Home Improvement News

Video Surveillance - Covert Cameras

The dependability and prevalence of video surveillance cameras has increased dramatically in the past decade. Numerous home and business owners have integrated video surveillance cameras into their security systems to ensure safety, crack down on regulations, and catch criminals in the act. - read more

Electric Fireplaces Warm Up Any Living Space

Plug-and-play family? Check. No time to burn? Check. Still crave a soothing fire to relax away the tensions of your fast-paced day? If these questions have you nodding, then it's time to check out an electric fireplace from Brick-Anew-an inexpensive, portable convenience to add luxury to your modern life. - read more

Keeping Your House Clean

Every home deserves quality house cleaning. But before you start cleaning your house, identify certain tasks in each room. Make a checklist of your cleaning priorities and have a home organizing plan. - read more

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Larry Smith couldn't stop after he built a small wooden replica of President Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Ill. He went on to create copies of Tudor Hall, the family home of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, assassination conspirator Mary Surratt's boardinghouse and the homes of all of the other people who conspired to kill the 16th president in 1865. - read more

It's spring; gardeners, start your seeds

Is this your year to try starting seeds? It really doesn't take much: seed, soilless potting mix, a few containers that you probably have around the house, light, water, patience, attention and the urge to see something grow from the very beginning. If you have a sunny window, you might even be able to get a few plants started without artificial lights. - read more

BOOK REVIEW: Instructive tour of the food chain

This is as clear and concise a presentation as you'll find about how the peaches and strawberries from the supermarket have come to taste like sweetened cardboard. For many of us, the produce department is as close as we get to a farm. Parsons carries us back along the supply chain and through the history of marketing perishable produce to consumers on a voyage to discover just why savory flavors have disappeared, and how we can find them again, season by season. - read more

Gardening News

Chelsea Flower Show 2008

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Food garden competition: The entries so far

Last week, we launched our competition to find the best food gardens in Britain and the entries are already flooding in. Here are the pick of the bunch so far. - read more

Garden guerrillas: Seed bombs

Bunny Guinness continues our crusade to make Britain beautiful again. This week: seed bombs. - read more

The Grounded Gardener: Plant yourself in new outdoor furniture

Master Gardener Marty Wingate writes about materials that are good for outdoor furniture. - read more

Green Gardening: A little bling can redirect a woodpecker's attention

Garden expert Ann Lovejoy explains why woodpeckers may drum on your home or nearby trees, and whether and what you might want to do about it. - read more

Just Ask: Mulch guards roses from invading fungi

Garden expert Marianne Binetti answers your garden questions, starting with a discussion of whether mulch will help keep black spot off rose plants. - read more

Advice and ideas

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DIY Doctor.org.uk Do it yourself help website
Screwfix.com DIY supplies ex stock for next working day delivery
Find diy.co.uk Directory of UK DIY sites
WhatPrice.co.uk Guide to house buying in the UK
Lets Build It.co.uk
How to Clean Anything.com Cleaning hints for in and around the house
UK TV Style.co.uk/Homes And Property
Homebuilding.co.uk Website for self-builders and renovators
DIY FixIt.co.uk DIY home improvement guide with advice covering decorating, heating, plumbing and electric
DIY.About.com Feature articles and a comprehensive directory of links to home repair categories
DIY Mate.com DIY and home improvement advice
Homebase.co.uk Online store for home improvement and gardening products
Do It Yourself.com Tips for cleaning, kitchen remodeling, plumbing, electrical, painting, and gardening
About.com/homegarden Gardening and home improvemnt links and articles
DiyFixIt.co.uk DIY home improvement guide with advice covering home improvment, decorating, heating, plumbing and electrics

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BBC.co.uk/homes Background to BBC home imrovement prgrammes including Changing Rooms, DIY SOS, Home Front, Trading Up, Watchdog
UK Style.tv Home decorating ideas
Interior Internet.co.uk One stop source for interiors and architecture
Crown Paints.co.uk
Feng Shui Society.org.uk
Amazon home & garden
John Lewis homeware
BBC.co.uk/changing rooms
ImproveLine.com locate a reputable builder, tradesman or contractor
BHG.com Better Home and Gardens magazine
Dulux.co.uk Guide to painting, decorating and colour scheming in the home
Feng Shui Web.co.uk
Kitchenware
NHIAS.org National Home Improvement Advisory Service; independent location of professionally qualified companies
Modern Homes.co.uk
Robert Dyas.co.uk Garden and houseware store
Double Glazing Windows & Doors from Safestyle UK - Add safety and style to your home with double glazed windows and doors from Safestyle UK, the largest window & door company in Britain.

Finance & Insurance

Money Supermarket
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Gardening

BBC Gardeners World
Guardian Garden Centre.co.uk
Greenfingers
British-Trees.com Conservation of Britain's native species
RHS.org.uk Royal Horticultural Society
Armchair Gardening.com
John Lewis gardens
RHS.org.uk Royal Horticultural Society - news and gardening advice
GardenLinks.co.uk Directory for UK Gardening and Gardens
GardenCentre.co.uk gardening products and ideas
GardenWorld.co.uk UK Garden Centres
Garden Web.comGarden forums, articles on gardening, directories of nurseries, gardens and gardening organizations
Dig-it.co.uk Online garden centre
GoneGardening.com Gardening tips and advice with an emphasis on organic techniques and gardening for disabled people