Rachael Gavin

1 week ago | honey.nine.com.au | Rachael Gavin

There are a lot of cleaning tasks that can't get done without the right tools. While there are plenty of gadgets, brushes and sponges you can buy, the best is one you've already paid for and it can be reused to tackle so many things. That item is the humble toothbrush, which you should be replacing every three months anyway and when you do set aside for any or all of the jobs listed below. READ MORE:Planting a bulb lasagna now means beautiful blooms all spring1.

1 week ago | honey.nine.com.au | Rachael Gavin

Spring bulbs are traditionally planted close together in groups of the one variety in pots or mass garden bed displays. But in recent years, a particular type of container arrangement with a fun name has become a huge trend in the gardening community, promising a longer blooming season and a pot full of different colours and shapes of flowers. That bulb planting display is known as as a 'bulb lasagna' thanks to the layers in the pot, much like the dish of the same name. Watch the video above.

2 weeks ago | honey.nine.com.au | Rachael Gavin

A Melbourne pooch has had a narrow escape after ingesting a common gardening product that is highly toxic to dogs. Mr Boof had escaped from a side gate and found the strong-smelling fertiliser Blood and Bone. After his snack on the gardening staple, the three-year-old Maltese terrier soon showed signs of being dangerously ill. READ MORE:The one way dogs can't eat popular breakfast item"Mr Boof vomited something which looked like grey or black rubbish,'' his owner Mark said.

2 weeks ago | honey.nine.com.au | Rachael Gavin

A dryer duct cleaner has uncovered the likely reason a client's machine was taking so long to dry clothes. The technician filmed the cleaning process and shared it on the Lint Away Duct Cleaning TikTok account. In the video, which has been watched by 6.3 million people in just three days, the man reaches into the dryer and removes the cover of an internal lint filter. Watch the video above.

2 weeks ago | honey.nine.com.au | Rachael Gavin

Easter this year was already going to be a stretch for most budgets with the ongoing cost of living crisis, but the spike in chocolate prices has made it tougher to celebrate. Much of the increasing cost of chocolate has to do with the global cocoa shortage and increasing supply chain and production costs. But as we inch closer to Easter Sunday retailers are starting to put their Easter eggs and bunnies on sale, including The Reject Shop which has announced a price drop.