Home & Garden - 30 October 2006

I am hoping to find a ground cover or a flower carpet, you know with a flower pattern which is ready to be planted and all I will need to do is to plant them and just water them so that the flowers will grow in the desired pattern. i hope I have been able to explain what i mean. Is there anywhere I could buy something like that?

2006-10-30 03:24:34 · 4 answers · asked by sepidar 1 in Garden & Landscape

I've tried using insects repellent but those pests still keep coming back. What other way(s) to get rid of it?

2006-10-30 03:21:44 · 7 answers · asked by teddybear 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-10-30 03:20:49 · 8 answers · asked by angelbaby 7 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have just fitted some Fakro roof windows in our barn, and want to know where I can buy some locks for them. I have two very young children and am extremely worried about them opening them. They are very similar to Velux windows.

2006-10-30 03:14:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-10-30 03:08:07 · 15 answers · asked by DEBBIE J 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

How do you get the damp smell out of the basment?We have a dehumidipher-the one that gets water out-.This works for awile then the smell comes back.
No suggestions of tearing out carpet-we rent and landlord wont.

2006-10-30 03:05:47 · 9 answers · asked by Carrie B 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

Do I stop watering my indoor plumeria in winter? Do I need to put it in the dark? Can I leave it under the grow lights?

2006-10-30 03:05:44 · 3 answers · asked by Greybeard 1 in Other - Home & Garden

Our garden has been overrun with bramble bushes.
What is the quickest, cheapest and easiest way to tidy up the garden???Everything looks a mess right now and its really daunting as its a large garden....help!!!!
We have visitors over in a weeks time so we just want to tidy everything up for the moment and then do the garden properly in spring.
This is really just a quick fix question.
Thanks.

2006-10-30 03:04:37 · 16 answers · asked by Amanda 6 in Garden & Landscape

2006-10-30 03:01:43 · 2 answers · asked by NYUAK LAN K 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Using large stones approximately 12" x 6" x 4" and standing about 2' high.

2006-10-30 02:58:00 · 5 answers · asked by Kurt 2 in Garden & Landscape

To a great looking lawn?

We moved into our house 3yrs ago and the lawn was lovely and lush. Since then we've had problem after problem with our retic and our lawn has gone from green to brown to green to brown to green to brown. We have brown patches where the retic is not reaching when it's not working properly. We use our hose sprinkler to green it up again.

The grass has become patchy and weedy and the soil looks mouldy.

We live in the North West of Australia.

What are we doing wrong and what should we be doing?

2006-10-30 02:49:41 · 6 answers · asked by nangari 3 in Garden & Landscape

2006-10-30 02:48:03 · 9 answers · asked by momma whitley 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

We have an electricity meter with British gas where there is an electronic key that we have to take to a shop and top it up with cash before plugging it into our meter to top up the electricity.
This was thought to be the best idea, as in a house of 3 tenants it forces us to pay for the electricity without our landlord being responsible, and it forces us to take turns.
However it seems ridiculously expensive - we take turns putting £20 on at a time, which tends to only last 7-10 days.

Would it be cheaper if we had the pay-as-you-go removed and had a continuous supply with regular bills instead?

What are our options?

2006-10-30 02:48:00 · 18 answers · asked by reddragon105 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

The black perm marker didn't run all over. -- only enough to make me sick !! Would it help if we sprayed it with a super hold hair spray before we varnished the rest? These are Christmas presents. Thanks

2006-10-30 02:42:31 · 2 answers · asked by ticpic33 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I live in a quadplex building. I am in the middle, the house next to mine and the one on the end are being torn down because of the amount af mold that is in their places. Doesn't mold grow through the walls? Do I need to be worried that my house can be infected as well?

2006-10-30 02:40:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

i have recently painted my room a dark magnolia/ivory colour, i have one dark red wall, with dark red bedding, carpet and curtains, but i also have brown leather storage boxes, lamp and other various bits, what colour should i paint the wood work, i cant think of what colour would look good. Its black at the moment, but im not sure if i like it.

Thanks

2006-10-30 02:40:41 · 19 answers · asked by kxkx 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

I want to go all out with pretty decorations, we don't have a fireplace, but I want one that can just plug in. How do I go about keeping xmas safe around my kids and looking pretty at the same time.

2006-10-30 02:39:59 · 4 answers · asked by fourcheeks4 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

2006-10-30 02:38:49 · 11 answers · asked by bobinlangley 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

Just wondering.

2006-10-30 02:38:24 · 9 answers · asked by suki's mom 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-10-30 02:38:12 · 5 answers · asked by rokeith62 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-30 02:37:03 · 4 answers · asked by Matthew G 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have just had a new kitchen installed with a dual fuel range cooker and the firm that have installed it have removed my old isolation switch for the old cooker and have not installed a new one. (My cooker was moved accross the room). Can anyone tell me if you are required by law to have an isolation switch?

2006-10-30 02:35:08 · 5 answers · asked by CatxTaylor 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have recently carved my first halloween pumpkin (sheltered life i know!) but now addicted to carving them... i have seeds from them left over and wondering how should i plant them and look after them so i can grow my own?

2006-10-30 02:34:56 · 8 answers · asked by Babything 1 in Garden & Landscape

DH washed some clothes with a pen in the pocket. I thought the ink stains in the dryer were dried up but when I put another load in, the ink bled all over them too. I need to know how to get the ink out of the clothes and especially out of the dryer so it doesn't keep ruining clothes! (When I left the house this morning I put the clothes back in the washer to soak with Tide and Borax and turned the dryer on (empty) for as long and hot as it will go.)

2006-10-30 02:34:55 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

I need help, some of my clothes have shrunk! I'm not talking like kiddie size but I can tell a difference...and no I haven't changed size myself. But my mom just got a new washer & dryer so I'm not used to the settings. So after the fact that they shrank, how can I unshrink them? Like can I wash them, then while they are damp, stretch them out? Will that work?

2006-10-30 02:29:33 · 10 answers · asked by feisty 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I want to access the apex of my slate roof with a ladder but it flares out at the bottom of the roof, does anyone have any tips on the best way to use a straight ladder on my roof without cracking the tiles at the bottom of the roof?

Andy

2006-10-30 02:27:50 · 4 answers · asked by Andy 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

The mug was first poured with ajax, cleaned and then cleaned with dishwashing soap..so I was just wondering if my expensive cup is ok to be reused again or does the whole fume or whatever stay in the cup? whats the deal? someone at work got me really paranoid but I feel like I should be ok since I washed it out good with soap after..I just need someone to confirm that im ok

thanks

2006-10-30 02:26:34 · 17 answers · asked by apc55120 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2006-10-30 02:24:31 · 5 answers · asked by todd 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2006-10-30 02:22:49 · 8 answers · asked by Ranjit G 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

My neighbor has foliage growing out of his chimney. We live in Fla. We have not had rain for like 4 mouths, and It has not been cold yet
He is also a fire fighter.Clearly his thumb is just a tad to green.
Who wants to bet he is late for his own fire?

2006-10-30 02:18:36 · 3 answers · asked by Mary M 4 in Garden & Landscape