As you know, voting has ended for Shed of the Year sponsored by Cuprinol Sprayable, so to drum up some support on twitter and get people interested in the shed, so I’m running a competition and giving people the chance to win some great sheddie prizes.

To enter you need to follow @unclewilco and after logging into twitter, RT this link ( it will go to twitter and publish a link and info) – Vote for Shed of the year 2010 http://www.readersheds.co.uk

So easy follow me RT to be entered into the draw but you must be following me throughout shed week, when I will announce the winners!

What do you win?…

Some great prizes from Shed Week sponsors, Cuprinol Sprayable, including a Cuprinol Fence Sprayer and 2 x 5L of Cuprinol Sprayable Fence Treatment in the colour of your choice.

I am still finding stuff in the shed so at the moment we also have these prizes to give away.

A copy of Alex’s wonderful shedworking Book

Love Sheds? now you can Love cheese – Two Hearts! from the official cheesemonger to Shed Week, theCheeseshed.

Some builders tea from our friends at Make Mine a Builders

Our normal shed terms apply , sorry UK entry only, twitter names will be picked at random to win one of the random prizes during shedweek after 5th July 2010

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That other shed blog mentioned it last night , of course Alex is the shed news man, where as I jump on the shed news late

To represent what a perfect shed design is they have a picture of 2008 Shed of the Year winner Tim’s Rugby Shed – but sheddies could you design a better shed?

Walton’s Shed Design Competition 2010.

If you have an idea for a garden shed, write down some notes or draw some sketches detailing what makes your garden building stand out from the crowd. The lucky winner will have their garden shed made by our team at Walton’s and we’ll have it delivered to you all for free!

Walton's Premier Groundsman Dutch Barn Shed can you design better?

The garden building will need to be based around the following measurements:

* Maximum width – 1.830 meters
* Maximum length – 2.45 meters
* Maximum height – 2.5 meters

Using the following materials:

* 12mm thick pine wood cladding
* Pine wood framing
* 9mm thick ply wood
* OSB 10mm & 8mm thick
* Styrene glazing.

You will also be required to send us a 100 word introduction about your design, a list of features your shed has and a drawing or diagram depicting your design.

Entrants are required to send their ideas in the following formats: PDF, JPEG or Paper – For hand drawings

Simply design your shed and send us your entries by March 15th 2010 to entries@waltons.co.uk

For full terms and conditions see the page

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Well the nice people over at Transglobal Emporium have a great thing called a Calendar, which displays the dates of things for the year of 2010.

A great invention… I think you would all agree (plus it mentions again next year National Shed Week)

Anyway you can Win a copy of the Win a Luxury Shed Calendar 2010

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Well thanks to Eco Shed genius & Shed of year 2009 eco shed winner Michael Thompson you and a friend can, as he is giving away a two day course at his rammed earth HQ.

Make 2010 the year that you make the difference by learning how easy it is to build with rammed earth. Build your own low impact shed from cheap, sustainable and easily available materials.

Course details

Learn to build using what mother nature provides, at the world famous Rammed Earth Eco-Shed on The Norfolk Broads!

This fun and friendly course will be held over two days and will cover all the essential areas of building with rammed earth.

To enter this competition which is worth £198 then please answer the three questions over at the readersheds competition page.

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STORE is currently offering ReaderSheds readers £200 worth of shelving to give your shed a make-over and free-up precious space.

Their clever elfa system require only a few screws for a full span (everything simply clips into a top track and hangs in sheer) OR if you prefer, there’s a free standing version too.

To enter answer a simple question and fill in this competition form.

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