Keep lawn edges looking sharp with this essential power tool
Create a lush tropical outdoor space with shade-loving plants.
Handyman readers get together to share their best gardening tips.
Earthworm species number in their thousands and, as unappealing as they may be to some, they are a necessary part of the soil and play a vital role in the health of plants.
Don’t waste your kitchen and garden scraps, toss them in a compost bin and make fertiliser for your plants.
From invasive plants and bare patches in the lawn to a rotten fence post, your garden issues are sorted.
Build a simple birdhouse with plywood for small visitors to the garden
Give garden tools a protective coating to prevent them from rusting and degrading
Prevent aphids from overunning your garden with this home-made deterrent
Build a self-watering raised bed from treated pine to grow salad greens. Everyone loves to grow fresh salad greens, tomatoes and herbs. But backyard crops need regular water to thrive. Too much ...
In this New Jersey backyard, an Aussie-grown gardener has come up with new landscaping tricks and techniques
Avoid making these four common mistakes to grow greener grass with fewer weeds
Shift materials safely around the house and garden
Improve your soil with this innovative small-space composting solution
Turn an old pair of gumboots into fun containers for growing herbs or plants on the kitchen doorstep, a small balcony or in the garden. Give them two coats of red spray paint, or any other bright ...
Decorate the trampoline springs with soft foam in rainbow tones
A great way to bring living colour to a small outdoor area without taking up floorspace is to add a floating shelf with cutouts for pots. Made from primed LOSP pine, this shelf is built using 220 ...
Watch the video: How to pot up hanging baskets Bring your outdoor area to life with stunning hanging basket displays you can create in just a few hours. Hanging baskets are a must-have for any ...
Have a dig around in many Australian backyards and you will find sandy soil. There are plenty of plants that grow well in this type of soil, and one of the greatest advantages of sand over clay ...
Keep worms healthy as the weather warms up by maintaining the ideal conditions in your worm farm
In this DIY video, we show you how to set up a worm farm to turn kitchen scraps into fertiliser for the garden
Head to the nursery with the know-how to pick the healthiest plants and get your garden growing. Spring is in the air and most of us are keen to get growing and pop a few plants in the ground. ...
Most indoor plants need repotting every couple of years. Even if the plant hasn’t outgrown its container, potting mix degenerates and needs renewing to supply the plant with nutrients. If it is ...
Bring the outdoors in with greenery and blooms to suit every room
Attract birds to your garden and reap the benefits
Choose the perfect plants to create a lush landscape in any climate
Keep the garden tidy and healthy by composting pet waste with the aid of worms
Composting is easy if you know what you are doing. Follow these 5 top tips and tricks to get the most out of your heap.
Centuries-old stone pots look fantastic in the garden but can be hard to find and very pricey. The stone pots used by English gardeners in the early 1900s were actually sinks and troughs from old ...
Use cardboard toilet rolls to make it easier to tell the difference between seedlings and weeds
