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DIWHYNot
Finding My Feet

Hi everyone, I dug up a storm water bubbler/pit to find a blockage in one of our gardens. What I found was that there wasn't a blockage as such, bu ...

Tsu
Just Starting Out
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Hi, We have a large stormwater pit (165 x 400 x 500 mm) in our backyard that was already there when we purchased the house. We have a 2-year-old toddl ...

PlantWhisperer
Just Starting Out
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Hi team  I have a question in regards to the browning of my thuja fastigiata. I bought them late last year (Dec) and needed to get them in the ground ...

brooke_maree25
Just Starting Out
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  I am wanting to revamp the front facade of my house without spending thousands of dollars but have no idea where to start. I hate how ugly and bori ...

paulB1
Finding My Feet
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Hi all. Any advice on how I can attach a normal garden hose to a 13mm nipple. The attached shows a tap I have on a water bladder that I need to be a ...

Nas2025
Just Starting Out
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Hi folks i recently got concrete pathway done around the house which has created an imbalance with the rest of the grass level ( see photos) . Any DI ...

Leighton17
Just Starting Out
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Hey everyone, Just seeking some advice on the 'easiest' way to landscape my backyard. It slopes downwards towards my house. As you can see in one o ...

joshy1
Growing in Experience
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What screws bolts or nails are best to fix a hose hanger to brick work. Im going to buy a ozito SDS hammer drill for the job and some extra SDS plus d ...

Poppy2023
Finding My Feet
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We want to plant screeners down the service side of the house where there's limited space (eg about a metre wide). Want the plant to grow above the fe ...

EuroKiwi
Finding My Feet
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     We never necessarily had an end result in mind for the backyard. When we moved in to the house for the first time, the front yard fence line h ...

WendyG2
Just Starting Out
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I am using the Jack Matrix at a non standard size. I am thinking about glueing timber/aluminium false boarder. Please advise what glue or other would ...

Smnthandrsn
Getting Established
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Ok, I have been ideating for a while and have finally landed on a design - with help from chat gpt! As you can see, we started laying out bricks ...

Sebastian90
Growing in Experience
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Hi all, I’m looking for advice on how to construct a small retaining wall (approx. 40cm high) along the back of my house (see photos). The pink line ...

Paul60
Just Starting Out
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Hi just bought a new xu1 2 in 1 pole pruner hedger. Wondering about purchase of additional battery as ones sold in tool shop don't fit. Is it a specia ...

bow2021
Growing in Experience
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Hi there, about to put in some everhard easy drains when my patio slab is laid in my courtyard. Something I’m unsure of is, do I use solvent cement ...

KSB
Cultivating a Following
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  Hi considering building a long raised garden bed along the fence on the side of the house. Will be around 20mtrs long. - What wood options can I ...

mitchp22
Just Starting Out
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  Hi, I’m currently exploring the idea of building my own outdoor seating with planter boxes being incorporated into the backrest. I've knocked up a ...

TamH
Just Starting Out
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I have just had a planter box installed on my back deck. It faces west. I’d love some plant recommendations for plants that will look lush and grow we ...

isabellachuah
Just Starting Out
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Any thoughts on how to make this look clean and tidy?          

bow2021
Growing in Experience
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 hi there, getting a big downpour here in vic and woke up to the grass flooding essentially. I’ve got one tiny storm riser in the corner of the gras ...

Tony431
Finding My Feet
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Hi, I am looking to build a food forest on my sloped back yard (attached photo). I have a landscape designer produce a concept design for me (attach ...

lenny__
Finding My Feet
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Hi, My lawn is yellowing and patchy and I was wondering how to fix it. The patching is especially bad in the photo next to the fence and appears wors ...

Snowgum
Getting Established
5 replies

Hi, I want to lay artificial turf on top of my existing boulder wall. I’m thinking I should secure the edge rocks first but am unsure what the best wa ...

redracer01
Kind of a Big Deal
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Summer is fast approaching and one of the things I wish I built was an outdoor shower for my kids! But the idea passed by as I was too busy swimming w ...