorating class run by Louise Scofield. You may remember in December I …

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Giveaway – Pure Vanilla Recipe Book (closed)

Do you remember back in January I reviewed the wonderful recipe book Pure Vanilla by Shauna Server. There are some truly delicious recipes in this book, such as the Big, Soft Frosted Vanilla Sugar Cookies to name but one.  The lovely people over at PG Books are giving one of my lucky blog readers in the UK and …

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Review – Pure Rain Garden Spray Gun

I was intrigued when I was asked if I wanted to review a new range of garden hose products for watering the garden.  With the claim “New Technology Recreates Rainwater to Boost Plant Growth” really? How can you recreate rainwater – I mean it falls from a cloud. In fact they are referring to the …