If you’ve decided that you want a garden shed, the biggest question will really be where to put it -ignore the smart alec who said, “in the garden”. This will depend on a number of factors, from what you wanted to use the shed for to what material your shed is made from to your current garden layout.
What are you using the shed for?
If the shed is simply going to be used for storing your garden furniture during winter or as a place to keep all garden equipment and household tools away from little hands, then it might not matter where you place it.
Recycling materials has come out in a big way in recent years, and the benefits of recycling are virtually endless. Scrap metal, in particular, can be used and reused, and it can also be dispersed over and over again, which makes it highly useful for those who are keen on doing their part for the environment. The great aspect of scrap metal is that you can reuse it in different industries, and it includes everything from soda cans to car parts. If you generate a lot of scrap metal in your business or have scrap metal laying around in your property, you can easily sell it to scrap metal...
Ingenious aquarists at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium, have trained strange fish to help clean their tank of a naturally-occurring pest.
Filefish, or leatherjackets, have been introduced into the charity zoo’s large stingray tank to help control an invasive anemone.
Aquarist Tom Fielding: “Aiptasia is a common temperate and tropical sea anemone. It comes in through our filtration system when seawater is drawn from the Bay. It’s regarded as a pest in saltwater aquariums because it can multiply rapidly and compete for food and space and occasionally even...
Cricket betting is a very popular pass time activity around the world. There are several series and tournaments that take place every year, all with the potential to produce new winners. With cricket, predicting match outcomes can never be a viable way to win bets. Being one of the most followed games globally, punters of this game always have a wide array of markets to decide from. It is a game of the mind and luck even though it is decided over the space of 22 yards. Majority of cricket punters mainly do it for entertainment purposes. They usually keep tabs on their favourite teams and...
As much as environmentalists can be pressing at times, they often make very valid points. Humans are doing so much damage to the world around them, and we need to do something about it. If we don’t change our ways, it is almost a certainty that our children will not have an inhabitable world to live in. At this rate, too much damage will have happened in the years to come for us to repair. This is why it is important that we try to take as many precautions as possible in our daily lives. A good example of that is dealing with efflorescence, which needs to be done using environmentally...
iZettle and UN Women UK have partnered to support young people who are leading the charge for a more gender-equal future. Throughout March, students that are part of the UN Women UK Society at the University of Exeter will join the Trailblazer Takeover and run activities designed to raise awareness and funds for gender equality.
Just £25 could provide leadership development training for young women around the world, drastically improving their confidence and self-esteem, as well as an education about their rights, both in the workplace and beyond.
Overnight closures will be in place on a major route into Exeter starting later this month (March).
Essential resurfacing will get underway on the A3015 Honiton Road/Moor Lane roundabout on the night of Monday 16 March and will continue with night-time working until Friday 17 April.
Closures will be carried out on weekday evenings from 7pm-6am. In order to minimise disruption, part of the roundabout will remain open to traffic at all times during the overnight work.
There will also be no weekend closures, and the roundabout will be open as normal on the evening of...
At Gilbert Stephens Solicitors, we are always eager to promote and encourage the career development of our staff. We are therefore delighted to announce that Conall Ryan, Chartered Legal Executive from our Crediton office, has recently qualified as a Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association.
Conall has over fifteen years of legal experience and specialises in Private Client matters such as full estate administration, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Inheritance Tax planning, trusts and Court of Protection work. As well as being a fully accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly,...
Keepers at Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo, had to do a double-take recently when they discovered that European common lobster Homer had moulted for the first time in two years.
Aquarist Sam Worthington was particularly pleased, as it was the first time he’d moulted in her time at the charity zoo: “This exoskeleton is almost perfect - right down to the antennae and the eyes. Lobsters moult their protective outer shells in order to grow. It’s hard work – some die of exhaustion in the process. It’s made of chitin, a natural polymer related to glucose, which plays a similar role...
If there is one certain thing about life, it is the fact that nothing is certain. While that might sound a bit too philosophical, it is an unfortunate truth. It is also why you need to always be on guard because you stand to lose so much if you’re not. As the saying goes, you should always hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. The most obvious example of that is taking out insurance policies, even if you think you don’t need them since you can never really be sure. But do insurance policies have you covered if anything happens? If you have a homeowner’s insurance policy, would it...
