Author - bms

Introducing the HardieDeck™ system – The New Breed in Decking.
Whether it’s relaxing or entertaining, the Australian climate is perfect for outdoor living. On the other hand, the harsh sun can be punishing on timber decks. Regular staining and knocking nails back down can be the bane of the timber deck owner’s existence.

HardieDeck™ was bred to minimise the hard work and maximise leisure time.
This is a durable new breed of decking, made from the same stuff used in building projects throughout the world. A secure fixing system makes for a solid deck while being smooth underfoot, with no splinters or nails to get in your way.

Give an old deck a new life, or use it to create a brand new outdoor room, pool surround, balcony, sundeck, boardwalk, even a standout entrance for your home.
Its distinctive broad architectural profile turns heads and makes it a stunning addition to modern or traditional homes alike.

The HardieDeck™ system is low maintenance and ‘low worry’, so you can enjoy a great looking deck, without the usual hard work. HardieDeck doesn’t require the regular staining or oiling that timber does. Instead it’s coated in durable paving paints and sealers normally used for driveways, paths and patios. There are no nails to hammer back down because the screws are hidden under the clever Fast-track fixing system.

HardieDeck™ system provides a highly durable low maintenance deck, with a modern contemporary appearance.

It combines specially machined 19mm thick fibre cement decking boards with a specifically designed aluminium fast track system that provides the concealed fastening mechanism. The jointing system consists of an anodised aluminium base jointer which is screwed to the framing joists, and a powder coated snap in cover which covers the screw heads and provides a continuous contrasting line between the decking boards after the boards have been painted.
This system has three components:

• HardieDeck™ Boards – fibre cement boards machined for the fixing system
• Fast-tack fixing system – comprising of a Double Winged Base Jointer and HardieDeck Snap-in Top Strip
• Coating – HardieDeck can either be coated in a durable paving paint allowing colour choice or in a penetrating clear sealer.

HardieDeck is tough and hard wearing – fire, rot, water and termite resistant, backed by a 10 year warranty ensuring you’ll enjoy the outdoors for many years to come

Now is the time to prevent the prickles!

Cast your mind back to last summer. When you, your kids or pets walked on your lawn did their feet and paws get spiked with bindiis? Or did the bottom of your thongs get covered in prickles?!
If that sounds like your place, then June is the time to start controlling bindii, while the plants are still young and before they have had a chance to flower and develop their nasty prickles.

For couch and kikuyu lawns

If you have a large couch or kikuyu lawn, then a quick hose-on application of Yates Weed N Feed will kill bindii. A 2 L pack will treat 130 m2 and the 4 L pack will treat a massive 260 m2 of lawn. You can also dilute Yates Bindii & Clover Killer concentrate in a watering can or sprayer, which is handy when treating small lawn areas or patches of weeds.

For buffalo lawns

It’s important to choose a buffalo safe weed killer as buffalo can be sensitive to some weed killers.
So become a prickle buster and be proactive with bindii control this year and stop the prickles from growing in the first place!

Growing Vegetables

Your own homegrown vegetables taste much better and are fresher than any that you buy in the shops. Fruiting vegetables, like beans, tomatoes, capsicum and sweet corn, have the best flavour if they’re eaten as quickly as possible after harvest; leafy vegetables, such as lettuce, lose water and rapidly become limp, and all vegetables are more nutritious if they are consumed when as fresh as possible.

Cool Season Vegetables: Grow best when temperatures are between 10-20 degrees C or even lower. They include: broad beans, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, onions, peas, spinach and turnips