GLAM UP THE OLD PLAYGROUND

CHARLIE ALBONE

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FENCE FIX-UPS

Your fence is a backdrop for everything else you put in the garden, and a coat of paint can help set the scene perfectly. Dark colours make the plants in front of them really stand out. Give an old timber fence a clean with a pressure washer first. Or, if your old fence is past it, consider a new Colorbond steel fence (colorbond.com), which comes coated with the colour so you won’t need to repaint.

For you to note

Check your local council regulations for restrictions on the size and placement of retaining walls.

PROJECT LOW RETAINING WALL

Gather your supplies

200 x 75mm x 2.4m treated pine sleepers

Concrete mix

150mm landscape screws

20mm blue metal

River sand

Turf underlay

You’ll also need

Shovel; wheelbarrow;