Thinking of building a tree house? Tree house building is extremely popular and is a great way to get kids involved in DIY. When it comes to how a tree house should look, there is no right or wrong answer. Some tree houses are simple, made from ...
Chillies have been part of the human diet since ancient times. They are easy to grow and are health promoting. Chilli in the diet is known to assist weight loss, improve circulation and help decrease inflammation, among other things. More ...
Solving problems is what we love best here at Handyman, and that’s why we’ve started a new video series aimed at tackling common problems you may have around the house and garden. These quick videos are designed to provide an easy ...
This week we posted a very popular article on, Growing Potatoes. Potatoes are an extremely popular vegetable due to their low price, versatility and awesome taste. As one of the world’s most important food crops, the humble spud has made its way ...
A few months ago, we wrote a blog listing the most popular handy hints and tips according to our readers and Facebook friends. These simple life hacks are great because they solve problems everyone has using common household items. Here is a ...
When preparing a strawberry for eating, you’ll want to remove the leaves and the white part (called the hull or calyx) at the top of the berry. The traditional way to hull a strawberry is with a small, sharp knife. However, this method can ...
There’s a new board on the Handyman Pinterest page called: Grow Beautiful Flowers. It features a collection of stunning blooms and tips on how to plant them. While discussing this new board, we Handyman staffers got to talking about our own ...
Have you seen our DIY YouTube tutorials? Every Wednesday we release a new DIY video that literally shows you how to get the job done. From simple and easy projects to handy home maintenance skills, these DIY videos will help you solve problems ...
Today we are celebrating PVC piping but not in the way you may think. PVC pipes are great for funnelling water about the place but they also have real value as a storage solution. To show you just how handy PVC pipng can be, we have curated this ...
Sometimes it’s the simple tips that are the best ones. The tips that solve an everyday problem that everyone has are the ones that you’ll pass on to your friends and family to help them in daily life. This tip for keeping extensions cords ...
We love backyard cabins here at Handyman magazine. They are a great way to add extra living space without having to renovate the main house, they are cost effective and are just plain cool. We like cabins so much we started a board on Pinterest ...
When people tell me their holiday stories and their glowing reviews of the resorts and the exotic scenes they have witnessed, I find it very boring. It’s the equivalent of bringing out the slideshow to end a party. But, if they speak of their ...
If you follow us on Facebook you will know that every day we post at least one handy hint. These hints range from DIY hacks to cleaning tips to storage solutions. Each day brings a new tip that will hopefully help make life around the home, ...
Today’s our first Flashback Friday. Having trawled through our archives right back to the very beginning, we found the very first Handyman cover and thought we’d share this fine piece of our history. In June 2001 we burst into newsagents and ...
For those who aren’t familiar with the ancient Japanese art of bonsai, it is the practice of training miniature trees in specialised tray-like pots to resemble their natural form on a small scale. Bonsai literally means ‘tray tree’, and it is ...
So there we were on our new hobby farm, with all the tall grass and gum tree saplings thriving on our 30-acre hill, worrying about potential bushfire. ‘Let’s get some goats,’ we heard ourselves say. They can keep the growth down and will be fun ...
Charlie Albone in his entry ‘The Time In Between’ at the Chelsea Flower Show Despite being the kiss of death when it comes to plants, I dream of creating a beautiful, lush garden that’s full of flowers, fruits and vegies. While it’s ...
If there’s one thing we know at Handyman it’s that everyone wants more storage. It doesn’t matter whether we live in a huge house or a studio apartment, we can never get enough. So in the spirit of streamlining our spaces we ...
They say you should never work with children or animals and some days I can see why. But here at Handyman we love our pets. Between us we have a horse, an alpaca, goats, sheep, chickens, cats and dogs. Sheron, our advertising director, routinely ...
What’s the fastest way to bring a bit of colour to the winter garden? Annuals! And when it comes to cheap and cheerful you can’t go past pansies. They bring beds and pots to life for little effort. You can pick up a packet of seeds ...
