Tag Archive: Garden
Hiring a Dingo Loader
Spreading a lot of topsoil or levelling a large garden yourself? One of the best tools is a ‘Dingo’ or ‘Kanga’ loader. These can usually be hired locally at very reasonable rates. Can be a bit scary driving the dingo…
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While The House Is Built
If you are getting a house built you can feel lost with not much to do between the contracts being signed and being ready to move. Here are some suggestions for you to be doing during the wait. Inspect Progress…
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6 Reasons For Not Having A Pool
With the first month of summer some people are thinking about swimming pools . . . . . Not Me! and here’s why: Safety – Last year 43 Australians drowned in swimming pools (RLS Drowning Report) including 18 children under 5. For…
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Shovel
I think a Shovel, as well as a Spade, is a worthwhile addition to your tool collection for your new home. You should be able to buy a ‘Concreters’ Shovel like this for $25 dollars, or less, so it shouldn’t…
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Improving Soil After A New Build
Guest post by David Limburg of Online Garden Design With most new houses, the garden is often the last aspect of the new build that is considered. Often the soil is left in a terrible state by the construction process….
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Tree Selection – Fail
The sight of this Norfolk pine towering over this single storey house caused me to stop the car! And the tree is only half grown. It breaks RULE 2 of suburban tree selection – “Don’t get a tree that grows…
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No Lawn, No Water Garden
Lots of people seem to think……. You have to have a lawn in your new house. You need a full scale watering system. Here are some pictures of the last garden we developed that has neither. We planted the garden…
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Tree Roots in Sewers and Drains
If you are wondering what this photo is about, its been taken from the inside of a 100mm sewer pipe with a CCTV camera. What it shows is the pipe is almost completely blocked with roots that have penetrated the pipe…
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Modern Bird House
Just moved into your new modern house and would like to encourage birds in your garden? Think all the bird houses look old fashioned? How about this? It’s called Camera Shutter. Or this? It’s called Right Angle. These bird…
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Pebble Gardens
Stone Mulches, Dry River Bed, Desert Gardens, they are all variations in having a garden covered with stones rather than having soil or an organic mulch. It’s popular as a low maintenance finish to your new house garden. I have…
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