After a cold winter, it's the warmth of the summer sun is always welcome in the UK. And when the summer months arrive, millions of us love to spend time soaking up the rays in our gardens.

But we've all been there:

You take a look out your window and see an overgrown wilderness that looks uninviting and shabby. Enough to put anybody off from relaxing outside.

Don't worry though! If you're garden looks like a forgotten wilderness, we've come up with some useful summer garden ideas that you can follow, starting today.

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If you're lucky enough to have a conservatory in your house, you'll know just how pleasant it can be during the summer. As the sun pours in and floods the room with light and warmth, it can be the perfect place to relax; serving as an in-between room joining the garden with the home.

But come winter, it's a different story:

While it can still provide a relaxing place to sit, it'll more than likely be cold. Uncomfortably cold.

Many of the heating options you have will be costly and inconvenient, but can you use a wood burner in your conservatory?

Well, it turns out you can...

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If you have a wood burning stove or a multi fuel stove, you'll no doubt have already experienced the great benefits it can offer.

Multi fuel stoves in particular offer the opportunity to burn various fuels, which can make it much cheaper to warm your home than central heating.

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During the cold winter months, a wood burning stove is the perfect way to make your home cosy and warm. But what about maintaining your wood burner?

We've put together this guide to help with cleaning a wood burning stove. We've divided it up into sections so that you can easily learn how to clean the various parts and sections of your stove.

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As an alternative way of heating rooms in your home, a multifuel stove can be a great choice over the central heating that you normally use. And with a range of benefits, multifuel stoves have become increasingly popular in recent years.

If you have a traditional wood burning stove, you'll know exactly what you need to do to heat your home – burn some wood, as the name handily suggests.

But what about a multifuel stove? Here's a simple guide to the advantages and disadvantages of the different kinds of fuel available for multifuel stoves, which should help you to choose the appropriate option for you.

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