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Gardening Tips & Ideas

31 yard tool hacks that’ll make your life easier
Gardening Tips & Ideas

31 yard tool hacks that’ll make your life easier

These simple and smart updates to everyday yard tools will make your outdoor chores a heck of a lot easier this season.
24 tips for planning the perfect garden
Gardening Tips & Ideas

24 tips for planning the perfect garden

Plan before you plant, for a landscape that will endure for years to come without costly and time-consuming alterations or additions.
Soil biodiversity and why it’s important
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Soil biodiversity and why it’s important

The love of nature is something instinctive to us all and there is nothing more uplifting than to be out walking among the biodiversity in a national park enjoying the wildflowers, birds and [...]
Gardening Tips & Ideas

Get your kids involved in the war on waste!

Food waste is a global challenge that has economic, social and environmental impacts.
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5 Ways To Enrich Garden Soil
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5 Ways To Enrich Garden Soil

Follow these tips for healthier garden soil
Decorative Plant Frame
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Decorative Plant Frame

Create a simple decorative outdoor feature with an old tin, a leafy herb and a distressed picture frame.
DIY Hanging Garden
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DIY Hanging Garden

Hanging baskets green up a pergola or patio fast, but for a lush effect in front of a wall or fence, planters work better.
DIY Rhubarb Pavers
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DIY Rhubarb Pavers

Create leaf-shaped garden pavers in just a day and use them to lay a stepping stone path in the lawn.
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Gardening Tips & Ideas

The portable garden shelf that has your back

A portable shelf designed to fit over the lip of your wheelie bin is the next big thing in gardening due to it’s practicality, versatility and ease of use.
How to Winterfy Your Garden in Time for Spring
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How to winterfy your garden in time for spring

Some gardeners use cold weather as the perfect excuse to take a well-earned break from their garden. But not horticulturist, garden writer and TV presenter Melissa King. She says there’s little [...]
10 Essential Winter Garden Jobs
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10 Essential Winter Garden Jobs

Do a bit of hard work in the garden this month to tackle any problems and prepare for the growing season
Tumbleweed
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The Silver Bullet In Composting And Waste Recycling

Composting garden and kitchen waste has long been the silver bullet in scrap and waste recycling and Tumbleweed’s environmentally-friendly 220L Gedye Bin does the job with serious environmental [...]
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A Guide To Lawn Edgers
Gardening Tips & Ideas

A Guide To Lawn Edgers

Keep lawn edges looking sharp with this essential power tool
Create a lush tropical outdoor space with shade-loving plants. Image: Getty Images
Gardening Tips & Ideas

What To Plant In A Shady Garden

Create a lush tropical outdoor space with shade-loving plants.
Readers' Best Gardening Tips
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Readers' Best Gardening Tips

Handyman readers get together to share their best gardening tips.
All About Earthworms
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All About Earthworms

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.
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How To Make Compost
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How to make better compost

Don’t waste your kitchen and garden scraps, toss them in a compost bin and make fertiliser for your plants.
Gardening Tips & Ideas

7 Common Backyard Problems Solved

From invasive plants and bare patches in the lawn to a rotten fence post, your garden issues are sorted.
Build A Birdhouse
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Build A Birdhouse

Build a simple birdhouse with plywood for small visitors to the garden
Protect Garden Tools - Image: istock
Gardening Tips & Ideas

How to protect garden tools from rust and corrosion

Give garden tools a protective coating to prevent them from rusting and degrading
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An Urban Garden Oasis
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An Urban Garden Oasis

In this New Jersey backyard, an Aussie-grown gardener has come up with new landscaping tricks and techniques
4 Common Fertiliser Blunders
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4 Common Fertiliser Blunders And How To Avoid Them

Avoid making these four common mistakes to grow greener grass with fewer weeds
Trolleys and Wheelbarrows
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How To Use Trolleys and Wheelbarrows In The Garden

Shift materials safely around the house and garden
In Ground Worm Farm
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How To Set Up An In-Ground Worm Farm

Improve your soil with this innovative small-space composting solution
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Trampoline Spring Protectors
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Trampoline Spring Protectors

Decorate the trampoline springs with soft foam in rainbow tones
Worm farm with blanket
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Top 7 Worm Farm Tips For Spring

Keep worms healthy as the weather warms up by maintaining the ideal conditions in your worm farm
Growing Indoor Plants
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Growing Indoor Plants

Bring the outdoors in with greenery and blooms to suit every room
Attract Birds To Your Garden
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5 Ways To Attract Birds To Your Garden

Attract birds to your garden and reap the benefits
Get The Tropical Look
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Get The Tropical Look

Choose the perfect plants to create a lush landscape in any climate
Turn pet waste into fertiliser with a pet poo worm farm
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How to turn pet poo into fertiliser

Keep the garden tidy and healthy by composting pet waste with the aid of worms
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