Do you know your brassicas from your legumes, or which veg can be grown side by side?
National Allotments Week (August 10-16, nsalg.org.uk) is the ideal time for beginner gardeners to get to grips with plant families and crop rotation, for the best chance of success with veg grown as annuals – the ones you will sow and harvest within one year.
Fancy a water feature in your garden but don’t have much space?
Don’t worry, you can still enjoy a tranquil rippling pool or fountain to provide an eye-catching highlight, a magnet for wildlife, and give a home to aquatic plants which will add colour and form to the scene.
Keep it still
The easiest container pool is one where the water remains still – which you can...
Two in five owners let their dog or cat share their bed while one in three humanise them so much that they refuse to change their clothes or be naked in front of them. According to the survey, over two thirds (67%) let their pets on the furniture, just under half (49%) will give their pet human food and another third (31%) will happily let their pets lick their face.
It is, to quote Friends’ Rachel Green, the end of an era: after almost 50 years, Argos has announced it is axing its catalogue.
“As most customers are now browsing and ordering online, we have decided that the time is right to stop printing the Argos catalogue,” said Simon Roberts, chief executive of Argos’ parent company Sainsbury’s.
The latest research from estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , shows the average estate agent fee in Great Britain is 1.51%, up 0.26% when compared to this time last year.
Based on the current average house price, that means homesellers are paying £4,154 to sell their homes.
The highest percentage fee
Of course, in some parts of the property market, this...
Recently, charity shops have been forced to turn away donations due to the huge influx of contributions following lockdown clear-outs. The Sunday Times reported that the British Heart Foundation in St Ives saw a 197% rise in donations and The Guardian noted there are 67 million items of clothing waiting to be donated.
GivingAssistant.org also found that searches for ‘charity shops...
Weekend car use is returning to pre-lockdown levels, according to figures released today by the Department for Transport (DfT). However, weekday car trips are still well below normal.
While weekday car use remained on a par with weekend use through much of the lockdown, weekend car trips have risen more sharply than weekday journeys over the last four weeks.
A businesswoman from Lancashire is taking on an epic month long eco challenge after coming face-to-face with her household’s single use plastic usage.
On a quest to raise awareness about the sheer volume of plastic Bristish households get through every day, Joanne Machlachlan, who runs an e-commerce business called The Eco Friendly Living Co, collected and photographed all of the...
