With the house now in a reasonable state following our renovations last year, this year's focus was always going to be the garden. We completed a patio area at the back of the house late last summer and our big plan for this year was to add two large railway sleeper raised beds at the foot of the patio. We have one raised bed right at the far end of our garden, which we've been growing veg in for a couple of years, but I really wanted to have more growing space. We'd cleared the space for the new raised beds over the winter, and luckily had ordered all of the materials we needed just before lockdown hit, so it's ...

This is a paid post in collaboration with The Lexicon My shopping habit has been somewhat hampered lately. An impatient 4 year old, and an inquisitive toddler have made the shops a difficult prospect for me. I always love a shopping trip - it's called retail therapy for a reason, I always feel happier when I've visited the shops, even if I've not bought anything! The Lexicon in Bracknell has been open for a year now, and it's fast become one of my favourite places to shop. It's not too big, so you don't need to walk miles, it's filled with so many of my favourite shops, and because it's nice and new, the parking is brilliant, with nice big spaces. The ...