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8/21/2020
Spending More Time Outdoors Through Autumn and Winter
8/18/2020
Everything You Need to Know About Moving Into a Rented Property
8/17/2020
Tips For A Beautiful Outdoor Space
Over the coronavirus lockdown, you might have found home-improvement projects have kept you sane. Around the world, homeowners have taken this extra time spent indoors to re-decorate, rearrange, and reorganize their living space. However, due to social distancing measures and lockdowns in place, it has been practically impossible for any larger renovations to happen. This has been frustrating for those who had scheduled work to be done on their property, or wished that they could have used the extra time to totally revitalize their space!
Nevertheless, with social distancing measures beginning to relax, it is becoming easier and easier to renovate your space, particularly if this renovation is happening outdoors. Your garden might be big enough for fun and games with the family, but are you utilizing your outdoor space to its maximum potential?
Hedging
This is probably the least-known-about factor of garden landscaping. Installing and maintaining hedges allows your garden to have more shape, as well as increasing the privacy of your garden. In addition, hedges provide a perfect habitat for wildlife to nest, making your garden into a haven for little creatures to call home.
Choosing your hedging is a difficult task - there are so many options. One perfect hedge plant is Thuja Occidentalis, a stunning variation which enhances your garden’s aesthetics and habitat.
Landscaping
A landscaped garden increases the value of your home and provides a stunning space for you and your family. You can make it simple, with clean lines and flowerbeds, or go all-out with water features such as ponds or fountains, raised beds and gravel. Professional landscapers can advise you on color scheme and atmosphere, depending on the size and layout of your existing garden. If you are considering a large outdoor space renovation, contact a landscaping expert for a consultation. Having your garden landscaped is an awesome project with often stunning results.
Growing Your Own Food
If you are interested in being environmentally friendly and keeping your health at the top of its game, consider a vegetable patch and fruit trees. These fabulous additions to your outdoor space don’t only look beautiful, but they provide you and your family with nurturing fruit and veg which help boost your immune system, taste gorgeous and inspire you to appreciate nature. Growing fruit and vegetables is not as hard as it looks, and with a little knowledge and patience, you could be growing your dinner in the garden.
Depending on where you live and the climate, the types of fruit and vegetables you could potentially grow in your garden will vary. Consult a local gardener or go online to find out the foods that naturally occur in your location, and how you could become a green-thumbed grower in no time at all.
Conclusion
No matter your budget or the size of your outdoor space, you can maximise your property’s potential and value by renovating it. Learn a new skill, find tranquility and encourage nature with a renovated garden that everyone can enjoy.
Massive back to school giveaway.
So with that in mind, I have teamed up with some of the UK's top bloggers to offer you a massive giveaway. There is something for everyone in this giveaway. There is school bags for the children and cookbooks for the adults to name a few things. I promise you will not be disappointed.
Enough of me time to get into what the prize is and how to enter.
The Back to School Prize Giveaway
With schools due to reopen in September, some of the UK's top bloggers have got together to offer one lucky winner an amazing bundle of prizes for going back to school. This Back to School Giveaway has been organised by Rowena of My Balancing Act who has lots of useful advice on starting school and back to school over on her blog. Read on to find out what you could win:The Prizes
One lucky winner will win a fabulous Back to School Bundle which includes:Set of 5 Vintage Chart Educational Prints 30x40 from Ink&Drop
Rocket Lunch Bag & from SMASH
The Rocket Lunch Bag and Water Bottle from SMASH is a great hit with little wannabe astronauts. The SMASH lunch bag has full insulation with antibacterial lining and has been certified fully food safe. It's the perfect size for school lunches or day trips and can be easily wiped clean. The lunch bag also includes an insulated bottle compartment with a 500ml drink bottle, which is 100% BPA, lead and phthalate free.
Personalised Sports Bag from Treat Republic
This stylish canvas bag that doubles as a gym kit bag or a handy carry-on for the little ones, has a roomy main compartment in which their football kits and shoes can be stored into. There's a small outside pocket that can store keys to lockers, their phones or pocket change. Personalise it with their name and surname to make it their very own - and potentially to stop some friendly sibling rivalry too. A variety of colours are available. Treat Republic have a full back to school range.
School Socks from the Sock Shop
The Sock Shop have a range of school socks and tights. With colours available in the staple black, white and grey, you can ensure that your kids look smart and stick to the dress code! All the items in the Sock Shop school socks range have been made to ensure that your children’s feet stay comfortable from registration to when the last bell rings. Win 5 x School Socks from the Sock Shop including Bamboo Socks with comfort cuff and smooth toe seams (2 pairs), kids school plain cotton socks (2 pairs) and kids casual cotton socks (1 pair).
Stillness Pulse Point Oil from Londe Botanics
The scent of rosemary has been shown to aid short-term memory, while soothing lavender decreases cortisol levels. Londe Botanics has brought them together in their Stillness Pulse Point Oil. Keep it on the desk and apply to wrists, palms or pulse points as needed, gently inhaling the aromatics. Once it's finished, the violet glass bottle also makes a pretty stem vase! Blended from 100% British grown botanicals you can win a gift boxed and packaged in its own drawstring pouch (with a poetry quote), Londe's Stillness Pulse Point Oil. Perfect for students starting the academic year in an uncertain and challenging time.
Colour and Learn Space Explorer Pencil Case from eatsleepdoodle
Kids can discover and colour the stars, planets and spacecraft in our solar system as they store their pens in eatsleepdoodle’s fun colour and learn space explorer pencil case! Get learning the order of the planets ready for school and enjoy colouring the historic moon landing scene too, plus astronauts, rockets and meteors. Especially good news right now: you can wash it as often as you like and have fun recolouring with the enclosed set of 10 pens! eatsleepdoodle space pencil case is a fun, educational and super practical back to school gift for young space explorers.
Usborne Books Periodic Table Jigsaw and Book
Everything in the Universe is made up of just 118 chemical elements which are displayed in the Periodic Table. Meet each element in Usborne Books entertaining book and 300-piece jigsaw set, and discover which are crucial to life, which are smelly, explosive or radioactive and lots more. With links to websites with videos and activities to find out more.
Rocket Bottle from Smash
This 450ml bottle from Smash features a cool Astronaut design. It's perfect for little ones to take to school with them to keep rehydrated throughout the day. Made from high quality Tritan material, like all Smash products the bottle is 100% BPA Free and certified food safe.
Bamboo Tumbler from Tru Bamboo
This lovely bamboo tumbler from Tru Bamboo is made from Moso bamboo and the interior is made from 100% recyclable pure stainless steel. It’s also BPA free. The tumbler is triple insulated so it not only retains heat for up to 12 hours it also keeps drinks cold for a whole day. Perfect for students going back to school.
2021 Dairy Diary to help parents stay organised!
The 2021 Dairy Diary is the perfect solution for busy parents to help keep the family organised. The Dairy Diary features stunning photography with two beautiful British Butterflies on the front cover. But what the Dairy Diary is really famous for is its recipes. There’s a new one every week. In addition to the recipes, there is all sorts of interesting information on topics such as the Art of Calm, Quirky Museums and Gardening for Wildlife. Of course, there’s everything needed to keep organised – a useful notes pocket, dates stickers, reminders, addresses and even gift lists. All of this, and plenty of space to write appointments, thoughts and plans each day.
Quick After-Work Cookbook from Dairy Diary
Perfect for families on the go, these delicious midweek meals are easy to fit into your busy family life. The Quick After-Work Cookbook features easy, speedy recipes that are delicious and the whole family will love.
Academic Diary, Gel Pens and Metallic Colouring Pencils
We also have an academic diary 2020-2021 with a section for deadlines and exams, 6 pack of Gel Pens in blue and black and a 10 pack of metallic colouring pencils.Meet The Bloggers
We have over 40 fabulous blogs from amazing UK bloggers taking part in the Back to School Giveaway. These are:Home in the Pastures | Typical Mummy | Savvy Dad | We Made This Life | Mummy Matters | Savvy Squirrel | Mummy Vs Work | Our House Our Home
How to Enter
You can enter by completing as many options below as you like. The more you complete the more entries you will have and the greater chance of winning the prize! All entries will be collected and one winner will be randomly chosen. Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveawayTerms and Conditions
UK entries only The giveaway will run from 12am 16th August 2020 to 12pm 31st of August 2020. The winners will be notified by email from rowena@mybalancingact.co.uk The winner and runners up will have 7 days to respond after which time we reserve the right to select an alternative winner. This prize draw is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube or Pinterest. Prize open to over 18s only. If any prizes are out of stock than a suitable replacement will be found. Anyone who unfollows before the giveaway ends or doesn’t complete the required entry action will be disqualified. The prize is non-transferable, non-refundable and cannot be exchanged for monetary value. We may be using a parcel service for some of the prizes and their standard compensation will apply in the event of loss or damage. Some items may be sent directly by the supplier and we do not have responsibility if these go missing. In the unlikely event one of the companies withdraws a prize we cannot offer an alternative. The winner's name will be stated on some or all of our blogger's websites and announced on twitter and other social media channels. By entering this prize draw you give your permission for this.8/13/2020
4 Unexpected Things That Could Be Killing Your Garden
8/03/2020
How I save money on jewellery
It's easy to save money on jewellery if you know how. You only need a few ground rules and you'll get much more for your cash.