What worked for me today 27th April 2010

Well the ash has caused us lots of problems over the past few days. After a week, my partner finally got back from Spain but decided that it was just too risky to fly on to New Orleans.

So this left me time to do a little browsing for myself and I have found a few things that I know are really going to work for me.

With the improvement in the weather I have been out in the garden and planning what I am going to need for the summer season. The good news is that the moss seems to be dying off after the treatments I wrote about in my article on Squidoo. You can read it here:

http://www.squidoo.com/lawnmossremoval

But now on to the best bits - the new plants, tools, furniture and water features.

I have spent a lot of time looking for the best value plants and I have listed my favourites below.

Bedding plants particularly impatiens, sunpatiens and begonias again come from Thompson & Morgan. Not only do they have a sale at the moment but I had a £5 voucher to spend.

I also bought some petunias from Gardening Direct. They also had some hanging basket kits which looked quite good value as well.

I looked at Gardening Express for different plants especially perennials which are always good to have in the garden. You can find out more about their offers here. They have a plant of the week offer and a deal of the day offer which is always good to check out.

I am looking for a birdbath and found this on Amazon in the US. You don't need to keep replenishing the bath/waterer which I always forget to do. I am going to try to find an alternative here in the UK.

My trusty gardening gloves have not survived the winter (even though I washed them several times) so I have purchased a new pair from Robert Dyas. A pack of three cost just £4.99. They also had a pair of extra grip gloves for just £2.49.

I also liked the look of these gloves from Amazon in the US because the textured rubber coating protects your entire finger, there are knit cuffs which keep the dirt out and they are great for planting and working in wet soil.


If your mower is looking a bit worse for wear, the best place to find a replacement is Garden Cut. This site has a wide range of garden tools from mowers to shredders and I think the prices are really good. You can find out more here

Or try Mow Direct who also have some good offers.

So there is a lot out there available - and I haven't even started looking at furniture yet for the new patio!