Garden decor guides | frost, solar lights and house numbers
Garden decor guides for a UK garden: frost and fountains, solar lights in winter, house numbers, paraffin lamps, and plug-in outdoor lighting.
Artificial boxwood ball outdoor: how the colour holds
The living ball by the door went brown, or the leaves were stitched together with webbing, and you do not want another plant that fails in a British s
How to fix a gargoyle to a garden wall: brick first
The casting is on the patio, the brick looks solid, and the only hole in the back is a keyhole the size of a screw head. How to fix a gargoyle to a ga
Garden fountain winter UK: drain before hard frost
The bowl is still full, the forecast has a frost on it, and the garden fountain winter UK job will not wait until spring. That water expands as it fre
Outdoor house numbers UK: make them readable from the road
The driver slows, looks at the hedge, and misses the house. The digits are on the front door, in a typeface you chose, and they cannot be read from th
How to move a heavy garden pot: plan before you lift
The carton is in the drive, the patio is three steps up, and the point of the jar is still wrapped in cardboard. How to move a heavy garden pot starts
Paraffin lamp garden safety UK: keep the flame in sight
The cushions are closer than they looked at noon, the bottle is in your hand, and the lamp is already on the patio table. Paraffin lamp garden safety
Philips Hue outdoor lights UK: power from the socket
The outdoor socket is already on the house wall, the Lily carton is in the hall, and the open question is whether one brick can feed the path. Philips
Shepherd's crook garden hook hanging basket: stay upright
The shepherd's crook looks straight when you hang the liner. By evening, after a full watering, the garden hook has a lean and the basket sits closer
Do solar garden lights work in winter UK: a shorter night
The path looks settled in August. By the second week of December it is a row of faint dots, and the last of them has gone out before you have wheeled
Terracotta amphora cracking in frost: why it splits
You find the line in March, usually after a wet fortnight and one hard night. By the time the patio dries, a vertical split has opened from the base,