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If you have had any shed related incidents with this weather then let me know, and photos of your shed being blown away, demolished or better still holding out against the weather, then contact me, or put them up on the Flickr shed group. There are reports from around the country about shed incidents. Our… Continue reading The Weather and Sheds – updated
Well i missed this great example of sheds and art, shedart I believe its called! But a wonderful flickr user cardinalbird, has posted some great photos up about the show. if anyone has any more info about the show at the Tate Modern , please let me know
The BBC report on this Signal box that has had many lives. A Victorian railway signal box which closed more than 40 years ago has been given a new lease of life as a hide for bird watchers. Until recently it was used as a garden shed in Newbridge-on-Wye, Powys, but needed a £10,000 restoration.… Continue reading Signal box was shed, now twitchers hide
The shed’s best friend the Spider is being blamed on ruining Mothers’ Day for a flourists as reported by annienova photo credit: Will Fuller Thousands of Mothers’ Day flowers had to be destroyed after florists discovered they were infested with spiders. The roses and carnations were being prepared for Sunday when shocked shop assistants realised… Continue reading Mothers’ Day ruined thanks to spiders?
credit: oswaldo The Times has this story about an 18 year Table Tennis player and his hope for Gold in 2012 Olympics Knight was first spotted by this newspaper playing in a garden shed in Wandsworth in the summer of 2002 along with three young friends from council estates in London. The boys would travel… Continue reading Table tennis sheddie olympic hopeful
I have read about these before and many a sheddi have asked me to post about them, and think it’s a great idea and something that should be happening in the allotments and sheds around the UK. And ABC.net.au have a good story about them today. Right across Australia Mens Sheds have been popping up… Continue reading Mens’ sheds
credit: doustpauline More space must be provided to secure the future of the humble allotment, an MP warned yesterday. Keen allotment holder and Tory MP, Tony Baldry, said that land available for the much-loved garden plots was shrinking just as demand was growing. Mr Baldry (Banbury) said councils and the Government needed to act to… Continue reading MP seeks more space for allotments
According to the BBC A ‘dilapidated’ shed sandwiched between two large houses in an upmarket seaside resort in north Wales is up for sale with a price tag of £150,000. The wooden structure which measures just 18ft by 15ft (5.49m by 4.57m) in Abersoch on the Llyn Peninsula, has already had three offers. The single-storey… Continue reading A shed for £150,000, bargin?
FOSSIL OF GIANT FROG FOUND IN MADAGASCAR A 70 million-year-old fossil of a giant frog which would have been the size of a “slightly squashed beach-ball†has been unearthed in Madagascar, scientists said today. The frog, dubbed Beelzebufo or the ’frog from hell’, resembles living horned toads – with a squat body, huge head and… Continue reading Frog from hell found – check under your shed
Shedweek has been included on a wonderful website wot I found called Count me in. I am always forgetting when important things are happening like, the World’s Biggest Curry Lunch, Cider & Perry Month and even World Toilet Day. Worth a look, but I spend ages on there finding out some great Days/Weeks around. of… Continue reading Countme in? and us for Shed Week.