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Design & build: Episode five
The Block NZ 2012 winner Ben Crawford and his girlfriend Kylie are building their dream home. Share their proud moments and pitfalls every week. Read more here.
Green cloak can be put to work
Throw in longer days, warmer temperatures and regular rain, stir up the soil and you have the perfect recipe for a weed explosion. Fortunately, weeds come with benefits. If you're pulling out your hair and reaching for expensive herbicides, think again. I
Design & build: Episode four
The Block NZ 2012 winner Ben Crawford and his girlfriend Kylie are building their dream home. Share their proud moments and pitfalls every week. Read more here.
Smallest house in the world?
A tiny house where residents have to climb on the kitchen units to reach a mezzanine bed is on the market in London.
Design & build: Finding our builders
The easiest job we've had so far in our construction journey has been choosing the builders who will bring our dream home to life for us.
Magnolias herald spring's arrival
When I arrived back in Auckland, the difference in temperature to Wellington was blatantly apparent.
Design & build: Episode three
The Block NZ 2012 winner Ben Crawford and his girlfriend Kylie are building their dream home. Share their proud moments and pitfalls every week. Read more here.
A living room in your backyard
Make use of your outdoor space for entertaining, Carol Bucknell writes.
Design & build: Episode two
The Block NZ 2012 winner Ben Crawford and his girlfriend Kylie are building their dream home. Share their proud moments and pitfalls every week. Read more here.
It's dirty work on The Block
Contestants on the new series of The Block NZ are getting more filthy, frustrated and exhausted than ever before - and they've done only one room.
Design: Show us the money
Approaching a bank for finance can be daunting, but just go for it.
Design & build: Chasing a dream
The Block NZ 2012 winner Ben Crawford and his girlfriend Kylie are building their dream home. Share their proud moments and pitfalls here every week.
Design & build: Episode one
The Block NZ 2012 winner Ben Crawford and his girlfriend Kylie are building their dream home. Share their proud moments and pitfalls every week. Read more here.
A larder for all creatures
A food forest is an orchard the way nature intended. Humans get the benefit of fruit, nuts, herbs, fibre (and sometimes firewood) and wildlife get a home.