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If I had to tell you one of my favourite traybakes to both make and eat, it would be flapjack. It’s so easy to put together; it’s just the waiting for it to bake and cool that’s the hard bit! Other than eating the end product, scraping out the syrupy pan is my second favourite part. And don’t forget the smell. Oh who am I kidding – I love it all.
Source As well as cold weather and lots of ice, the winter months will bring a lot more rainfall than what we have seen over the past couple of seasons. Even though rain is often good for our gardens – after all, our lawns and plants need plenty of water to stay alive – there can often be too much of it in winter, and this can cause some problems, such as flooding and waterlogged lawns. Do you want to make sure that all the coming winter rain doesn’t ruin your outdoor area too much? You just need to use …
Image Ahh, there’s nothing quite like a garden BBQ to enjoy some quality time with your closest friends and family. Now that the clocks have changed, though, you may think that this opportunity is gone for another year. But the changing seasons needn’t stop your enjoyment. In fact, with the right preparations, an event in the winter could be even better than those summer ones. Regular readers will remember that we discussed the idea of indoor BBQs in a previous post about giving your garden some winter cheer. Why end it there, though? Cooking on the BBQ stove itself will …
Another rainy day (image) After a (mostly) warm summer, the winter months are kicking in, and with it the seasonal weather. The air is chilly, the wind is blowing, and the clouds are ready to burst with cold showers that are sure to send your children scurrying indoors. As all parents know, when you have energetic kids running around the house, you are going to have a huge mess to clean up, as well as the protesting chorus of “I’m bored!” Sound familiar to you? As much as you love your kids, you can’t be blamed if you feel a …
Since we moved into our forever home a couple of years ago, we have constantly been doing something to at least one of the rooms in our house. We have just had our dining room ceiling replastered after it fell to earth around the same time we moved in! One “room” we haven’t actually accessed yet, is the loft. It’s a right pain to get into with our super high ceilings, and being accessed from the bathroom it’s not ideal. If we ever had the pennies to renovate it though, I know exactly what we I would do with it – …