Top 5 Ideas for Recycled Planters

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We love to be creative with our recycling at SkinnyDip. And at the Malvern Spring Garden Show we couldn’t resist a giggle at the ingenuity of the school gardens. They took recycling to a whole new level of fun: planted …

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Pinch Bum Day!

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Guess what? Today is Pinch Bum Day! Yes the 29th of May has officially become the day where it’s perfectly okay to give a bum a pinch. Do you believe me? Well, before you head on out and squeeze your …

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What’s In My Barrier Cream?

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We have gotten to know many of our customers well over the last few years. We always enjoy having a good old chat and one of my most favourite topics of conversation is discovering what my customers use as a …

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Hand Care Tips for Hard Working Gardeners

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Gardening can be punishing on hands. It can lead to all sorts of problems such as sore dry chapped skin, cracked fingers, scratches and dirty finger nails. If you are about to step out in the garden and get your …

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Top Problems for Gardening Hands and How to Treat Them…Naturally

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We love our gardens and so we should. Is there truly anything better than a warm summer’s day, enjoying the rewards of our hard work: lush green grass, beautiful scents, scintillating colours and the drone of happy bees. The problem …

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What are the Best Natural Ingredients for Your Hands?

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It’s very easy to take our hands for granted. Each day they do our bidding. Work or play, it’s our hands that do the graft. From the joys of washing up and gardening; working outside come rain or shine; even …

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Seven brilliant uses for Miracle Balm

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Miracle Balm has become a firm friend of mine and, in the words of one customer, ‘It really does work a miracle!’ But one balm can be used in so many ways… 1.       Cracked and split hands: Yawn, yawn. Let’s …

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Top FIVE best natural ingredients for eczema

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Itchy, rashy, sore…. …Eczema is an increasingly common skin condition typified by extremely dry skin, patches of inflammation and redness. It can be frustrating, painful and downright difficult to live with. When our wee daughter – Josie – started to …

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Night walking in the Malvern Hills

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To prove romance isn’t dead in the SkinnyDip household, the husband and I have had some ‘hot dates’ night walking in the Malvern Hills. In the pitch black of night, armed with: -           a head torch -          a ridiculous number …

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