Have you ever put your wheelie bin outside, only to find its contents have been blown halfway down the road by the wind? If this sounds familiar, then let me help. Wheelie bins typically easily get blown over during storms. To prevent this, you’ll need to secure them tightly in windy weather… but how do…

Over the last few years, I’ve made lots of changes to our home including extensions, new patio, and backyard work. I’ve had to run various wires for lighting and exterior wall electrical point so have managed to come up with different ways in which to exposed electrical wires outside. Here there all are to help…

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…