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A neighbour had tall bamboo planted along a driveway, causing no end of problems for me. Nearby garden beds were rendered unusable and concrete paths broken. I waited until they went on holidays, then killed the bamboo with a mixture of blackberry killer and used sump oil. It worked so well that...

There is a warning on the bags telling people to be careful. Always wear a mask and gloves when using bagged soil products due to the potential presence of Legionella bacteria.

Aldi has done this since they began. My local Coles introduced it 8 or so years ago because their trolleys were being left all over the suburb. The coin release stopped the trolley problem overnight.

My brother worked on an "organic farm" 30 or so years ago and caught them using some rather nasty pesticides on their produce. He dobbed them in and all that happened was he lost his job.

Plants like Frangipani and Oleander are part of this family, too. Other plants, like Euphorbia (Crown of Thorns is an example) are equally dangerous. I grow a lot of dangerous plants in my garden, no way would I get rid of them.

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Well, it will certainly kill any ants that happen to live in a woman's vagina. Boric acid is the key ingredient in Ant Killer.

The BYD recall has nothing to do with the vehicles being electric. "Due to the manufacturing process of the Column-Assist Electric Power Steering (CEPS) controller, the capacitor on the controller's circuit board in some of the vehicles covered by this recall may develop microcracks, according...

They have to close the loophole that allows the fake fine people to obtain a driver's details from the Government department responsible (Service NSW in NSW).

I purchased an EV last year. I've done around 10,000 km. So far, I only charge at home. I have a fairly large solar panel setup with a battery, so 10,000km has cost me less than $200. I've not considered a long trip with the EV, though. There are simply not enough public chargers to make this...

And the customer will end up paying more at the till. Let's stop this greenie crap, it is destroying the economy!

Why don't shoppers check the prices before putting an item in their shopping basket to avoid cash register shock?

I am very happy with my $14 7 cup K Mart rice cooker, perfect rice every time. I also have a K Mart $15 mini rice cooker that only does up to 1.5 cups. Perfect for 2 people.

A storm in a teacup.

In August we added extra solar panels plus a battery and blackout protection. Since then we have had 4 blackouts, the longest being six hours, and had our power on thanks to the battery and blackout box. We also added a heat pump hot water system. Our power bill dropped by a third from that...