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So you have picked up your raised garden bed from Bunnings, Aldi or Stratco What now? We all know that growing your food is as smart as it is healthy. It guarantees food security, is the best way to know where your food has come from and is great in getting the family involved learning new things and getting back to basics. To grow their own food, many people are turning to raised garden bed solutions. However, there are a few key considerations when setting these up. Below we will …

Don't want to spend thousands of dollars on a greenhouse that is hard to build and expensive?Of course, you don't. You have just bought your Bunnings plants and shouldn't have to pay the earth to help them thrive. Design and build it yourself to your requirements. Build it as big (greenhouse) or small (cold frame) as you want. Don't have the size dictated to you - add or remove elements of the greenhouse when you want.We will discuss below:.What is a greenhouse?What is a cold frame …

If you're not building everything from PVC connectors and pipe here's why you should!Gone are the days where you need to go down to your local Bunnings, pick up some wood or metal, buy the tools needed to cut and attach these materials. There is a better way to build your cat enclosures, garden protection (shadehouses, greenhouses or fruit/plant cage), chicken tractors, dog agility courses and anything else that you can think of and still have all the options of traditional building m …

Do you want to learn how to keep snakes out of your Cat enclosure or Chicken Coop/tractor keeping your animals safe?Read below and learn how to keep the snakes out of your enclosure and away from your pets by using a mesh. Can you see the snake in the photo above? He is at the end of the enclosure on the grass beautifully camouflaged.This is the carpet python we found in our backyard manoevering through the garden. Originally came from next-door neighbours, come across the grass, past th …

How do you protect strawberries and other seasonal fruit from birds and other pests?Want to keep your strawberries for you and your family, not the local wildlife? Below are some ways to protect berries from garden pests that want to try to eat the fruits of your labour. ( mind the pun lol) Old school gardening Back in the day, we used to spray everything with chemicals and hope for the best that it would kill everything. We now know that this isn’t the best way to get rid of pests in our g …