Pottering
The Age
Wednesday November 10, 1999
. Television personality John Jarratt will augment your home improvement skills in 450 Things a Bloke Ought to Know How to Build, Do & Fix. Covering such tasks as how to make a moveable chicken coop or a reflector scarecrow from broken mirrors, it's compulsory reading for every budding home handyman. Published by Harper Collins, it retails for $24.95.
. Helen McKerral shows how to achieve fantastic results in your garden on a minimal budget in Gardening on a Shoestring. The practical guide reveals bargain hunting tips, how to design a money-saving garden, how to recycle resources and how to make fertilisers. Designed to suit both amateur and accomplished gardeners, it retails for $19.95 and is published by Hyland House.
. A love of gardening has led Allan Seale to a career in the Australian gardening media. Seale has also written more than 20 gardening books covering a range of issues.
In his latest, New Life for Old Gardens (published by New Holland, RRP $29.95), Seale provides tips on how to rejuvenate old gardens. The book is available from 15 November.
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