Home & Garden - 25 August 2006

I get about 5 hours of direct morning sun in the dry shade spot I want to plant my fountain grass. Its near a huge mature oak tree that sucks the water out or a lot of my back yard, but still manages to let boxwoods grow about 7 feet from its truck. I plan on planting my fountain grass about 10 feet away from the same trunk. Also, will the grasses multiply every year? So should I not bunch them too closely when I plant?

2006-08-25 06:43:35 · 4 answers · asked by Madison515 1 in Garden & Landscape

I just bought a house and am going to be moving into it in a month. Problem is my lease isn't up till December. I can't afford to pay both my lease and my mortgage, and it's really hard to get out of a lease while still getting to keep the security deposit. So I need a good reason to break the lease, so my landlord won't have a problem with it and will still give me my security back. Can someone please give me a really good excuse, cause i can't seem to come up with one. Thank you all who respond to this!

2006-08-25 06:40:22 · 5 answers · asked by sexymama421 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-25 06:37:42 · 8 answers · asked by pickme 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have 2 cats and 1 small dog and 2 children. So we get the pet stains, and the kids with their markers or glitter glue stuff. We made the mistake of getting a very light colored carpet and it shows everything!

2006-08-25 06:35:10 · 8 answers · asked by Peachz 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

the profit from your house when you buy a cheaper property.
EG.. say you made 20thousand, do you have to declare it, and to whom.....

2006-08-25 06:27:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

i want the same patern of my wallpaper onto fabric so ias i can make cushion covers

2006-08-25 06:16:36 · 6 answers · asked by tinkerbell 7 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-08-25 06:16:00 · 5 answers · asked by wanderinglife 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I bought some wax stripper and put on it and it won't even attempt to get it off. Does anyone know of anything I could use to get it off. Thank you

2006-08-25 06:14:32 · 3 answers · asked by bettys1950 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-25 06:07:07 · 2 answers · asked by mothner 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-25 06:06:12 · 3 answers · asked by sickofit 1 in Other - Home & Garden

the people in my house before me painted a room salmon pink "yuck" i want to paint it yellow how many coats of primer? how many coats of paint ..im new at this

2006-08-25 06:03:45 · 14 answers · asked by aquaris01975 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

You know, you hear about houses with southern exposure being the best (I think)--what do I have? I would guess "western" since my front yard faces the west but don't really understand the terminology.

2006-08-25 05:58:19 · 6 answers · asked by Kim S 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Mine are spring and fall.

2006-08-25 05:56:18 · 20 answers · asked by couchP56 6 in Garden & Landscape

Our composite decking was horribly stained from dirt and muddy paws. Cleaning still left blotches so we stained it. It looked great for a week, then started to get dirty again. This time when we cleaned it (with an approved oxy-type deck cleaner) the stain faded, too. Should we stain and seal? Darn you, composite decking! You are not as maintanence-free as promised.

2006-08-25 05:54:47 · 6 answers · asked by HD 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

how much does it cost to be able to shop at DIRECT BUY?

2006-08-25 05:53:59 · 4 answers · asked by coskramer1969 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-08-25 05:52:33 · 7 answers · asked by SmokeyJo 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Our soil has a kind of red clay in it that seems almost impossible to get out (Northern California). My kids (ages 3 and under) play outside and stain their clothes in the dirt. I've tried spray-n-wash, tide with bleach alternative, and oxy-clean.

2006-08-25 05:50:44 · 5 answers · asked by ugly frog 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have an old Dyson which until today worked great... today it lost it's suction. what could be the reasons for this? and any ideas on how to fix?

2006-08-25 05:49:05 · 18 answers · asked by sofiarose 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

I moved in to a 3 bed property of the councils after waiting 6 months in a emergency accomadation. I collected the keys straight off some one from maintenance department who had been fitting in central heating. No one else came to inspect the house and a old lady had lived there for over 20 years before me which you can tell. Everyroom badly needs decorating, a lot of the walls have holes and cracks in the skirting boards are damaged thes left over screws and nails still sticking out all over the place and any that have been removed have just left a very noticeable hole behind and when you touch it it just crumbles away creating a bigger hole. The interior doors upstairs are all odd with holes and dents in them. I stripped the living room, re-wallpapered it then had to paint it all basically usig up all spare cash I had to make it look liveable. A month later thes damp on my walls now theyve had to put damp proof in destroying all decoration I'd done and now back to square 1.

2006-08-25 05:45:51 · 9 answers · asked by Lee ML 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-08-25 05:43:45 · 8 answers · asked by vicashini 1 in Garden & Landscape

Okay ill explain the best i can:

The tool is like an axe on both ends but one of the sides of the axe is turned up.
I think it might be used for digging through tree roots and stuff. Im not too sure though.
Anyone know what this is or what it does??

2006-08-25 05:41:10 · 3 answers · asked by the boss [amj] 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-25 05:39:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My PVC pipes have just recently started to moan. They only do it every once in a while and only for about 5-10 seconds at a time. Does anyone know where I should start looking to repair this?

2006-08-25 05:36:53 · 5 answers · asked by Chris S 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm moving house in two days and would like to make it as painless as possible.

Any ideas?

2006-08-25 05:34:29 · 7 answers · asked by justcopyandpaste 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2006-08-25 05:32:41 · 3 answers · asked by mcharmd 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I had a metal file cabinet sitting on the beige carpet and after moving it there is rust stains. Tried soap and water but not much luck.
Thanks

2006-08-25 05:30:13 · 6 answers · asked by Rick 7 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-08-25 05:24:00 · 2 answers · asked by garden1234 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I using a pumice stone to reduce the size of a corn on my toe.
it result in bleeding
how can to remove it now?
very painful when working

Need your help

2006-08-25 05:21:22 · 6 answers · asked by colorfulbooks 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I cleaned my dorm room like crazy and it has a damp feel to it what should I do please help I have to live here for two semesters

2006-08-25 05:18:35 · 5 answers · asked by purplepiggy05 2 in Other - Home & Garden

The olive tree is in a big terra cotta pot. It needs to stay in the pot. It looks dead, but if I break off a twig there's still sap running inside. Should I trim it back to almost a stump?

2006-08-25 05:14:48 · 7 answers · asked by Rico Toasterman JPA 7 in Garden & Landscape