So, you’ve decided a soakaway might be the answer to your rainwater problem. Great! Then comes the question almost everyone asks: What size soakaway do I actually need? If this is your first soakaway project, don’t be put off by talk of litres, cubic metres, roof areas and calculations. For a typical home and garden […]
Smelly Drains & Draughts? Check Your Indoor Manhole Cover
Winter Is Coming: Time to Sort That Indoor Manhole Cover Winter has a habit of highlighting those little jobs around the house that you’ve managed to ignore all summer. Draughts suddenly become noticeable. Damp smells aren’t quite so easy to overlook. And that old manhole cover sitting in the middle of your extension or utility […]
Why Do Permeable Paving Grids Need to Lock Together?
If you’re looking at permeable paving grids for the first time, it’s easy to assume they’re all much the same. They’re plastic grids, they get laid on the ground, filled with gravel or grass and then driven or walked over. But there’s an important detail that can make a big difference to how the finished […]
Your First Winter With a Water Butt: A Simple Month-by-Month Guide
Bought your first water butt this year? Great. You’ve collected the rain, watered the garden and hopefully saved yourself a few trips back and forth to the outdoor tap. But now winter is approaching. Do you empty it? Disconnect it? Leave it full? Wrap it up? Pretend you haven’t seen it until March? Don’t worry. […]
How to Link Two Water Butts Together: An Easy Way to Store More Rainwater
Got a water butt that seems to fill up every time it rains? Good news – you don’t necessarily need to replace it with a bigger one. Linking two water butts together is a simple DIY job that can quickly give you extra rainwater storage in your garden. With a water butt linking kit and […]
Why Cheap Weed Membranes Often Cost More Than You Think
If you’re planning a new driveway, garden border, gravel path or landscaping project, it’s tempting to choose the cheapest weed membrane you can find. After all, it all looks the same… doesn’t it? Unfortunately, this is one of the biggest mistakes many DIYers and landscapers make. A cheap weed control fabric can quickly fail, allowing […]
How to Build a Shed, Greenhouse or Garden Room Base Without Concrete
As the colder months arrive, we naturally start spending more time indoors. But that doesn’t mean your garden has to be forgotten until spring. Autumn and winter can actually be a great time to create that extra bit of usable space you’ve been thinking about. A garden room for family get-togethers, a shed for tackling […]
French Drain vs Soakaway: Which Do You Need?
Autumn is creeping in, winter isn’t far behind, and in the UK that usually means one thing: rain. And probably quite a lot of it. A bit of rain is great for the garden, but when the lawn starts feeling like a paddling pool, puddles refuse to disappear from the driveway or water keeps gathering […]
Coming Soon to Spudulica: Coir Matting – A Natural Helping Hand for Autumn & Winter Garden Projects
Autumn is creeping in. The rain is returning. The leaves are falling. And those little garden jobs we’ve been ignoring all summer are suddenly looking a lot more obvious. So, naturally, we’re adding another useful garden problem-solver to the Spudulica range. Coming very soon: coir matting. And because we know not everyone needs an enormous […]
10 Water Butt Mistakes You’re Probably Making (And How to Fix Them)
A water butt is one of the easiest ways to save money, conserve water and keep your garden thriving during dry spells. But while installing one looks simple enough, there are a few common mistakes that can stop your water butt from working as well as it should. The good news? Every one of these […]