Garden & Outdoor
Best Bulbs to Plant in Autumn UK: What to Buy and When to Plant
Autumn bulb planting is one of the most satisfying jobs in the gardening calendar. You put something dormant into cold ground, forget about it for months,...
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Slow Cooker Beef Shin Ragu
Slow cooker beef shin ragu: brown the shin, add wine and tomatoes, then leave it 8 to 9 hours on Low until it falls apart. Serves 2 to 3.
Home & Warmth
The £50 Guest Room: Getting a Spare Room Ready for Christmas Visitors
Five things that make a cold spare room ready for overnight guests, two of them ours, plus the heater we warm ours with.
Home & Warmth
How to Use a Tapo P110 Smart Plug to Track Energy and Cut Your Bills
How to use a Tapo P110 to see what your appliances really cost, turn kWh into pounds at the current price cap, and set schedules that save money, with real readings from our own plugs.
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I edit Danbury & Lovejoy from East Sussex. I’ve baked bread at home for 25+ years, and I have 15 years of growing experience across gardens, containers and other growing spaces, including a half-plot East Sussex allotment for the past three years. I decide what the site covers and what it recommends. Where something is first-hand, the page says so, and where it isn’t, it says that too.
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