Going away and worried your containers will fry? This UK guide matches how long you are away and how hot it will be to the right method, from a free deep soak and shade through DIY drippers and wicking to a drip kit on a timer.
Chilli seeds want 25C to wake up. A UK windowsill in March gives them 14C. We read 75 reviews of the EarlyGrow propagator to see whether its warm-but-uneven tray closes that gap, and where growers put the chillies.
Extendable handles promise the top of the hedge without dragging out a ladder. After 100 UK reviews of the Spear & Jackson 8120RS, here is how much reach you actually gain, and the one plastic part that keeps breaking.
Squirrels can empty a feeder before lunchtime. This UK guide works through the fixes in order of cost, starting with free repositioning, then baffles and weight-activated feeders, then the food swaps, and flags the popular tricks that quietly harm birds.
The packet makes two promises: no birds, and no cabbage white butterflies. Only one of those survives contact with a hundred UK reviews.
"Best compost on the planet" and "equivalent to Teflon": both verdicts came from UK buyers of the same Pelle & Sol compost within a month of each other. We read all 100 recent reviews to work out which bag you're likely to get, and when the 10L size does and doesn't make sense.
Wilkinson Sword sells these on 850mm handles that let you edge a border standing up. So why do the only two featured reviewers who discuss those handles in detail both have reservations, and why does the listing give two length figures without saying how they relate?
A small plastic box that either runs for five years or dies in three weeks. We counted every one-star review to work out which of those you are likely to get, and what to check before your return window shuts.
British grass looks dry right up until you stand up with a wet patch on your jeans. This foil-backed blanket exists to stop that, and the 100 most recent UK reviews largely agree it does. The re-fold and one washing machine horror story are the catches.
Grey squirrels are beaten here, and the reviews are emphatic about it. Starlings are not, and all four reviewers who turned the adjustable spring down to its lightest setting were still overrun by the birds they wanted shut out. Which pest you have decides whether this is the right buy.
The bargain-bin connector looks identical to the Hozelock one, right up until a pressure surge sends it skidding across the patio. We read 100 recent UK reviews to find out what the branded click buys you.
It runs on a cylinder of wax, needs no wiring, and clamps onto most greenhouse frames without a single drilled hole. It can also dump its oil over your tomatoes. Both of those things are true of the Bayliss XL, and which one you get is mostly decided in the first fortnight.
