If a room in a house or other building looks boring or even not very pleasant, it's probably time to remodel. At home Dad and I are...

If a room in a house or other building looks boring or even not very pleasant, it's probably time to remodel. At home Dad and I are...

Ever heard of Pigface? It is a ground cover native to the south coast of Australia. It is particularly well suited to Australia because...

I took the opportunity to take some action shots of border paving a shed. When I was doing it before, I was relying heavily on rainfall...

I own a 2004 model Holden Commodore Ute. After having it trucked from Port Hedland to Mandurah in 2016, I noticed several leaks in the...

Previously, I had attempted to fix a roof leak under a solar panel from beneath the tiles. It failed. Back to the drawing board. I...

At my Dad's house we had a roof leak. Normally it had been quite easy to fix it because I could just lift tiles off the roof and check it...

On the roof of the big shed some gutters were installed. As it is under two large trees, I placed gutter guard in shortly after. However,...

Say you have a shed and want to lower the ground around it. Or you have some other structure where the slab or other foundation would...

Out the back we have a load of bricks and blocks to use; they can be used up by making stepping stones and steps. Check out the brick...

We had a grevillea in our backyard planted ourselves about 20 years ago. However, due to over-watering a fungus has killed it. It had two...

Brick paving is a common way to make a path or courtyard in a backyard. Fortunately, it can be done without any expensive machinery or...

I previously wrote about weeding a lawn using novel methods. Fortunately, weeding a garden is much easier. The best method to use will...

Rainwater tanks are a good way to get a bit of extra water for your garden over summer, particularly useful if you have a vegetable...

Yesterday I put together a raised garden with my Dad. Probably the trickiest part was making sure it was level. If it's level and it's...

I previously wrote about working with others but today I realised something further. It is worth having the mindset of doing together for...

The ute is probably one of Australia's iconic symbols. You just chuck a load of stuff in the tray, dogs and livestock even, and drive it...

Out the front of our house we haven an Illyarrie tree, which looks very attractive with the red cap flowers. However, as it is exposed,...

Use a loofah to clean yourself in the shower? You can actually grow one yourself. They can literally grow on trees - actually they grow...

It is possible to use a rainwater tank for drip irrigation. In fact, this is probably one of the only automatic ways to use a rainwater...