Home & Garden - 17 July 2006

grasshoppers are eating the leaves on my peppers, so far the tomatoes are ok. I want to keep it that way.

2006-07-17 14:55:30 · 6 answers · asked by wwvalleybilly 1 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-17 14:54:23 · 10 answers · asked by c_a_m_2u 4 in Other - Home & Garden

my daughter wants to collect Africa things for her new African themed bedroom. Any cool ideas? Any places other than ebay I can find nice African things? Thanks

2006-07-17 14:51:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I have heard that lack of calcium can cause this, but i dont know what to put on them to add calcium.

2006-07-17 14:47:45 · 9 answers · asked by loveschocolate76 1 in Garden & Landscape

a plexiglass vase has a label and when peeled off the stickiness doesn't come off I have tried nailpolish remover and paint thinner without success.

2006-07-17 14:47:33 · 19 answers · asked by josie50_ca 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I understand that incandescent light bulbs have fluorescent equivalents. A 60W incandescent can be replaced by a fluorescent one around 13-15W. My questions is: Since you're using less than the maximum watts, can you use a 20W (and so on up) fluorescent bulb to replace the 60W incandescent one?

Or is the new fluorescent one (up to 15W) all I can replace it with?

Thx

2006-07-17 14:42:52 · 6 answers · asked by Irko Bisha 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

i have one, but it's 5500 btu. whatever that means. lol

and my house is set up so its all open with very high ceilings. (like a garage, only higher) and my kitchen and bathroom/living room is all sort of open..

now.. the air conditioner i have right now only cools off maybe a 6x7 space. thats like a damn cubicle. and all my windows are closed.. but i dont know how old it is and i changed the filter in it, and its still not working well..

and yes, i have a ceiling fan it doesnt help

can someone tell me if a bigger one like 8 or 10,000 would work better coz my walls arent insulated and i dont know if getting a bigger one would help if the heats going to come in anyway.

the dimensions of my whole house (excluding mark's room and the loft) are 35 ft x 25ft

should i just get another small one and have 2 running - i need to get the most energy efficient one there

2006-07-17 14:41:20 · 13 answers · asked by joy 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-17 14:36:41 · 5 answers · asked by Natalie J 1 in Garden & Landscape

What are the positives and negatives.... I want to get rid of my carpet but I need the cheepest route. I don't want to regret my decision though. Any advice welcomed!

2006-07-17 14:34:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-07-17 14:26:26 · 4 answers · asked by jason 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I usually keep it on all day, and I turned it off for a second, and now it doesn't blow any cold air. Is it broken?

2006-07-17 14:26:15 · 9 answers · asked by Little Hulk 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

when dealing with conduit, the O.D. must exceed the I.D. or the hole will be on the outside??

2006-07-17 14:24:29 · 4 answers · asked by jason 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

don't want laminate or any floor cleaner paid 18,000 dollears for it and I don't want to mess it up

2006-07-17 14:15:32 · 4 answers · asked by leumasnellanotgninnep 1 in Other - Home & Garden

our house is back to woods and there is a creek down below in the woods. This year the mosquitoes is worse than ever. We can't even step outside in the yard anymore.

I've tried sprays. It doesn't help much.

I heard that there are some plants that can repel mosquitoes. What are they? Do they really work? How to plant them?

I'm open to any suggestions that can help control the mosquitoes.

Thank you very much.

2006-07-17 14:14:45 · 6 answers · asked by b5gmkzl 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Buiild-up of unknown origin transfers to gfarments during ironing, but will not come off with any household product I have.

2006-07-17 14:12:38 · 5 answers · asked by joseph8638 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-17 14:10:53 · 5 answers · asked by shigatoxin 2 in Garden & Landscape

I once got a bouquet of roses and they were supposed to live for two weeks but they died in like 4 days
i got new roses so I want to keep them alive

2006-07-17 14:06:17 · 7 answers · asked by brownsuga0390 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I am in the midst of Central and Northern NY working to build a house. We have just started the well drilling process. As with everything thus far I am having bad luck. The well guy is at 180' and still no water. This praticly maximizes my well budget. What should I do, have him go deeper? Abandon the project , accept my loses and buy a house of the market. Abandon all hope. What do you think yahoo people?

2006-07-17 14:03:05 · 2 answers · asked by Todd 1 in Other - Home & Garden

has anyone used a hudson (bug, weed killer) sprayer to spray decking? If so, what is the best product to use that involves only spraying (no wiping etc.)? dm 'n socal

2006-07-17 14:02:31 · 2 answers · asked by dmart50493 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

tried shocking, tried wire brush. Looks like iron rust stains? in a few spots.

2006-07-17 14:00:37 · 8 answers · asked by T 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

how do I go about fixing my front porch, the far end(away from the house) looks like it's sinking, plus the wood is starting to rott, part of my roof overhangs above the porch and I want to replace all of the porch but I'm worried about the overhang falling and ripping out of the roof, how can I support the overhang while having enough room to work on the new porch!

2006-07-17 13:56:50 · 4 answers · asked by jmdavis333 5 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-17 13:54:59 · 16 answers · asked by zoobaby 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

Hi anyone know? My Central A/C unit keeps tripping the circuit breaker. It is very very hot today, like 98 degrees. Is it just too hot? Is there anything we can do? It tripped last night too, but we let is sit for a bit then turned it back on and it worked all night... But today stays on for a bit then (trips) shuts off. Not getting cool in here??? Help!! It's HOT

2006-07-17 13:54:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-17 13:41:59 · 3 answers · asked by jakenburt 2 in Garden & Landscape

I didn't see the plant when it was alive (dead now its winter), just a couple of dried stalks left in garden but lots of see-through skeletonlike papery lantern all over the place with flaky sort of seeds in them. A few shriveled leaves that are left look sort of fuzzy with serrated edges. Couldn't tell you if there had been any sort of fruit or berry inside the lanterns while they were still on the bush. I think it comes up every year though i didn't plant it...

2006-07-17 13:40:25 · 2 answers · asked by RaeJay 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-07-17 13:38:08 · 2 answers · asked by joran b 1 in Garden & Landscape

We have never heard of these people & we have lived in the home for over 13 yrs. These are not the previous owners. LOTS of mail from refinance companies & banks that show these people as owners. Banks don't have a clue what to do & are not helpful.

Has anyone heard of this?

2006-07-17 13:27:46 · 5 answers · asked by jginlosangles 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I'm playing a game Lemonade and when it sayz that iz 94 degrees is cloudy....Why?

2006-07-17 13:25:34 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I am moving into a dorm in August, and as strange as it sounds, I am absolutly terrified of the idea of having plan walls. Does anyone have any ideas in what I can do to make them a little... a lot less bare. I can't paint them.

So far we have come up with
pinning sheets on the walls.
placemats
bulliten boards

2006-07-17 13:23:04 · 12 answers · asked by Katie Victoria 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

how to hook up a five wire two pole clothes dryer?

2006-07-17 13:13:34 · 2 answers · asked by jason 2 in Maintenance & Repairs