Garden Shed of the Year 2018: Proof a Shed is Not Just a Home for your Wellies, Flower Pots and Lawnmower

2 October 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
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When is a black cab not a black cab? When it’s a garden shed. No, this isn’t a really dreadful Christmas cracker joke. This is a runner up in the Cuprinol Shed of the Year Competition 2018.   It just goes to show that with a quirky imagination and a spot of creativity, the sky […]

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Metal Sheds vs Wooden Sheds: What Type of Sheddie are You?

17 February 2013 - Joanna Hazelton
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Help. I’m facing a dilemma that so many face at one time or another. I’m just not sure which way to turn. Sleepless nights, anxiety, lack of support from a husband who just doesn’t seem to understand my predicament. I need to resolve this problem soon before it drives me to distraction.
Should we get a metal garden shed or is a wooden shed better?

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Keep Your Bike in the Bedroom and Your Husband in the Shed

8 October 2012 - Joanna Hazelton
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We’re all well aware of the ‘pleb’ scandal that is surrounding Andrew Mitchell and what he did or did not call the policemen as he cycled past. I’m certainly not going to throw my opinion on what happened into the mix. But seeing the Chief Whip on his bike, together with David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Nick Clegg and George Osborne all championing the virtues of cycling to work, it did bring to mind an interesting question.

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Top Ten Garden Shed TV and Film Trivia You Didn't Know – and Probably Didn't Want To

21 September 2012 - Joanna Hazelton
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I love a good challenge and my husband – my partner in life as well as Jack’s Garden Store – has set me a cracker! He’s bet me that I can’t come up with 10 obscure facts about the good old garden shed. (Sad state of affairs that this is what our pillow talk has come to after 22 years together!).

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