Home & Garden - 29 July 2006

And are they dangerous?
I have a plant and on it was a strange looking fly, I could have sworn it was a mosquito.

2006-07-29 10:45:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

The main reason I'm asking this question is because I've noticed a lot of new homes don't have T&G wood flooring anymore and they have fiberglass tubes instead of ceramic tile tub surrounds. Another thing is that disgust me is that the only trim they use is 4" baseboard. What ever happened to crown molding and wainscotting?

2006-07-29 10:44:46 · 9 answers · asked by Freddie 1 in Other - Home & Garden

i realy need help

2006-07-29 10:40:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-07-29 10:38:56 · 6 answers · asked by emef 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

can i use silicone caulk to attach tile to walls that wont be wet, instead of thinset? how about something like liquid nails? seems to me it would work as it won't be walked on or get wet. and then grout as usual.

2006-07-29 10:37:45 · 8 answers · asked by Robert R 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-29 10:34:05 · 8 answers · asked by come on l 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-07-29 10:28:40 · 11 answers · asked by LaTerria D 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I have had my lawn sprayed and I have watered in granuals to get rid of cranefly in my yard,but they keep coming back and causing big brown spots.What can I do?

2006-07-29 10:28:25 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-29 10:27:43 · 1 answers · asked by crissangel20064 1 in Other - Home & Garden

They look like giant wasps, they burrow in the ground and lay eggs then they put Cicadia in the burrows for the larve to feed on. I have about 10 burrows in my yard and don't know how to get rid of them.

2006-07-29 10:25:23 · 3 answers · asked by jg462 1 in Other - Home & Garden

It seems that the postal service will be sending even MORE junk mail an advertisements through our letter boxes in the future.
I normally put most of it in the paper recycle. Any ideas how to STOP it in the first place, or what to do with it, more worrying is it often has my address on it, so this can leave one open to fraud???

2006-07-29 10:24:46 · 16 answers · asked by SUPER-GLITCH 6 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-29 10:23:15 · 10 answers · asked by Helen G 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I wasn't thinking when I planted my peppers and I mixed up my de arbol pepper seeds with my banana pepper seeds. I was just pickling the first batch of banana peppers when my fingertips(hangnails) started burning and I couldn't hardly breathe......it was a de arbol. HOW CAN I TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PLANTS?????

2006-07-29 10:23:07 · 3 answers · asked by Ray Be 2 in Garden & Landscape

Freezer broke down, meat thawed, juices drained into into drip pan under the fridge. Unfortunately it is not very accessible, nor removeable so I cannot clean it out, nor dump it out, but I can access it to get to put some chemicals into the pan. Has anyone tried anything???

2006-07-29 10:20:47 · 13 answers · asked by GA 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Does it work well? Would you recommend using it to put pictures on? How much does it usually hold? etc...Thanks!

2006-07-29 10:20:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

i plan to bulid a chalet bungalow on waste land and the upper floor will be able to see into peoples gardens/houses.
can i build it and not bother of will i have to frost the glass of my windows or get some big trees?

2006-07-29 10:18:44 · 10 answers · asked by sparky 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I'm trying to follow the feng shui trend of making my bed face east. I know east is to the right, but I don't know how to figure that out in my room. Which way would be East. I'm confused cause the east depends on which side of my room i'm at.

2006-07-29 10:13:59 · 42 answers · asked by JP 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Why is that not true about bulb plants, such as tulips and daffodils?

2006-07-29 10:13:16 · 8 answers · asked by Lakshmi's purse 1 in Garden & Landscape

They keep rebuilding in the same area after the nest has been destroyed.

2006-07-29 10:12:52 · 2 answers · asked by miramira 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I turned up the watering on my squash plants to 10 minutes a day before leaving on vacation for two weeks. When I came back they all had a powdery looking mildew and the leaves were yellowing and one had died completely. I cut back the water to five minutes a day and there now seems to be some green healthy leaves growing. Would it help anything to prune off the leaves that are yellow and with the powdery mildew still on there? Any other recommendations at this point?

2006-07-29 10:04:34 · 3 answers · asked by HomeSweetSiliconValley 4 in Garden & Landscape

This tree was 90% on my property and 10% on his. It was uprooted in a storm and is on his property and the vacant property next to him. Just the root base along with my broken concrete patio is in my yard. My insurance says it is his responsibility to clean it up. I offered to go in with him using this guy that was helping our other neighbor, and he didn't really respond. Is it wrong for me to have someone just come and cut the tree at the property line, fix my fence and let him deal with the rest? I don't wanna be a jerk but I don't have much choice.

2006-07-29 10:02:07 · 12 answers · asked by kustramo 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

i'm currently painting my living room right now. i read on many home improvement websites that to paint double-hung windows you are supposed to first move the outter or top half of the window down and the bottom or inside half up. the trouble is that these windows are old and the top sash (half) of the window won't move down. the bottom one moves up and down fine however. can anyone tell me how i can unstick the top half of the window so i can move it down?? thanks!!

2006-07-29 09:59:49 · 3 answers · asked by stitchfan85 6 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-29 09:48:51 · 13 answers · asked by molly 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-07-29 09:42:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a spider plant that is getting pretty dried out from the heat.

2006-07-29 09:39:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anton 3 in Garden & Landscape

This is one I have had since before I started keeping the tags. The white flowers are just about to open, and they are on top of very strong stalks. Leaves are broadly ovate and they sit up strongly. I have a vague memory of the name being very plain, since it is not one of the newer sports.

2006-07-29 09:36:16 · 5 answers · asked by heylady 2 in Garden & Landscape

I took some wainscotting off of the wall and rather than scrape away the adhesive (there is a lot!), I'd like to put a 1/4 inch sheet of drywall over it. I would like to do the work myself, but I've never done it before. Could someone please tell me what materials I will need for this task, and the best way to go about it? Thanks.

2006-07-29 09:36:03 · 4 answers · asked by HoneyB 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-07-29 09:35:52 · 9 answers · asked by Jane D 1 in Garden & Landscape

is there something i can hang in the closet to keep them out of my hanging clothes?

2006-07-29 09:34:05 · 10 answers · asked by anne 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

Black Bugs, long and kinda flat with pinchers on their butt-ends. Only about an inch long and shorter, die not long after they get inside my house. I keep a clean house, yet these things are constatnly getting in somehow. I want to know what they are and how to kep them out side and not inside.

2006-07-29 09:31:36 · 2 answers · asked by Mimmy F 1 in Other - Home & Garden