A lot of sheddies have got computers in their sheds now…. be it for shed working or just for looking at readersheds and shedblog.co.uk Anyway this festive season why not buy your “on the grid” sheddie something useful. Those people over at gadget shop has a shedload of USB wossnames, including USB Foot Warmers seem… Continue reading Gifts for that shed dweller or shed worker
Andrew Wilcox
I love sheds
Founder & judge of Shed of the year - Wilco writes mainly about sheds.
231% increase in searches for garden sheds
According to this Press release from thomson local A year-long study conducted by Thomson Local showed that the garden and bathroom are clear favourites for homeowners to enhance as they opt to ‘improve not move’. Searches for garden design on thomsonlocal.com increase by 182%, whilst garden centres and nurseries saw a 159% jump. The surprise… Continue reading 231% increase in searches for garden sheds
Just Sheds : Knappach Shed
A lovely duel purpose shed, Knappach Shed As owner Thomas reports. I designed and built my shed this year after years of wanting to. The shed had to be rat- proof (solid floor), traditional, hide an ugly oil tank, provide log storage and last forever. Its construction is: reclaimed brick dwarf walls; thin concrete slab… Continue reading Just Sheds : Knappach Shed
DIY news
DIY NEWS ASK THE EXPERT… Q: We’ve removed some shelves from a wall and now it’s full of holes filled with Rawlplugs. What’s the best way to deal with them? A: Getting Rawlplugs out can be tricky (you’ll need some long-nosed pliers) and sometimes you remove a fair bit of the wall with them, but… Continue reading DIY news
New comments system on shedblog
I have implemented (by simply installing it) a new Comment system called intensedebate Hopefully it will add more features to the comments bit of the blog.. IntenseDebate Features Comment Threading Reply-By-Email Importing/Exporting Commenter Profiles Reputation Points & Comment Voting Moderation/Blacklisting Widgets RSS Readers & Tracking Twitter FriendFeed OpenID Gravatar HTML Formatting You need to create… Continue reading New comments system on shedblog
Shed smashed with falling rock
The BBC reports A five tonne boulder came away from a rock face and fell 60ft (18m) into a garden in Somerset, flattening a shed. The boulder also shifted an oil tank – containing 1,000 litres of oil – up against the back of the house in North Moor Road, Dulverton. Devon and Somerset fire… Continue reading Shed smashed with falling rock
Want a nuclear power station the size of your shed?
The gaurdian reports. photo credit: heyu1021 Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb. The miniature reactors will be factory-sealed, contain no weapons-grade material, have no moving… Continue reading Want a nuclear power station the size of your shed?
Shed.TV Sheds in British Comedy
I was thinking the other day how much sheds have affected British life and of course I did that post about Newspaper cartoons… with Giles and the like. But I remember when I was a kid about 12, my dad used to let me watch Bless this House when my mother was not around…as she… Continue reading Shed.TV Sheds in British Comedy
Shed.TV The World’s Shortest Lecuture
Those science sheddies over at the highland science festival held their wossnames in a shed last weekend, sorry for the delay in reporting.. I got caught in a space time shed See the great videos Relativity by Bill Graham
Thieves raid 15 sheds at allotments
BBC report Thieves have targeted about 15 sheds at an allotments in Herefordshire. West Mercia Police said tools were taken in the burglaries at the Drybridge allotment site in Hereford. In most cases, however, the sheds were just searched after considerable damage had been done to locks and fixtures, a police spokesman said. The incident… Continue reading Thieves raid 15 sheds at allotments