DIY Tips, Advice and Do It Yourself Guides

You may have never worked on your own garden. You may have, like myself, moved into a property and finally…

Patios and walkways that are made of paving stones offer a number of advantages. Ease of installation, cost and attractiveness…

If you are building a house or just installing new flooring in an old house, you must have a level…

There are so many different kinds of adhesives to choose from. With all those different adhesives lining the shelves of…

Pallets are 4-foot pieces of wood joined together in to a box, usually in two layers with another piece of…

Electric fences can be a great addition if you wish to keep animals in or out of your garden. Here…

A fence gate needs to be lifted when the bottom edge of the latch side of the gate hangs lower…

You cannot secure fence hinges to brick with simple screws and expect them to hold. In fact, you will likely…

Your garden will reflect your home. If it’s messy and unloved, don’t be surprised if your neighbours assume the same…

Patios are a lovely addition to any garden, giving you somewhere to create a seating area, put potted plants and…

Every gardener knows that buying plants is a very expensive business. Luckily, nature has a very clever way of enabling…

We suggest learning how to grow spinach – a vegetable considered a superfood, and one that is rich in nutrients.…

Dahlias, perennial plants that blossom in the summer, brighten your garden with large flowers coloured orange, yellow and pink. Dahlias…

Indian Hawthorn is a hardy, evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves. Resistant to summer wilt, it’s great in warm climates…

Pond liners occasionally leak. Finding the leak is difficult, but patching it is easy.Assuming your liner is rubber or EPDM…

Take cuttings of fuchsia in summer. Take cuttings as shown and insert into a moist mixture of peat and sand…