Home & Garden - 13 August 2006

Please don't answer unless you have some real experience or good advice.

2006-08-13 14:42:00 · 14 answers · asked by chynna30_2000 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

Around chicken coop in yard, these seemingly harmless holes have been appearing. Not gophers, had last year with those conical mounds. Not garden snakes either. Fills with water with seemingly no bottom. Can't even guess what they could be from. No other possibilities we can think of. Maybe skunks? Digging whatever? Hell, we're buffaloed!! Any ideas out there??

2006-08-13 14:40:56 · 13 answers · asked by Mr Rufus Sniff 1 in Other - Home & Garden

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2006-08-13 14:40:36 · 4 answers · asked by Home Stages Designs 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

But I'm afraid the seeds will come alive sometime in the future when I use the compost.
I want to compost cause I hate throwing out, to the town, all the green weed vegitation that's been sucking my soil of its nutrients.

Any drawbacks to composting the weeds?
Any worries I should consider?

2006-08-13 14:40:29 · 9 answers · asked by Joe v 2 in Garden & Landscape

I was pressing a pair of white pants and didn't realize there was a fabric softener sheet in between the pant leg. When I put the iron on it, the chemical in the sheet left a stain on the pant leg. Does anyone know how to remove the stain? Thank you

2006-08-13 14:39:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a sharper image mini fridge cooler/warmer and the fan doesn't run, can anyone help me find one? I have had it replaced through sharper image and they sent back a nonworking unit. Taking into my own hands now.

2006-08-13 14:37:22 · 3 answers · asked by ~Divine Mrs. P~ 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

wants windows to be opaque...not trashy looking

2006-08-13 14:35:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I'm trying to put up a wall shelf that I bought from IKEA. I didn't realize that different walls required different types of screws. I had bought some #10 X1-1/2" flat head phillips screw at a nearby hardware store, but unfortunately, even when I drill the screw through a stud, the screws fail to hold the shelf in place. I can literally pull the screws out from the wall with my bare hand. Would using "plugs" or "mooring screws" do the job? Thanks.

2006-08-13 14:35:53 · 8 answers · asked by perfectasianguy 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Imagine 50 acres where you can do everything...

What would you do? You have about $10M, 275,000 US Gal of water per day, and you want a "garden" that grows faster but also be very pleasant!

What would you do?

If you want you can draw it and send me to my email... energy.engineer@yahoo.com!... and simply post: "I SENT YOU A DRAWING"

Tks to all...

2006-08-13 14:32:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2006-08-13 14:17:00 · 5 answers · asked by mr_resistor2003 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-08-13 14:13:38 · 1 answers · asked by Crosshair_05 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The cabinet installer says the floor should go in first, but the flooring guy says the toe kick goes in first so that he has something to attach the molding to.
Who is right?

2006-08-13 14:10:07 · 18 answers · asked by Donna Lu 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-08-13 14:09:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

and which is better to spray the soap off after or wipe it off

2006-08-13 14:08:51 · 12 answers · asked by ozcall2006 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I recently bought a house with overgrown Pampas Grass. It is so thick with previous years' growth that it is extremely difficult to cut. I have tried a machete and even a chainsaw with no luck. I would burn it, but it is right next to a electrical utility transformer. Anybody ever try anything else with success?

2006-08-13 14:08:47 · 7 answers · asked by matpatstery 1 in Garden & Landscape

I am trying to finish the walls myself and plastering and sanding is driving me crazy.

2006-08-13 14:06:47 · 11 answers · asked by mary c 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I say no way.My husband apparently does it all the time.Opinions?

2006-08-13 14:05:36 · 13 answers · asked by sunshine.today 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

Its a hibiscus but the leaves look like pot leaves! Is it illegal?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hibiscus-cannabinus-Kenaf-The-Indian-Hemp-Kind-Seeds_W0QQitemZ180013127614QQihZ008QQcategoryZ2033QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2006-08-13 14:05:30 · 19 answers · asked by Waterlily 3 in Garden & Landscape

I am SO upset- I lost my keys!

I had a carpet cleaner come over yesterday and since then I can't find my keys!

I thought maybe he took them by acciddent ( since I don't have any girlie keychains on them- I called , he said no but I can't find them anywhere!

I retraced my steps, checked eveywhere, thier gone.. I have impotant keys that can't be relplaced.

Any words of encrouagement?

2006-08-13 14:05:08 · 5 answers · asked by missmiamivice 1 in Other - Home & Garden

We have 4 stairs and I'd love to find a way for my sister who needs a wheelchair to come visit us. I don't need a permanant structure, she would come only 2 -3 times per year if we could get her up some kind of ramp.

2006-08-13 14:03:34 · 11 answers · asked by Brokn 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2006-08-13 14:02:13 · 6 answers · asked by andrea h 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I am going into eith grade and although I probably wont start my project until next spring I really would like to figure out as much as I can and start collecting things before then. Links are very much appreciated esspecially ones with pictures. Here are some of the things I am looking for:
beds (preferablly day-beds)
curtains
pillows
area rugs!!!!!
lamps
color sceams
orginazation ideas
stuff at VERY affordable prices
people with experince and addvice
oh........and lots and lots of ideas


If you have any other theams with the same sort-of......can't believe i am about to say this........vibe, please let me know.



BTW.......i am doing this my self..with a small amout of help from mom an dad...*sigh*

2006-08-13 14:00:15 · 8 answers · asked by Hannah R. 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have bought a brand new dining room table and chairs, but the two end chairs with the armrests are about an inch and a half too high to slide underneath the table. I have seen a lot of different types of furniture lifts and caster, but they are either too big or poor quality. I need something that is about 1 1/2" in diameter and 1 1/2" high. It needs to be something that the table legs cannot slip off. Does anyone have any ideas?

2006-08-13 14:00:04 · 7 answers · asked by mullinsbrendan 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

just bought a new computer and I want to put the the lamp that was on the old monitor on the shelf above the new monitor and the lamp holder is velcro'd on it, the lamp slides out of this and I would like to get it off without breaking it any suggestions would be greatly appreciating it.

2006-08-13 13:59:32 · 2 answers · asked by rizzzo1945 2 in Other - Home & Garden

what state has the best buddah?

2006-08-13 13:57:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2006-08-13 13:57:34 · 5 answers · asked by me 5 in Other - Home & Garden

any home ideas that clean jewelery good

2006-08-13 13:56:28 · 15 answers · asked by Ashely 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-08-13 13:53:21 · 4 answers · asked by eagle_eyes 2 in Garden & Landscape

2006-08-13 13:43:39 · 1 answers · asked by LC 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My walls are a muted yellow with white woodwork and my desk is medium oak.

2006-08-13 13:36:39 · 6 answers · asked by mimitnt262 1 in Decorating & Remodeling