Looks great. How did you manage to get such a large area so leveled? We did our back yard, about 100sqm and there are so many dips and slopes.…

hi Lex,
My pergola will be 6.5m x 4m, therefore my rafters will be 4m continuous span. My post is 100x100 cypress pine and there will be 3 post to support…

Deb, your pergola looks awesome!! I was thinking of doing the same thing but with hardwood battens. I wanted to know whether you still get sufficient light underneath? I was…

One side of the pergola will be attached to the house

You have a very good point. Do you have any advice on how to go about getting the posts to be straight and in line with one another? Should I…

Chippy, why do you think its not good to have the post concreted directly into the ground? Would putting the post on stirrups and concreting the stirrups to the ground…

Wow did you build your merbau deck for only $1k? Are you sure? Just merbau alone would cost that much, then you have to add in the pine for bearers/joist,…

Thanks Fu!
How about the first question about the water and the molasses?

Ok now that I've had a moment to read the post a few times, I'm starting to understand There are a few questions I have…

Fu, I need to read your response again to fully understand what I need to do! Thank you so much.
The leaves on the tree have ALL turned brown and fallen…

hrmz, no i didnt follow that instruction, I only ferterlised the planting hole! oh no, what have i done?!!
The tree is actually planted in the middle of our new…

No I dont think I saw any bugs when I was having a close look at the leaves. Not too sure about the branchs, I thought that was normal. But…

No it doesnt look good at all!
I hope its just being deciduous and just having its leaves falling. That would be heaps better than it dying!!

Hi Fu and everyone else,
About two weeks ago we bought a quite established weeping cherry for our front garden. It stayed in the pot for another week while we prepare…

Thanks everyone for your suggestion. kek, those nandinas are very pretty. But I must say, the 'little john' azalea which Felistopher is more my type. I love that its quite…

Thanks felistopher, some good recs there. I have seen alot of red flex in peoples front yard, and you are right, alot of them tend to overgrow and take over…

Oh sorry I should have abit more info. The garden bed is about 3m long by 0.8m wide. I don't want anything too tall as I don't want the plant…

Hi everyone,
I'm in the process of planning my front landscape and there are a few plants which I want. However, I'm abit stumped at the moment about what to put…

Sierra,
Can you please let me know which building surveyor company you went with for your permit, and what the price was? Thanks mate.

I'm planning on building my pergola myself in timber. The area will be around 6mx5m and materials will cost me around $1k, so not too bad.

We built our deck DIY and it was around 17m2 for around $2k. The materials are quiet expensive, and alot of labour involved. I'm not surprise that it would cost…

How big are your post? I dont think they are big enough to hold all that weight.

Hey guys,
@kb46, you've got a good point there. Maybe I will try our local garden places to see what type of sculptures they have.
Oh and here are pictures of the…

That sounds like a really cool chic thing to do, but probably not what i'm after. I think it would look a little too messy for what I'm after. But…

Hey guys thanks for all the great suggestion!
creepy willy?! I quite like the 'willy willy' sculpture! I wonder how much it cost?

@tjilpi, I'm in Melbourne. I might have to call those tafe places and ask. I just hate the thought of contacting people I know it…

Def not a fishtank, too much work for its worth. I used to have one, all the fishes died because I got too lazy to clean out their tanks, and…

Oh yea Joles, good idea. I normally think sculpture = expensive! How much do you think it would cost for student sculptures as I dont want to spend hundreds upon…

Thanks guys for the suggestion. Hrmz, not sure about the artwork on the wall. I think if i put artwork on the wall, it wouldnt make much of an impact…

Anyone have any suggestions?! Please, I'm really struggling here.