stop freezing water from cracking it's container?

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

my dad has a couple of glass fishtanks in his garden, now the weather is getting cold he’s concerned if they freeze it’ll crack the tank. is there anything that can be done about this? no chemicals please as theres pond plants in them and possibly some other wildlife. i remember something about floating a [...]

gardening for beginers, how can i protect my new veg patch from the bugs, in a safe way as i have young kids?

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

With my little boy we have just dug and composted an area in the garden for veg/fruit. I wanted to do this to show them how to grow things for themselves when they are older. Problem is i havnt a clue really, i have put a mesh fence around it to stop the dog or [...]