I welcome back Lloyd Alter as a judge for Shed of the year 2010. Lloyd is senior writer for Treehugger.com and has written for Azure Magazine, Inhabitat, the Huffington Post and Planet Green. He teaches sustainable design at Ryerson University School of Interior Design, and is President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario. In the… Continue reading Shed of the year 2010 judge: Lloyd Alter
£10.00 discount on all Shedstore orders over £300.00
Sheddie are you ready for a shed christmas, well get some money off your shed of the year 2010! Families all over the country are preparing their homes for winter, and smartening up their gardens for entertaining or simply looking for simple Garden Storage solutions to tidy away all of those bits, pieces, odds and… Continue reading £10.00 discount on all Shedstore orders over £300.00
Random Shed : workshop 17, back yard in stockport
self designed and built, it now has a solar panel fitted charging a 12 volt battery driving an inverter giving me 230 volt ac to power the shed lighting and alarm system Additional Info: built from steel sheets on a wooden frame with the front faced in new timber. It was built around the old… Continue reading Random Shed : workshop 17, back yard in stockport
Bristol Brabazon footage is found in shed
Rare air-to-air footage of the maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon ,has been discovered in a shed according to the BBC It was filmed by the late Ted Ashman who was chief photographer at Filton from just after the war up to the early 1980s. His career started with the Bristol Aeroplane Company, then on… Continue reading Bristol Brabazon footage is found in shed
You have heard of I love sheds but how about Love by the shed
No not that! This lovely couple on Flickr [flickr]photo:4024299964[/flickr][flickr]photo:4024299714[/flickr][flickr]photo:4024299888[/flickr] you can tell Iam soppy today as it’s my 38th day on this shed world… I will be the same grumpy sheddie tomorrow..
Do you want to know what the dates for things are in 2010?
Well the nice people over at Transglobal Emporium have a great thing called a Calendar, which displays the dates of things for the year of 2010. A great invention… I think you would all agree (plus it mentions again next year National Shed Week) Anyway you can Win a copy of the Win a Luxury… Continue reading Do you want to know what the dates for things are in 2010?
The world’s biggest garden shed? At Kew Gardens
From the new scientist Inside a cold storage bunker at Kew Garden’s Millennium Seed Bank in Ardingly, West Sussex, UK The bank contains seeds from 10 per cent of the Earth’s wild plant species, providing an insurance policy for the planet’s plant life. The next goal is to collect 25 per cent of species by… Continue reading The world’s biggest garden shed? At Kew Gardens
Blog Action Day 2010: Climate change and sheds
The last few years it’s all been about saving the planet but as a sheddie what can you do? here are some tips. Try alternative materials – for example sheddie Michael Thompson has created a unique Rammed Earth Eco-Shed. The shed is constructed out of Rammed Earth and has a Living Roof. He also teaches… Continue reading Blog Action Day 2010: Climate change and sheds
Sheddie makes a noise over Old Speckled Hen
Press release from Old Speckled Hen Old Speckled Hen beer fan Jonathan Vincent has created a mini bottle orchestra to celebrate the his favourite brew, creating his own unique version of Beethovens famous Ode to Joy. After putting together the instrument in his shed, Jonathan sent his amateur footage to Greene King. The brewers of… Continue reading Sheddie makes a noise over Old Speckled Hen
The Power of Twitter (again) and not a lawyer in sight
The very talented artist Johannabasford is asking people to suggest things to draw via the twitter hastag #TwitterPicture and people are loving it… Someone else can explain the concept better than your shedmaster and they ask Johanna to draw a shed first, so kudos.. creative lot… The concept is simple. Johanna will create a picture… Continue reading The Power of Twitter (again) and not a lawyer in sight