I have mentioned Totally Saturday before (on twitter), as I was asked three times by different staff members to advertise the fact that they were looking for sheddies to have on their show and was a bit peeved as I had done a post about it ages ago anyway enough about grumpy me. Sheddie Chantelle… Continue reading Sue Pollard, Graham Norton, Ricky Hatton and a Shed
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Are you an allotment shed owner?
I hope in the next few weeks to spend a weekend taking photos of the wonderful sheds in some allotments around the South Wales valleys – any ideas who I should contact? is there is any protocol for it? not sure I will be able to match these on our Flickr group.. [flickr]photo:3338646411[/flickr][flickr]photo:3416130570[/flickr][flickr]photo:3428931393[/flickr][flickr]photo:3450414891[/flickr][flickr]photo:3456578030[/flickr][flickr]photo:3474001328[/flickr][flickr]photo:3530490847[/flickr][flickr]photo:3575749165[/flickr][flickr]photo:3616522003[/flickr][flickr]photo:3638199987[/flickr] IF you… Continue reading Are you an allotment shed owner?
Sheddie says swearing helps with pain
The BBC reports Uttering expletives when you hurt yourself is a sensible policy, according to scientists who have shown swearing can help reduce pain. A study by Keele University researchers found volunteers who cursed at will could endure pain nearly 50% longer than civil-tongued peers. They believe swearing helps us downplay being hurt in favour… Continue reading Sheddie says swearing helps with pain
Just Sheds: The wait is over the winner is …
The public voted(and his mates!) and now the winner of our Shed week 2009 Photo competition is Photo 5: Jules’ Shed Andrew Culture A great moody shot that sums up allotment shedism…. [flickr]photo:2690357454[/flickr] [poll id=”6″] Well done to Andrew, he also has a great set of other shed photos [flickr]set:72157611782811986[/flickr] If you have any interesting… Continue reading Just Sheds: The wait is over the winner is …
Everybody Wants To View … the Punks not Dad
Everyone’s favorite middle aged punk band Punks not dad with a shed leaning and of course the blokes who come up with the shed anthem & official song for shed week, that is “In Me Shed” may have hit the 14000000000000 (Fourteen thousand) views mark on youtube by the time you read this, if not… Continue reading Everybody Wants To View … the Punks not Dad
Sheddie Stan has 365 lawn mowers and two-storey shed
The Daily mail reports He could cut the lawn every day for a year and never get bored. That’s because Stan Hardwick has 365 different mowers to try out. The retired greenkeeper is fascinated by the machines and owns every type imaginable. Some date back to the mid-19th century. With the grudging consent of his… Continue reading Sheddie Stan has 365 lawn mowers and two-storey shed
Shed Week 2009 interviews: Secrets-of-shed-building
This is the last of the Shed Week guest posts from my favorite sheddies, hope you enjoyed them? You can View all the Shed Week Interviews here. Structures and how they are built have always interested me. As a Structural Engineer I spend most of my working life in an office designing buildings, calculating what… Continue reading Shed Week 2009 interviews: Secrets-of-shed-building
Instead of Daddy or Chips -It’s Me, Me or Alex you choose ;)
Those shed manufacturing lot over at waltons have come up with a vote to stir up the shedosphere.. (maybe) My shed empire is in there twice, shedblog and readersheds.co.uk (yes its cluttered but will be re-done for 2010!! ;). We are in good company on the vote, with shedworking, Shedstyle & BBC Gardeners World amongst… Continue reading Instead of Daddy or Chips -It’s Me, Me or Alex you choose 😉
Shedworking – the book – the cover
On this great Shed Week, Alex over at shedworking has reveled what his book on shedworking will look like. Here’s what it’s probably going to look like, give or take some tweaks. Just to remind you, it’s out in June 2010 with Frances Lincoln at £16.99 (there will be a special offer on this price… Continue reading Shedworking – the book – the cover
International Shed of the year 2009
As you know Shed Week/Shed of the year started out as a National Shed week in the UK after getting so many great sheds on readersheds.co.uk, we had to have an outlet to celebrate them. But as the international entries poured in we had to do something about it to.. So I asked international judge… Continue reading International Shed of the year 2009