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Visiting a friend recently, he told me of his latest gardening venture. He obviously wanted to share with me since I am a keen gardener and have been running an allotment for the past 10 years. As a avid vegetable-grower, I was keen to hear! His idea is to completely cover his vegetable garden with a horticultural ground covering, secure this down with old railway sleepers and finally fill his "raised beds" with compost…

I was struck dumb.

It occurred to me that somewhere along the line… Continue

We're all very much aware of the pitfalls of social networking, but when we have a brush with them ourselves, the dangers are hammered home.

I refer to my 14-year-old daughter who has recently entered the realm of Facebook. On the whole she simply partakes in enjoyable banter with friends and acquaintances and, on the whole, I can see nothing wrong with this. Indeed over the last couple of months she has endeavoured to come out of a somewhat hardened shell! We're even being told of remarkable i… Continue

Eight things you can improve right away!

Working from home has some major advantages, for instance, being there when the kids arrive back from school. But it can provide distracting disadvantages…

Here are some tips to help you get through the day:

Set yourself a daily goal Without a clear focus, it’s easy to succumb to distractions.
Set targets for each day in advance Decide what you’ll do; then do it.
Worst first To defeat procrastination learn to tackle your mos… Continue