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Want an easy way to build a custom DIY garden bed for your herbs and veggies without paying a fortune?It's easy. See below how we put together a custom-sized, wicking raised garden bed.I built my own DIY self watering raised garden bed the size perfect for me. You can do this too.I have located the raised garden bed on our deck where we can pick our herbs and strawberries for our meals with ease. I have built it where it is easy for us to access with the size we require for our herbs and picked …

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 …

Want your plants to die in the hot summer sun? No? Then read further to find out the best way to keep this from happening.As we know, when it gets hot, the sun can wilt your plants, dehydrate them, and they'll eventually die.So what we're looking at is to cover them. Our Australian summer is like no other in the world. Hot! And it is just getting warmer each year.What we need to do is we need to protect our plants.To do that, we need to put a shade over them, water them and mulch.To prot …