Home & Garden - 11 April 2007

I see several different formulations of fertilizer at store, but what is best to make grass grow. I have sprayed my yard with weed killer and now all that is left is bermuda grass,, I'd like to get it to spread and fill in the bare spots this summer. A guy at the store said he uses 10-20-10 on his garden,, but is this best for grass too?

2007-04-11 09:16:26 · 4 answers · asked by Jeff 3 in Garden & Landscape

It's just that i have 2 do something for a project and i don't know how to make one ad i got all tha stuff i need but i don;t know how to make one.

2007-04-11 09:12:11 · 5 answers · asked by *Cutie* 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

We had an early and hot spring (several weeks over 85). It was beautiful, all the leaves and flowers bloomed, even the hydrangeas grew unseasonally large. Then we had a "dogwood winter", where the temperature dropped during Easter Week to below 27 degrees - Although we covered everything with plastic, it killed all the new leaves (even on the large Poplar trees). Will our established plants (trees and ornamental shrubs) re-leaf and survive? What about the perrenials? I am assuming the annuals will die? Is there anything I can do for them now that it warm again?

2007-04-11 09:09:43 · 3 answers · asked by JuJuBean 2 in Garden & Landscape

THANKS!

2007-04-11 09:07:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Our plumbing system is mostly copper however there are some galvanized sections. Also, hot water heater was replaced about a year ago.

2007-04-11 09:00:17 · 6 answers · asked by auto.jerry 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

Help! I keep finding tiny holes in the front of my cotton shirts. I don't understand how this is possible. I have noticed that this only happens to my cotton shirts.

Before you tell me that moths are eating my shirts, you need to know one important fact. The holes keep appearing in the same area of each shirt! In other words, all of these holes on all of these shirts appear on the front of the shirt just below my belly button. How is this possible?

I can't figure this out. If it's moths, how do they know to eat the same area of the shirt? Is my belly button emitting some kind of chemical that attracts them? I thought moths only eat wool.

Maybe it's from my seatbelt. If so, what can I do to stop this?

Maybe I'm leaning up against something that has been treated with a cotton-eating chemical. Could it be from my hot tub, from the bathroom sink, from the washing machine?

Why only shirts? Why only cotton? Why under my belly button?

2007-04-11 08:57:58 · 3 answers · asked by David 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-04-11 08:55:35 · 5 answers · asked by auto.jerry 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-11 08:55:33 · 4 answers · asked by Gerald G 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a driveway the leads to my backyard. I want to dig it up and replace with sod. On average, how deep are driveways constructed?

2007-04-11 08:53:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

My husband tells me that you cannot plant seeds and expect fruit or vegetables from store bought produce. He says that they are some kind of hybrid seed that will not produce. Is this true?

2007-04-11 08:32:07 · 10 answers · asked by fertwawa 1 in Garden & Landscape

we have something dead in our attic space. the house is full of blue bottle type flies and we have a one year old. we don't know what to do about it. any ideas welcome. we live in the UK.

2007-04-11 08:26:18 · 28 answers · asked by baybee 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

Older apartment dishwasher.

2007-04-11 08:24:04 · 5 answers · asked by Pam 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

My garbage disposal doesn't work. I don't think it even whirrs. It just sits there. I don't think anything is stuck in it -- I've put my hand down the drain a million times and felt around.

I had a landlord once that came and flicked a switch on my old disposal and boom! Fixed! I don't see a "reset button" on my garbage disposal. If there isn't one, how do I "reset" it?

If the reset option doesn't work, I'll call the landlord -- I'm not gonna try to take it apart or anything. But I'm smuggling a cat, so I'd rather try to fix it myself if it is easy?

2007-04-11 08:16:14 · 9 answers · asked by Soul Kitten 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-11 08:12:36 · 24 answers · asked by mickymo1 3 in Garden & Landscape

I have a large bean going through the middle of my basement ceiling. It is a 10 x 10 or 12 x 12, I don't remember exactly. It is supported in the middle by a column that is 10 x 10, and of course on each outside wall. I would like to make a wall along the bean and put in a door, but the beam is a little too low for a standard door frame. I was thinking if I supported the beam on each side of the door frame with another 10 x 10 column, then it would be okay to notch out the beam so that it would allow for a full sized door. Can anyone help me with the codes or regulations regarding this? Or does anyone know where I can get code information?

FYI: I live in Washington State

2007-04-11 08:07:52 · 5 answers · asked by Take it from Toby 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

My sister just bought me one from california...

2007-04-11 08:05:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Tried a straw, that didn't work unfortunately.

Any other ideas?

2007-04-11 08:05:08 · 33 answers · asked by Gilligan 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-11 07:52:23 · 5 answers · asked by Lonecowranch 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Oops, I got hamburger grease on my new red 100% polyester shirt! Any Idea's how to get out? Thanks!

2007-04-11 07:49:24 · 12 answers · asked by Laurie 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-04-11 07:41:26 · 4 answers · asked by DBLtake 3 in Other - Home & Garden

WHAT ABOUT JOHN DEERE, SWISHER, BIG MOW. DIXIE CHOPPER, EX MARK, AND GRAVELY ARE EXPENSIVE.

2007-04-11 07:37:38 · 7 answers · asked by LA 3 in Garden & Landscape

2007-04-11 07:35:51 · 10 answers · asked by breeannaduncan 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-04-11 07:35:28 · 11 answers · asked by Lonecowranch 2 in Other - Home & Garden

Is it ok to dump my coffee grounds in my plants and seedlings. Some people have told me the plants like it and others have told me they don't. What's the scoop.

2007-04-11 07:25:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

hot water splutters in kitchen and bathroom, attached hose to cold tap in kitchen and hot tap in bathroom, opened both taps to force air out, no good, still got airlock, was fine till a few months ago till a plumber changed the tap in the kitchen,
any ideas,
thanks

2007-04-11 07:10:13 · 6 answers · asked by mark w 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

What kind of shrubs would you recomend for alot of shade?

2007-04-11 06:52:52 · 2 answers · asked by im_your_huckleberry 3 in Garden & Landscape

I had my conifers pruned last July by someone who didnt know wht they were doing and he cut them back to the wood and they appeared to be dead until now where I can see new shoots comming on the branches the trees are 7ft tall in a row of 20ft wide is there any feed you can recommend to promote growth.

2007-04-11 06:46:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I'm french and I have just found a job in Ireland but I signed only a 3 month contract. And the owners only do some 12 month contract. So if the company is not happy with me after 3 month what do I do?

2007-04-11 06:46:21 · 3 answers · asked by balibalo1fr 4 in Other - Home & Garden

I live in chicago and all of my sponges smell of mold for no good reason. I treat them the same way I have treated all the others, cleaning, washing, bleaching. Nothing seems to help. Any ideas? I have tap water. I am at a loss. Could it just be a bad batch of sponges as they all came in the same 8 pack.

2007-04-11 06:42:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-04-11 06:37:27 · 6 answers · asked by bcrgs 1 in Decorating & Remodeling