A. There are plenty of good reasons to let part of your garden go wild. Wild flowers used to be a common site, but with modern farming methods and the gradual creep of housing development in rural
01:00 Tue 24th Apr 2001asks Tony B:A. Earning a living is probably the biggest one. And the first question locals will ask you. They will already be aware of how difficult it can be to make a living. So, work out how you'll
01:00 Mon 16th Apr 2001asks Su Smith:A. Most homes and offices can usually produce a few sad-looking spider plants, but they could be useful. There are a whole range of plants that have been found to clean up the atmosphere
01:00 Mon 16th Apr 2001A. This is it, weather allowing. If you’ve done all the donkey work, planned your beds, bought the bulbs, are nurturing those seedlings, this is the month when you should really be able to start
01:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001A. Essentially it boils down (excuse the pun) to mineral content. Hard water filters into our water supplies through soft rock, picking up minerals such as calcium and magnesium on the way, whereas
01:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001GARDENING may be the new rock and roll and the outside room one of the designer buzzwords of the moment. But not everyone is born with green fingers or has years of horticultural experience so
01:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001A. A listed building is one that appears on a statutory list of buildings of 'special architectural or historic interest' designed to protect the best of our architectural heritage. Q. Who decides
01:00 Tue 03rd Apr 2001A. There are lots of good reasons. Firstly, you get the benefits of the blooms in the garden before you cut them, so you get the best of both worlds. Secondly buying cut flowers from the florist
01:00 Tue 03rd Apr 2001A. It is a slightly mixed picture, but certainly not a healthy one. Country-based nurseries and garden centres are suffering in the same way as so many other rural industries. Nearly 70% of
01:00 Tue 03rd Apr 2001A. You are making material that will improve your soil and make for healthier plants. You can make your own compost in even the smallest garden and, by using vegetable matter that would usually end
01:00 Tue 27th Mar 2001A. Household dust is mainly made up of discarded human skin cells, which explains why it is often a translucent blue-grey icolour. Other elements of dust such as pollen, tiny particles of soil, soot
01:00 Tue 27th Mar 2001A. One of the biggest factors is the huge range of attractive terracotta, glazed, wooden and retro-style containers that have come onto the market in the past decade. Containers are ideal for small
01:00 Tue 27th Mar 2001A. A mulch is a layer of material spread direct onto the ground around the base of plants. It can take the form of well-rotted compost or manure, bark chippings, leaf mould, old straw or even pebbles
01:00 Mon 19th Mar 2001A. Although burglary fell by 8 per cent during 1990-2000, that is no comfort to the thousands of people who lose valuables and have their property ransacked every year. Here are a few facts to bear
01:00 Mon 19th Mar 2001A. As always, with the soil. You need to know what lies below the surface before you do anything else. Even if you have what looks like a perfectly decent topsoil it can often disguise a multitude
01:00 Tue 13th Mar 2001 A. Nothing could be further from the truth. We might still be in self-imposed hibernation, but many plants are beginning to come to life. Thorough preparation during March will help guarantee your
01:00 Tue 13th Mar 2001 A. That depends on the surface you are tiling. Any bumps in the wall will show up, so first of all it's important to make the surface as flat as possible. Then there are the various different
01:00 Tue 13th Mar 2001 By Tom Gard A couple of recent questions have been about the stubborn question of how to remove stains. We look at range of likely culprits and how to get them out of what. Q. What's the first
01:00 Tue 06th Feb 2001By Tom Gard THERE has been an amazing range of questions and answers on the Homes and Gardens channel this week. Here’s a look at some of the best of this week's batch. 'Why is fluff in my
01:00 Tue 06th Mar 2001By Tom Gard THE number of private homes with swimming pools is rocketing. Once thought of as a luxury for the ultra-rich, there are now a wide range of surprisingly affordable pools on the market.
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