I have somewhat of a resentment towards cleaning cars. I’ve never helped clean a car in my life and up until recently, I thought I never would.

The Tesla Roadster or the Lighting GT have certainly caught my eye and if I ever I get my hands on one of them, it’ll shine like a new diamond.

They aren’t the cheapest of cars, so I’d certainly make sure that I would purchase a high quality car polisher.

One interesting product is the Orbital / Auto Buffer. Available at LanesCarProducts.com, I actually haven’t ever heard about that stuff before. According to their site

Professional auto detailers use high speed buffers to eliminate paint oxidation and paint defects. All though this may be natural for them, there are risks involved which can sometimes cause damage to your clear coat finish.

I didn’t know that either, but then again, I never had to deal with car products. Very informative indeed.

Anyway, so basically orbital buffers are a great alternative to hand waxing, produces professional results and leave your ride with a high shine . Sounds perfect.

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Growing your own vegetables can be a very fulfilling and rewarding hobby. I usually love the part where you actually get to eat them and realise how damn easy that was! My main reason for DIY veggies is the all-natural, pesticide free, alternative way you get to feed your system without slowly poisoning it. That alone is a massive benefit!

As I previously suggested, it’s just one of many good reasons to start your own garden.

Once you have decided on what to plant, you can basically start to gather the most essential tools for your project, which includes garden gloves, a fork, a spade, shears, trowel, watering can, shovel, a rake, string, plant labels and seeds.

Okay, maybe a bit over the top, but I love my Pink Garden kit. The Pink Garden Kit Includes:
• Stainless steel fork & trowel with pink soft grip handle
• Trug with stowable handle
• Soft on your knees kneeling mat
• One pair heavy duty gloves
• Easy grip pruning shears
• One Pair lightweight non-slip cotton gloves
• 100mg apres garden hand cream
• Pink daisy seeds (Bellis Perennis)
• Gardening string
• Plant labels
All the tools you need to start gardening, in pink. Available on Amazon/eBay priced at around £19.99

Garden gloves generally aren’t hard to find, there’s many suppliers in local garden centres or on the Internet.

Bionic garden gloves, looking ultra hi-tech.

Doing a bit of research on garden tools brings up one common opinion many people share; in order for your tools to last a long time, you should start off with buying good quality.

Taking care of and maintaining them is another story.

Enemy No. 1 is water. Water causes rust – so keep them dry. It’s also recommended to clean your tools after each use and keeping the wooden handles smooth by sanding and oiling them.

Here’s a video tutorial that shows how to use the most common garden tools: Videojug.

Previously – Vegetable P0rn: The Kitchen Garden From Planning To Execution I

Coming soon… Preparation And Alternatives To Soil Gardening

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There are numerous reason why I’d really like to have a kitchen garden: the whole pesticide issue with produce bought at local shops (unless you go organic which again is quite expensive); you know what you have put into the soil and the vegetables; there’s something quite sexy about getting down and dirty with your OWN home grown veg; it’s cost effective and gardening helps with PMS… seriously.

What do you need for a kitchen garden?

A kitchen garden is meant to be a garden containing plants/vegetables being planted and grown to be eaten once they are ripe.

Before you even start digging you should decide what stuff goes into your garden, e.g. fruits or veg you later plan to eat.

A few things a garden shouldn’t be missing are: lettuce, tomatoes (for all sorts of tomato based food like sauces, salads, salsa, juice…), different kind of herbs, carrots ect… whatever you like and use often!

The things you should consider before buying seeds and preparing your garden is the amount of space you have available, what type of soil is available, what’s the climate like and what CAN you successfully plant and grow.

coming up… Choosing Garden Tools and Equipment

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A common side effect about going shopping for groceries and the huge collection of plastic bags. Not very environmental friendly. So you don’t want to chuck them away and the pile gets bigger and bigger… Here’s a fantastic do it yourself manual for making your very own plastic holder. All you need is a plastic bottle (empty milk bottle for instance), a stanly knife or scissors and tape: voila! In go the bags and within a couple minutes you have a fabulous no-cost, eco-friendly bag keeper. Or if you don’t want to bother cutting any bottles, a kleenex box works well too.

Curbly shows how to do it:

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One think I could never get my head around is plastic Christmas trees. What’s a proper cheery Christmas without a real tree?

Today’s featured wikihow explains how to care for a real Christmas tree to make it last longer!

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