How Long Should You Stay In a Sauna To Get Health Benefits?
Many people often wonder: How long should I stay in the sauna to reap the benefits? Will I gain more advantages from a longer session? These questions are common among...
Palmako Garden Magazine
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Sloping garden design inspiration
5 ideas for hillside garden landscaping Designing your dream garden can be daunting at the best of times; if you have a sloping patch, things can seem especially tricky. But...
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The best alternative to an overlap garden shed
Shiplap, weatherboard, tongue & groove, chalet cut; what’s the best alternative to an overlap garden shed? If you’re buying a timber building for your garden, you want it to last....
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New summer houses, sun rooms, sheds and more
New summer houses, sun rooms, sheds and more Until recently, garden buildings generally came into two versions (and designs for new summer houses with few and far between). There were...
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Climate change and gardening; dustbowls and downpours
What could gardening in a changing climate mean? An end to spring frosts? Palm trees or eucalyptus in your back garden? A green roof on your home or garden building?...
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Want To Grow Your Own Veg? 7 Tips For Planning A Vegetable Patch
Whether to fuel your gardening passion, improve your eating habits or occupy some free time, vegetable patches can be a surprisingly fruitful (excuse the pun!) and rewarding endeavour. With spring...
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Winter gardening and preparing for spring
With Christmas long gone and the temperatures gradually rising, it’s time to do some winter gardening and preparing for spring. While it’s still not exactly peak gardening season – there’s...
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Creative ideas for a long narrow garden design
This month we start a series of blogs on garden design for different shapes or sizes of garden, and we begin with a British classic: the long narrow garden. One...
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How to heat a summer house
With winter well and truly underway, ‘tis the season to be keeping your timber summer house snug and warm. Ideally, your shed or workroom will already be well insulated and...
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Planting bulbs - how, where and when
For novice or semi-committed gardeners, planting bulbs can be the ideal form of gardening. You do some gentle digging, plant the bulbs, ignore them for a few months, and then...
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New and traditional ways to preserve fruit and veg
New and traditional ways to preserve fruit and veg Autumn is synonymous with harvest time, and if you have more than a couple of fruit trees, current bushes or a...
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Garden shed maintenance advice: ten essential tips
Some of the UK had 30+ degree temperatures this September, so you might think a post about garden shed maintenance advice is badly timed, but the first Christmas puddings also...
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Creative garden path ideas: seven tips to make a garden look bigger and better
When it comes to beautiful garden design most people fail to consider the importance of the garden path. A path can just be a simple route from A to B,...
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Make a garden pond; the finishing touch for a summer house
With many of our customers, we find that buying a summer house or garden room is part of a wider garden design overhaul. And the ideal complement for a new...
