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A Bench Cover Can Really Save your Furniture Over the Winter Months

Feb

7

2013

The chill is setting in and all ideas of al fresco dinning have long past. With the sun setting by 5pm in the evening it’s a wonder how everyone can even manage 10 minutes in the garden. With all that in mind it seems unnecessary to have your patio furniture and garden bench sitting out ...

Use Frost Cover When You Need It Most

Jan

14

2013

The Ground may be frozen and the plants still, but as ever busy gardeners is still pottering around a garden putting the last things in place before he himself hibernates for the winter months. That right, all of two days from December 24th to December 26th are the gardeners only days off, but don’t assume ...

Use Your Lawn Mower Now For Winter Lawn Care

Jan

10

2013

Even though grass hasn’t grown since the onset on our cold winter weather which began in mid October, our lawns can begin to look unkempt and untidy due to the small spurts of grass growth over these months. The untidy look of winter is often also due to the few remaining autumn leaves that somehow ...

A Frost Fleece May Save Your Plants from a Surprise Cold Snap

Jan

10

2013

It has certainly been a mild winter so far this year and the worst of the winter may seem behind us but the experienced gardener would say ‘never rest on your laurels’ and assume there won’t be more bad weather to follow. The Irish weather can throw up any range of possibilities and it ...