Home & Garden - 19 June 2006

Does anyone know what kind of creature i found in my garden? It is about 8 inches long. It is almost as skinny as a thread. It does not appear to have legs. It moves in a weird way. Thanks.

2006-06-19 05:21:24 · 8 answers · asked by human34 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-06-19 05:13:26 · 8 answers · asked by countrygirl39 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-06-19 05:09:01 · 4 answers · asked by mattheweamer 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-06-19 05:02:34 · 1 answers · asked by Jessica D 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Especially in the corners of my shower, there is brown mildewy stuff...help!

2006-06-19 05:00:55 · 22 answers · asked by Penguin Gal 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-06-19 04:56:26 · 7 answers · asked by chadster 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-06-19 04:54:11 · 7 answers · asked by Lizabeth 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

My countertops are 20 years old, in excellent condition, but are poris in some areas. I use bleach and water to clean them, but I'm looking for a good commercial cleaner. They are a light almond color. Any suggestions?

2006-06-19 04:50:56 · 9 answers · asked by Nunya B 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-06-19 04:48:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-06-19 04:41:13 · 2 answers · asked by rut257 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

This is a normal home with with moderat sized yard in housing community. I just need them to cut my lawn every two weeks and help maintain little bit of flowers.

2006-06-19 04:41:03 · 3 answers · asked by Miss Need 2 Know 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-06-19 04:38:36 · 8 answers · asked by keith100_adams 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

What can I do? I bought the most expensive Softener on the market and still my Towels are Rough! Help!

2006-06-19 04:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by julia4evert 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

Just had survey back and it says it's "probably" due to poor workmanship and we may wish to get it levelled at some point! Wow great help. Hubby noticed the floor sloping when we viewed the house so we specifically asked the surveyor to look at this as a matter of concern - you can see his reply was not exactly informative - just what my husband already knew! Hubby is a carpenter and says it's a big worry if the lounge ceiling below needs lifting up. Are we letting ourselves in for a lot of work even if we get the vendors to drop the purchase price do we really want this upheaval in a new house?? I thought we were all sorted and moving towards a moving date!!!

2006-06-19 04:32:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I live in Tennessee. Last night a large flying insect came in my house. It was about 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. Brown in color. Has 6 legs. A long thick body with long brown wings that go slightly past the body. It had pichers on its mouth area and long knotted antennas. I have lived in Tennessee all my life and I have never seen anything like this before. Are there any web sites that I can visit to possibly identify this insect. Or if anyone possibly knows what this may be please let me know

2006-06-19 04:30:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-06-19 04:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by legs 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I planted potatos for the first time this year. How do you determine when the potatos are ripe and ready to be eaten?

2006-06-19 04:25:54 · 10 answers · asked by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 in Garden & Landscape

Hi, I've just started a job for a painting firm who do up peoples houses. I've only been there for a few days so im on the supplies duty and have to go and get the paint and tools needed for each job. We are doing a house up north at the moment and the guy is a huge Newcastle fan and wants his kids room to be painted black and white stripes as a shrine to Newcastles toon army.

My boss has told me i need to get black and white striped paint for the walls but i cant get any anywhere. I dont want to ask my boss or collegues where to get it from as i dont want to come across as stupid and incompetant. If i cant even find the right paint on my own i doubt they will keep me on. I've trawled through the internet and hardware stores but no one seems to have it. There must be somewhere i can get it. i need it for the weekend.

To make it worse i've told my boss i've ordered it and its being delivered, if i dont find somewhere soon hes gonna know i've lied and sack me. PLEASE HELP!

2006-06-19 04:24:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I don't want the deck attached to the house.

2006-06-19 04:18:30 · 6 answers · asked by Tigerladytwo 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

specifically, wedges for the frame install, closures for the cavity, straps to secure the door frame to the timber frame.? How to use all these different supplementary pieces.?

2006-06-19 04:12:44 · 0 answers · asked by MICHAEL P 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I wrote before that I wanted to remove everything plastic from my house. What I should have said is that I want to remove as much plastic as possible. I no longer have a TV, radio, CD/MD/Casette player. I would say I have about 5% of plastic in the house now. My computer has plastic, but overall it is made of a thin metal covering, expensive, but I'm on a mission. Also, when I shop, I bring my own bag and remove all plastic containers at the shop, which has a recycle bin for those things, so I come home with zero plastic. Wood, glass etc are eco-friendly. Plastic isn't.

2006-06-19 04:05:49 · 8 answers · asked by Ya-sai 7 in Other - Home & Garden

I hate gardening. I want a product that will kill weeds, ALL WEEDS! They are all over the perimeter of my garden. I have no small children or any animals.

2006-06-19 04:03:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

After living at the residence for 42 yrs we are told we cannot park our cars on the footpath outside our home. We have a concrete walkway on the footpath plenty of room on the footpath for both cars and people to walk, ride, push prams, etc. We maintain our footpath both walkway and where we parked the cars access is available at all times. We are told to park car on road outside residence. My sisters car was hit we live close to a T junction alot of fast cars and the road is quite busy and isnt a wide road very dangerous. On the footpath my Chihuahua's both 7months can leave my car ang go straight to the gate, I have to carry both of them from the car when my vehicle is parked on the road not a good option very dangerous for my Chihuahua's, me and my car. I live in Darwin Australia does anyone have this problem? I would prefer all neighbours to talk to people in the street if they have any problems to sort it out in a neighbouring behaviour where we can meet and talk. Agreeable.

2006-06-19 04:02:08 · 4 answers · asked by Kirratan_(Tanya) 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-06-19 03:58:59 · 2 answers · asked by Adrienne B 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

My 3 year old son has gotten into the habit of locking bedroom doors. Thankfully he has not yet locked himself into a room. I am searching for a tool that will unlock the doors (they have the type of lock that you turn) but would like to avoid replacing all of the door knobs. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

2006-06-19 03:55:45 · 6 answers · asked by Jen 2 in Other - Home & Garden

This spot was caused by the bottom of a ceramic soap dish so I'm not sure if it would be called a calcium deposit or not. Anyway it left a white circle on my counter top. Can you tell me how to fix it?

2006-06-19 03:54:26 · 5 answers · asked by angelspjb@sbcglobal.net 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-06-19 03:50:17 · 6 answers · asked by Betty C 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-06-19 03:50:06 · 2 answers · asked by bbroadway 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Where can I get instructions?

2006-06-19 03:46:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-06-19 03:45:54 · 5 answers · asked by drlowens 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)