Do You Use A Sauna or Steam Room First?
Saunas and steam rooms have long been cherished for their health benefits, offering relaxation, detoxification, and improved well-being. A common question among enthusiasts is: Should you use a sauna or...
Palmako Garden Magazine
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Learn to grow your own fruit: 8 tips
If you want to learn to grow your own fruit you will be rewarded with an improved diet and a more beautiful garden, not to mention the fact that you’ll...
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Our best posh garden sheds - big budget not required
A shed is “a slight structure built for shelter or storage or for use as a workshop”, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but that old-fashioned definition of the shed...
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Spring gardening jobs - our top ten list
Gardens can look desolate in March, despite the valiant efforts of spring sunshine and blooming snowdrops, daffodils and crocuses. Lawns can look ragged, pale and full of moss, flower and...
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How to get the most out of your garden in winter: patio, pergola or gazebo
Winters (and summers) seem to be getting wetter, so if you’re fed up of not being able to use and enjoy your garden when it’s wet, check out our guide...
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Keeping chickens in your garden? What you should know
Thinking of keeping chickens in your back garden? Until a few years back, there were five ‘typical’ British family pets: dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters (in no particular...
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Conservatory versus summer house - the pros & cons
Conservatory versus summer house? Here’s our quick run down of the pros and cons followed by some detailed and important pointers: Pros & Cons Conservatory Summer house Self install available?...
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The best gardening websites to get your garden growing
Whether you’re a total garden novice intending to grow some container plants, or you’re 30 years into a passion for horticulture, there are thousands of gardening websites and blogs to...
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The best outdoor lights for your garden?
The 21st-century trend for using our gardens as extra living spaces has illuminated people’s interest in garden lighting. Traditionally outdoor lighting was simple and practical: security lights and lighting for...
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Creating a garden windbreak, our top tips
Complaints about the weather are an essential part of the British summer, and in August the post-mortems begin – too much rain, not enough rain, too much wind, and so...
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How to use rocks to make your garden design more interesting
Rocks in a garden used to mean an old-fashioned rockery, with a few mossy stones and Alpines used to disguise a ‘difficult’ patch of sloping garden. For most of us...
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How to design and make a wildlife-friendly garden
There were newspaper reports this month lamenting the tidal wave of grey sweeping Britain’s front gardens. They were based on a report from the Royal Horticultural Society stating that 3...
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Our highlights from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
If you’ve got green fingers the Chelsea Flower Show is one of the must-see events of the gardening calendar, when people from all across the country descend on London to...
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Garden design ideas for garden buildings
In previous blogs on the Palmako website we’ve talked about the best place to position a garden building and designing a child friendly garden. We’ve also covered timber buildings and...
