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Bathroom Continued
It’s finished… All I need to do now is paint again and put the mirrors on the walls. Let me tell you it has been a harrowing experience, one that I’m not in a hurry to repeat any time soon. But I will say that the troubles that we went through saved a lot of [...]
Bathroom Renovations
It’s been 6 days now since we began renovating our bathroom… They say that slow and steady wins the race, but I’m beginning to wonder. It has been fantastic to have my father and one of our family friends come up and stay with us to do the job. What we’re spending in time we’re [...]
DIY Inverted Planter
Remember Mr Squiggle? “Upside down Miss Jane…” If you’re not from Australia then maybe not. Anyway, I saw a link the other day to an upside down tomato planting system. Being a commercial version it cost around $27 to get one delivered. I thought that it was a great idea, but it looked like it [...]
Dodgy Plumbing
Whilst out gardening the other day I found a large wet spot in my garden. After a little investigation I found that it was coming from the pipe that connects the water main to my house. A few things went through my head, termites love water and they will be attracted to the spot right [...]
Tomato Trellis support
It’s tomato time again and the seedlings that I prepared in the post Grow Tomatoes from Seed in the pots that I prepared in the Newspaper Pots have grown into the planting stage. One of my cherry tomatoes is growing slowly, but happily, in the open garden bed while the pride of my seedlings (the [...]
Recycled Fence for Garden Screen
This weekend has been a great time in our garden. I managed to get five fence panels from my boss to grow some creepers over to create a green screen in our yard. The panels were going to go to the rubbish tip as he had no use for them, so I gave him a [...]
Bubble Wrap Window Insulation
Insulation is one of the most important products to keep your house warm in winter and cool in summer. Did you know that up to 37% of the heat in your house is lost through your windows? The best way to prevent heat loss is to install double glazed windows through your entire house. Like [...]
Stop plants frying in the sun
Recently we moved to a much warmer climate than the area where I grew up. While the thought of being able to grow fruit such as Mango and trees such as palms,the challenges of getting plants to grow in a hot climate have taken the toll on some of my plants. While at the local [...]
Clear the charger clutter
We’ve all got one (or twenty) of those pesky little adapters for charging phones, iPods, cameras, or for running things like laptops, DSL modems, external hard drives etc. If your house is anything like mine then there are cords running everywhere near the computer desk. Here is a link to a top little project that [...]
Instructables.com
A couple of months ago while browsing the web, the discovery of instructables.com was made. This site is Do It Yourself heaven! With instructions from building weaponry to solar power, cooking to bottle rockets, there is a limitless supply of instructions to keep you busy while you are not at work. A couple of my [...]
About Me
My name is Ben, and I'm a self confessed gardenoholic. My other interests include growing plants, looking at plants, drinking coffee and taking the odd photo. My wife thinks I'm mad, but is getting into the whole garden thing, possibly going mad as well. In my spare time I'm a geologist (must be something about dirt and rocks...)- Get me on Twitter
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