A. While the stock market continues to yo-yo banks and building societies are slashing their mortgage rates to encourage potential landlords. There are buy-to-let mortgages available with deposits
00:00 Tue 15th May 2001A. It appears so. It is interesting that this is more and more an urban-led thing, or to be more accurate, led by those with small to medium gardens. The concept of the 'outside room' is much less
00:00 Tue 15th May 2001A. From now on really. Garden centres should have good stocks of young fresh plants now and you want to get them in sooner rather than later to make sure you have a good show over the summer months.
00:00 Tue 15th May 2001A. There are two basic considerations which will dictate what sort of mower is best for you. First is the size of your lawn. Second is whether you want it to look like the a bowling green, with the
00:00 Tue 08th May 2001A. Most problems arise with goods from overseas which have instructions that have been 'translated'. If the translator translates literally from the original language the result is often
00:00 Tue 08th May 2001A. The May garden is bursting into life and it is a real tonic after the miserable months of wet that was this winter. It's tempting to take a break, sit back and enjoy the first splashes of colour.
00:00 Tue 08th May 2001A. Garden centres are big business these days and tend to only stock plants that are reasonably well known, are available in large quantities and that sell relatively quickly. Rarer or more unusual
00:00 Tue 01st May 2001A. There are now lots of attractive planters for window sills available, from ultra-chic (and highly expensive) ornate retro lead planters to good old reliable terracotta. It may seem blindingly
00:00 Tue 01st May 2001A. You can generally extend up to 10% of the volume of a terraced property and 15% of a detached one without having to apply for planning permission. Common extensions, particularly in terraced
00:00 Tue 01st May 2001A. Boundaries, and who is responsible for what is one of the most complicated parts of property law and the biggest cause of inter-neighbourly disputes. With modern properties it is usually clear
00:00 Tue 24th Apr 2001Jayne b-t asked A. Traditionally, bats nested in caves or in holes in trees, but as more and more trees were cut down over the centuries they increasingly took to roosting in buildings. The image
00:00 Tue 24th Apr 2001A. There are plenty of good reasons to let part of your garden go wild. Wild flowers used to be a common site, but with modern farming methods and the gradual creep of housing development in rural
00:00 Tue 24th Apr 2001asks Tony B:A. Earning a living is probably the biggest one. And the first question locals will ask you. They will already be aware of how difficult it can be to make a living. So, work out how you'll
00:00 Mon 16th Apr 2001asks Su Smith:A. Most homes and offices can usually produce a few sad-looking spider plants, but they could be useful. There are a whole range of plants that have been found to clean up the atmosphere
00:00 Mon 16th Apr 2001A. This is it, weather allowing. If you’ve done all the donkey work, planned your beds, bought the bulbs, are nurturing those seedlings, this is the month when you should really be able to start
00:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001A. Essentially it boils down (excuse the pun) to mineral content. Hard water filters into our water supplies through soft rock, picking up minerals such as calcium and magnesium on the way, whereas
00:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001GARDENING may be the new rock and roll and the outside room one of the designer buzzwords of the moment. But not everyone is born with green fingers or has years of horticultural experience so
00:00 Fri 06th Apr 2001A. A listed building is one that appears on a statutory list of buildings of 'special architectural or historic interest' designed to protect the best of our architectural heritage. Q. Who decides
00:00 Tue 03rd Apr 2001A. There are lots of good reasons. Firstly, you get the benefits of the blooms in the garden before you cut them, so you get the best of both worlds. Secondly buying cut flowers from the florist
00:00 Tue 03rd Apr 2001A. It is a slightly mixed picture, but certainly not a healthy one. Country-based nurseries and garden centres are suffering in the same way as so many other rural industries. Nearly 70% of
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