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Raised garden bed using fence palings
This simple raised garden bed was made using fence palings and layered with paper, manure and soil. The project My husband made this garden bed for me. We did a lot of research about using fence palings and ended up lining the garden bed with black plastic. We also scored some free soil with the condition that we moved it…
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Suitable glue for attaching metal legs to solid glass table [REPAIR]
Hi guys, I need some help with this particular project. I have a large piece of glass that is the tabletop for our dining room table. Unfortunately when it was moved the guys twisted off a leg instead of removing it properly so I have three legs which can be attached and one that cannot. I am after recommendations on a…
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Simple garden beds
So it's been a while - there's been loads happening at our place, the most important thing has been a new garden bed that my disabled husband made for me. We did alot of research into the fence palings and so we ended up lining it with black plastic and so far it's been amazing! We also scored some free soil, with the…
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How does your garden grow?
I didn't realise broccoli grew this big!Our blueberry bush Some leaves are turning brown/redBroccoli Seedlings Baby lettuceLemon Thyme & Mint Giant Spinach! Over the last 4 months, my garden has exploded! The spinach is so big that I think it's dwarfed my carrots. I'm not sure if they are going to grow to full size. My…
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Hooley Dooley I think it's growing!
So on June 1st we had a little working bee and I planted some seeds! I planted beetroot, peas, carrots and something unknown (cause what the heck!) The packets said to watch out for seedlings in 10-14 days, so.... are these seedlings growing or am I growing grass again?
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The fall of the twins and the rise of an edible garden.
Today saw the fall of the twin deciduous trees in our backyard. It now means I don't have a shadowing tree in the back yard and more room for growing things (or at least that's the idea!) I'm hoping for some gardening advice, at the moment I have a small veggie patch in the back right corner. I have planted beetroot,…
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Trash into treasure! [TUTORIAL] attaching a mirror to a wall.
What's that? You found a mirror in a bin? Job 1: assess the crap foam on the back of the mirror. Yep pretty crappy. Gotta get rid of that. Job 2: carefully scrap off the crappy foam. I recommend a BUTTER KNIFE as they are blunt. You could also use a paint scraper, a hard piece of plastic (like a bank card or your Medicare)…
