• Family Life - gardening - homestyle

    Quick Ways to Perk Up Your Lawn

    August 15, 2018 - By 

    Photo by Jessica To’oto’o on Unsplash For most of us, our gardens are important places. As a nation, we are spending more of our time enjoying our outdoor spaces than ever before. Sales of hot tubs, outdoor cooking equipment, and furniture have all soared. Having a bit of lawn for your kids to enjoy a kick around or playing with the dog is a real boon. It really is worth looking after your grass, doing so will also help to keep your garden looking nice. Here are some quick tips to help you to maintain a healthy lawn. Quick Ways to Perk Up Your Lawn Re-seed every year No matter…

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    Saving money this Summer with My Favourite Voucher Codes

    June 14, 2016 - By 

    My 6 year old came home from school on Friday, proudly telling me how many days were left until the School holidays. I admit this filled me with dread as I haven’t really started thinking about the Summer holidays just yet. We will be spending much of the school holidays at home as my husband isn’t very well. This means I will be researching for days out close to home and looking for ways to keep my children occupied at home. One thing I’m really keen to achieve this summer is for my 4 year old to enjoy cycling more. She…

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    Springing into May with Outdoors Toys

    May 5, 2016 - By 

    The children love spending time outdoors. Our small garden is home to their mud kitchen, sand pit, water table and little flower patches. A few years ago we were given a second hand trampoline which they loved, especially my 4 year old. We were kindly offered a brand new Rebo UK Ltd trampoline from Outdoor Toys to review. The trampoline is available in pink and blue, in sizes 4.5ft and 7ft. We chose the 7ft trampoline in blue. It arrived in a really slim box, I was quite surprised that it contained everything we needed to build the trampoline and enclosure. We…

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    Win a Peppa Pig Play Tent

    June 4, 2013 - By 

    The weather has been perfect the last couple of days. We’ve been enjoying our lovely new garden which is just the right size for the children to run around in. Over the weekend my husband finished building them a beautiful wooden playhouse and today a new sand pit arrived – hopefully these will keep them busy. We’re really spoilt for choice these days as there are so many outdoor toys to choose from. We found Argos have a brilliant selection of climbing frames to suit all ages and abilities. The toddler would have enjoyed one of their bouncy castles too…