DIY Tips, Advice and Do It Yourself Guides

Tree root horror stories–most of us have heard one. Trees breaking into pipes, drains, lifting house foundations, cracking paving and…

Growing strawberries is surprisingly straightforward, even in small gardens, and let’s be honest, nothing beats the taste of a home-plucked…

More and more people are now using Modular Buildings to expand their businesses, and with the number of advantages over…

If you’re blessed to have some garden space on your property and you want to do something special with it;…

Pallets are 4-foot pieces of wood joined together in to a box, usually in two layers with another piece of…

Your fence post is a vital part of your fence structure. Even one post failing can compromise the fence and…

You cannot secure fence hinges to brick with simple screws and expect them to hold. In fact, you will likely…

If you have ever looked in envy at a set of wrought iron gates in front of a large home…

With the summer just around the corner, it’s the time of year when people start looking at their garden and…

Expert DIY and home improvement advice from wickes.co.uk on How to lay Paving. Tips and general advice on how to…

Wallflowers, an old-fashioned English flower, come in a range of bright shades — yellows, oranges, reds and maroons — and…

Growing the prize-winning leek requires obsession. Sabotaging your competitors requires obsession. Even raising the annual prize money calls for unprecedented…

The list of disadvantages of hawthorn hedging are typically paired against the advantages of using the woody tree as a…

Honeysuckles are members of the Lonicera genus, a branch of the Caprifoliaceae family containing around 200 species. Honeysuckles are woody,…

A beautiful water garden often means having a natural pond filled with lovely aquatic plants and possibly even fish and…

Keep your fish safe from natural predators like cats. Pond fish tend to swim close to the surface to warm…