Extreme gardening: how to beat backyard drama this summer
Gardening wasn’t meant to be complicated. Beat the extremes and bring new life to your outdoor space this summer.
Outdoors
Aldi launches insane $299 water park
Aldi is set to launch an inflatable water park – decked out with a water slide and climbing wall – just in time for summer.
Growing the perfect lawn is easier than you think
Is there anything better than a bowling green lawn that the family loves to play on and makes the neighbours jealous?
Inside Sydney’s best backyards and their crazy features
From ‘bat caves’ to Great Gatsby-esque estates, from the ultimate post-pandemic hideout to feng shui Nirvana, these are Sydney and NSW’s most amazing backyards.
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Pay them to take out your bins?
IT’S a tiresome chore that nobody likes doing, and now two blokes are offering a ‘bins to kerb’ service — assisting people to get their bins to the kerb for collection.
Seven whales beached in South Australia
AT least seven large sperm whales have beached themselves on Souths Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, where they haven’t been seen in 25 years.
Garden design takes the path less travelled
THE design of this garden in Byron Bay was a bit of an afterthought and took an unexpected and creative turn, writes ROBYN WILLIS.
Out to dinner: Dine alfresco at home
OUTDOOR cooking is no longer only about the backyard barbecue, writes CHELSEA CLARK.
Inside the world’s best building
THIS week, a big new Aussie building was named the world’s best. But is living in the world’s most sought-after pad really all it’s cracked up to be?
Growing pains: Be productive without pain
IT may seem a gentle pastime, but gardeners need to prime their bodies for spring, writes MICHELLE POUNTNEY.
Grow your own fruit and vegetables
FOOD never tastes so good as when you’ve grown and harvested it yourself, Robyn Willis writes.
Living the big easy
A SYDNEY summer is the perfect time for making the most of the great outdoors. Longer days, warm weather and, of course, summer holidays make it almost mandatory to spend plenty of time outside.
Feather your nest and attract chirpy visitors
A BUSH-INSPIRED garden will encourage chirpy visitors to your home. Follow Tony Fawcett’s tips to create a your own private escape to attract feathered friends.
Flower power: Not your garden variety show
THE smiles say it all — spring is here, the flowers are in bloom and the Australian Garden Show is about to kick off.
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