Cheap and good trees from tass1trees in swan valley. He has loads of varieties, too, so I can't help you choose, although he knows what he's talking about so should…

agapanthus horrible beasties.
Don't know where you are but there are some lovely WA plants that would suit your grassy creek bed and blend …

You need to till the compost and additives in at least 30cm. Why not dig the trenches afterwards? It will be a lot easier once it's tilled.

Small black grasses may be mondo grass.
There's an evergreen ash that would look a bit like the pears. Otherwise if you want something weeping how about the wa peppermint tree…

Your dog likes having his/her photo taken, doesn't he!
You could go for plants that kind of have that oasis/wetland feel to them but are a bit more local. Melaleuca, agonis...…

grevilleas I am convinced there's one in every size for every spot and they flower and flower and flower

watered the decking to get it settled? really?? sounds a bit strange to me.
I wonder if the marks are mould helped by all that water.
We were told to scrub our…

Make sure you time your shiny new rotators to see how long it takes to deliver 10mm (fill a plastic lid from one of those brekky fruit containers, recommends Fu).…

Whereabouts are you? I have a huge pile of sand you're welcome to
Clean fill is just sand that doesn't contain any rubbish, bricks, branches etc.…

There's a lovely native violet you could look into.

I have two correa dusky bells as well I want them as a formal style round bush rather than a hedge. I'm finding they're…

My w. fruticosa hedge is developing nicely I give it a haircut once every couple of months to bush it out. It's not a hedge…

Here's some I picked from water corp as some of the more common and possibly suitable things:

- has a very strong sweet smell when in flower. You might want…

Have you read the stickies at the top of this forum? There's lots there concerning soil prep, in the getting started and turf threads.

There's always the turn-up-at-Zanthorrea (-and-bring-your-credit-card) approach
There's a grevillea for just about every requirement.
There must be some acacias that are about right too and…

niiiiice.
A great reminder of 'different strokes for different folks' - we don't have to have a thing exactly the same as everyone else just because…

Ooh, something else important.
Step 1: hire bobcat to level entire block to right height. I regret not doing this every time I move out yet another wheelbarrow of sand,…

You have a lot of info there
We made similar, did the foundations ourselves but got bricklayer and renderer to do it professionally.
1) You're way over…

Actually I think I have too much water pressure... going to have a play around with them and a look at the pressure reducing valve thingy on the weekend. On…

Even though I love me some EZ, in your case I would lay buffalo as well as sow buffalo and have it blend in. It will just look funny otherwise.…

The water corp has a great list of native plants. http://www.watercorporation.com.au/W/waterwise_plants.cfm?uid=1267-6597-2997-2837
I've used Grevillea pink surprise along a fence line, it's about the right size and flowers constantly. If in WA…

Tuesday, finally finished the retic by adding dripline, burying poly, and adding flush valve to the last garden bed
Then left Mum to…

What about a woolybush or grevillea? I grew grevillea (pink surprise I think) down a fence once and it shot up and flowered all year on no maintenance at all.

I am not quite a complete beginner any more when it comes to reticulation but not far off
We have 3 areas of lawn…

Agreed! And to you too topiarius! Hip, hip, hooray!
Happy Christmas and new year, all.
From a homeone garden forum addict

Does the breaking up into cycles still apply if you have MP rotators with their much slower watering rate? And how much slower are they expected to be? Parts of…

Great offer, wish you were in Perth I need about 5 rolls for a missing bit.

You could use the pavers as a border for a circle of compacted granite dust or similar.

Mine contains some $15 galvo shelf units from Bunnings and an ancient bookshelf that I think came from an opshop. Doesn't have to look pretty

*crickets*
what did you want to calculate? Volume? area? how deep it should be? mostly it's simple but tedious plain 'ol maths...