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I’m no gardener myself but from the little I do know and what I have read, now appears to be the best time to plant some lovely bulbs for spring next year. An easy option to adding colour to a sweeping lawn or your little patch out back, bulbs are easy to plant and require little maintain through out the year. So if you fancy trying your hand at some green fingered activity, why not visit Crocus.co.uk where currently it is offering up to 50% off a wide rang of colourful bulbs.

This Saturday just gone saw the Telegraph release the second Bargain Britain supplement. Produced in association with our very own favourite bargain hunter and ProblemSolved founder, Alison Cork, it was absolutely jammed packed with offers and discounts letting readers in on how to get the best that money can buy for the home and garden, for not much money at all.

And as promised, if you missed this 16 page gem of information and deals, don’t worry. On the Telegraph website you can now peruse at your leisure the same amazing deals and offers which featured in the supplement.

If bargain hunting is your thing and you fancy getting your hands on some stylish quality homeware at rock bottom prices, make sure on the 27 October a copy of the Saturday Telegraph is sitting on your coffee table.

Why i hear you say?

I dislike myself for even mentioning it before the first of December, but if you are super organised and already thinking of the big C with ideas on what to get people, why not try out Kelkoo.co.uk, a shopping comparison site where you can compare the price of absolutely anything.  Homeware and clothing to gadgets and electronics and much more in between, the website’s a useful starting point for figuring out what is a good price for those pre thought of goods.

I have a small passion for good lighting and something which I feel you cannot beat is the light created by a natural flame. It is easy then to imagine my delight in finding these small but perfectly formed tea light holders from Crocus. The Bauble tea light holder (£5.95 for one, £15.00 for three) is a flawlessly formed 8 cm diameter sphere of glass, hung inside or out it is guaranteed to create an atmosphere of calm.

Summer this year has been abysmal in my opinion so I’m glad to say that the Robert Dyas Summer clearance sale hasn’t followed suit.  Prices have been cut across the shop from garden furniture and electrical appliances to DIY tools and gas barbeques (there’s always hope for next year!). A useful little bargain which caught my attention was the LED Dynamo Torch, reduced to a mere £4.99 in the sale. No need for batteries, this torch has a wind up mechanism where 1 minute of vigorous action will give you 30 minutes of power, great for any home and all outdoor lifestyles.