Building DIY Gardening

The National Home Improvement Show.
Friday 30th September to Sunday 2 October. Earl’s Court, London, open 10am to 5pm every day.
This is a big show with a focus on saving energy – hardly surprising as energy prices have increased so much. This having the green effect as saving money is a bigger motivator than saving the [...]

ummer is a great time to do work around the house and garden, unless you want a holiday of course.
Unless your holiday is DIY… well maybe it is too hot to do much but if you feel the need for a sweaty workout try some of these. Feeling fit?
Garages and carports
Needs a lot of [...]

News here is that we adding a big new section on how to buy wholesale supplies and wholesale products for all aspects of building and construction. We think that DIY and small time and amateur builders should also benefit from cheap and low cost building supplies. Already suppliers like Wickes, B&Q and Homebase, Home Depot [...]

We have added some pages in Spanish, in a new section of the site. These are professionally translated, not auto, so we will be adding more as we go along.
Have a look at the Spanish pages now >
Consejos Auto Construcción, hágalo usted mismo, construcción de casas auto construcción, consejos para la casas, jardines y jardinería, información [...]

Today we look at biochar, which could change the way organic waste is got rid of – and also provide useful by products. When I was a child, I used to take potato and vegetable peelings to a big box for the local pigs – this was in a small English town. Nowadays of course [...]

I get asked this – hire a builder for building jobs, or try do it yourself – DIY?
Some jobs are too big for DIY because

too skilled or large scale – needs many builders to do it
needs special equipment – diggers, scaffolding, etc
needs builders professional insurance or professional sign-off – safety is most important

But most [...]

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Today had fun planting 12 sakura cherry blossom at Miami Green Condos Penang Malaysia for Earth Day. This is the ‘watering ceremony’.

The gardeners got there first and put them in, which was not the plan, but keeps people employed.
These are around the main entrance with the waterfalls, and a few other places.
See also Building DIY [...]

There is a series of talks at the British Council, Penang, Malaysia.
The Lecture Series is organized by Global Leadership Consultants in collaboration with Asian Global Business, GeorgeTown College and HELP University College. They use the British Council, Penang rooms as they share the building.
This talk on 18 March 2010 was about easy green tips [...]

Penang is a UNESCO world heritage city but has an over supply of high rise condos while many old buildings are left to rot, or even worse, turned into swift houses (or swifthouses) (where swifts are factory farmed for bird nest soup ingredients – the nest – in old buildings that no one can afford [...]