Category: Backyard

If you enjoy feeding the birds as much as I do, you’ve probably wondered where you can find mealworms in your backyard. Sure, it’s easy to buy them from stores, but can you find them in your yard?  Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of information about where to find mealworms outside. Thankfully,…

Whilst transformer boxes are an essential part of your home’s electricity workings, they sure can look ugly in your yard. A beautifully landscaped backyard can be ruined by unsightly wires, outlets, and appliances connected to the electrical grid.  In this guide I will give you my best ideas for hiding a transformer box in your…

Last year we had an extension built onto the back of our house. The builders dug some very deep holes in the backyard. This naturally led on to my son wanting to know if we could dig an underground bunker! Being a big kid myself, this appealed to me, but meant I just had to…

Racoons can cause a lot of issues in backyards. As well as attempting to get into the trash, it’s the poop I can’t stand. A few years ago, I had huge racoon problem with them pooping in my yard. After trying a range of deterrents, I found an effective strategy to deter racoons pooping in…

As you prepare for the winter thoughts will soon turn to fuel, and that could mean needing to buy some firewood. However, if you are new to firewood heating you might be confused by the various terminology in use. For example, do you buy a rick or a cord firewood, and what’s the difference between…

Our house backs onto some woods which are home to a family of squirrels. Whilst I love seeing them run along the fence and playing, what I can’t stand is when the squirrels dig in my garden. Once our cat passed away the situation got worse as they no longer had any fear so would…