Sunday, 29 January 2012
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Sunday, 22 January 2012
What's happening this spring
Although it may not feel like it(even though it's 10C outside) spring is not far away.
As I mentioned a little while ago, I will be putting together some video files that will be on YouTube and at some point available from the website as well.
I am compiling a list of videos I am looking to put together that can help people out with the little things, right up to some of the bigger stuff.
One of the first I'll be doing, believe it or not, is "what is a hoe what do you use it for and how do you use it?".
Guys - not what you think. Probably one of my most used tools on a daily basis, but over the last year, 5 or 6 customers have asked me what it is and how to use it.
One of the bigger ones I'll be doing in the spring time is one on lawn care. I'll be using my front lawns as an example.
Soft or hard landscaping, plants or fences, maintenance or creation, I will be at some point creating video files but also info and help documents, tutorials plus distance learning packages and eventually a hands on training club.
I'd love hear ideas from you guys or anyone you know who is interested in gardening and garden projects and let me know the sort of thing you might be interested in.
Along with YouTube I have Wordpress and blogger blogs running which will probably contain these help files. In due course, I will publish these here but if you are interested, I can publish them earlier.
Let me know what you think, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Nick
As I mentioned a little while ago, I will be putting together some video files that will be on YouTube and at some point available from the website as well.
I am compiling a list of videos I am looking to put together that can help people out with the little things, right up to some of the bigger stuff.
One of the first I'll be doing, believe it or not, is "what is a hoe what do you use it for and how do you use it?".
Guys - not what you think. Probably one of my most used tools on a daily basis, but over the last year, 5 or 6 customers have asked me what it is and how to use it.
One of the bigger ones I'll be doing in the spring time is one on lawn care. I'll be using my front lawns as an example.
Soft or hard landscaping, plants or fences, maintenance or creation, I will be at some point creating video files but also info and help documents, tutorials plus distance learning packages and eventually a hands on training club.
I'd love hear ideas from you guys or anyone you know who is interested in gardening and garden projects and let me know the sort of thing you might be interested in.
Along with YouTube I have Wordpress and blogger blogs running which will probably contain these help files. In due course, I will publish these here but if you are interested, I can publish them earlier.
Let me know what you think, and I hope to hear from you soon.
Nick
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Recycling
We now have extended paper and plastic recycling plus now food waste. We have personally gone from filling our landfill bin weekly to putting only 2 or 3 black sacks in each fortnight.
As a company (LawN & Border), with our estate management and general maintenance, we collect and recycle paper, plastic and metal to the tune of about 1500Kg each year and our green waste is between 7000Kg and 15000kg per year.
So I was thinking, what else can we recycle. Only 2 of my customers have water butts. I have 2 in my garden. They are not particularly expensive and relatively easy to install, so consider a water butt for your garden and do your bit to help the planet. Nick
As a company (LawN & Border), with our estate management and general maintenance, we collect and recycle paper, plastic and metal to the tune of about 1500Kg each year and our green waste is between 7000Kg and 15000kg per year.
So I was thinking, what else can we recycle. Only 2 of my customers have water butts. I have 2 in my garden. They are not particularly expensive and relatively easy to install, so consider a water butt for your garden and do your bit to help the planet. Nick
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Fish and frozen ponds
There are many different ideas on how to look after your fish in these colder temperatures but the one I use tends to be the safest for them and one that works.
When you have a frozen pond, put a medium sized pan on the stove half full of water. Bring it to the boil and then sit the pan on the ice. Do not pour the water out. After a minute or two, put the pan back on the stove and bring back to the boil. Repeat this until you have melted a hole through to the water.
Then, with a smaller pot, decant some water from the pond through the hole so that the water level drops by about half a centimetre. This acts as an insulation layer and will stop the hole freezing over again. The fish can get air and you can feed them.
Hope this helps and I will be back again soon. Nick
When you have a frozen pond, put a medium sized pan on the stove half full of water. Bring it to the boil and then sit the pan on the ice. Do not pour the water out. After a minute or two, put the pan back on the stove and bring back to the boil. Repeat this until you have melted a hole through to the water.
Then, with a smaller pot, decant some water from the pond through the hole so that the water level drops by about half a centimetre. This acts as an insulation layer and will stop the hole freezing over again. The fish can get air and you can feed them.
Hope this helps and I will be back again soon. Nick
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