After the great In Me Shed Punk song last week, it got me thinking I know there are quite a few songs that mention sheds including, Man in a Shed – Nick Drake, Burning Down the Shed, Ain’t no love in the heart of the shed (ok I made the last two up) also bands… Continue reading Sheds & Music
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Allotment sheds on Google street map/view
Further to my post about the great allotment shed, I thought I would look at my local allotments (hint there are not an yet) on the new fangled google street map/view of course it’s difficult to see them, as most are off mains roads. but I am sure we can get a peek.. Here are… Continue reading Allotment sheds on Google street map/view
This is one of the reasons I started readersheds
To see Shed like this again Image from gordonplant Reminds me of growing up and visiting my grandfathers allotment and the sheds were very similar, I just love the fact that the numbers are still on the doors… right back to my sickshed (have some 24 hour bug I wont go into details but it’s… Continue reading This is one of the reasons I started readersheds
Could the Obama family be getting an allotment?
AFP news reports [flickr]photo:2269892059[/flickr] Nearly 85,000 people have signed an online petition calling for part of the White House lawn to be turned into a vegetable patch, the plan’s germinator said Wednesday. “The idea is for the Obama family to plant an organic vegetable garden on part of the White House lawn, with the cultivated… Continue reading Could the Obama family be getting an allotment?
Join my Friends Connect goggle thing
If you scroll down a bit to the left you will see the google friend connect widget This is what over interweb overloads say about it Bring viral social growth to your website * Anyone can join your site with one click by using their existing Google, Yahoo and other accounts. * Visitors can evangelize… Continue reading Join my Friends Connect goggle thing
Allotments are great! 1,000 more coming
The telegraph has an article about these British institutions that tend to have sheds on them photo credit: steve p2008 For those of us who have been ploughing our often lonely furrows for several decades, it is great news that the National Trust is converting some of its rolling acres into 1,000 or so allotments.… Continue reading Allotments are great! 1,000 more coming
Garden shed turns into a beach hut
The daily mail reports. Thanks to Phil over at BNPS for the images There can be few things in life as trusty as the old garden shed – but a sudden landslide has turned this one into a beach hut. The wooden structure now stands precariously on the loose debris of the landslip beside Portland… Continue reading Garden shed turns into a beach hut
Beer brewing in the shed – Beer of the year
BBC up north east, reports (around 20 mins in) Emma Milne sets out on a pub crawl with a difference – this time round the breweries set up in sheds in back gardens in Darlington We mentioned the beer sheddies before but its great to see them in action. They have their own Beer of… Continue reading Beer brewing in the shed – Beer of the year
It’s Snowing in the UK – The world stops
We were lucky not to be hit by the snow today in the part of Wales I live..otherwise my world would have ended!! 😉 anyway lots of people have added their sheds to Flickr with snow on and Even Alex has got his shed You must agree that shed does look good top with the… Continue reading It’s Snowing in the UK – The world stops
Shepherd’s huts are the in thing for the middle classes
According the the shed friendly telegraph. All sorts of people have them, according to David Cherrington of the Shepherd’s Hut Company: “I have sold huts to lords and ladies, scrap metal dealers, amateur painters and everyone in-between.” There’s something about a shepherd’s hut; something transcendental, some Proustian tug to the past. Once seen, never forgotten… Continue reading Shepherd’s huts are the in thing for the middle classes