Home & Garden - 18 May 2007

I am an avid gardener, and had some beautiful tall fat gladioli in various colours, peach, cream with pink tinge on the edge, blood red, yellow. They were those colours for about 4 years. Suddenly this year they have all come out early by about 2 months, and are all a flourescent purple magenta colour.
Whilst they are very pretty. I would have prefered they had stayed the colours that I chose.

2007-05-18 09:24:20 · 5 answers · asked by ? 5 in Garden & Landscape

Hi Guys...I got a HUGE tree in my backyard. It is at least 40-60 ft tall, has a "v" shaped trunk and wide spread of the branches. The trunk itself (if you take in the whole "v" is probably 5-6' around if not more.

Recently I was putting in a fence and pulled off some vines growing on this thing when I noticed saw dust around the tree. I knew it had termites once before which I had sprayed for. I went around the neighbors fence (where the vines had once grown) and saw light reddish brown "dirt" looking sawdust. I begin to dig all this stuff out, I found a few ants (maybe carpenters?) and some small winged critters (maybe termites?) but nothing that seemed like a big colony by any means. Anyway...a good part of the base of this tree is now "paper" 6"-1' sections came off in my hand. I dug out a hole of sawdust up to my elbow right down the center of the tree. But there is still alot of good trunk left. It looks like 50% is good, other 50% is "paper" Can it be saved?

2007-05-18 09:24:12 · 6 answers · asked by Onyx Ninja 4 in Garden & Landscape

and does it adhere well to surfaces and would it retain black dye powder/colourant if i were to add some and mix?

2007-05-18 08:58:48 · 19 answers · asked by Joe 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I live in Canada and we have a short growing season. I would like to replace my grass lawn with a low ground cover that doesn't require a lot of watering or cutting. I don't want a rock garden or wood chips. I'll have to be able to rake leaves on it in the fall. I don't have kids or pets so it doesn't matter if it is "treadable". Any ideas?

2007-05-18 08:58:13 · 8 answers · asked by chrissie g 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-05-18 08:56:36 · 9 answers · asked by J K 2 in Other - Home & Garden

the stray cats keep digging up my flowers any ideas on how to keep them out. We have tried all kinds of things but so far nothing is working. Thanks

2007-05-18 08:52:26 · 11 answers · asked by James H 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I've always like Lowe's better. The service is better and it's cleaner. Plus they price match if anyone has a lower price they will beat it by 10% or match it exactly if its a sale. But I was wondering what everyone else thinks... what do people see in Home Depot?

2007-05-18 08:47:30 · 15 answers · asked by Dayna R 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-05-18 08:46:06 · 6 answers · asked by cliff d 1 in Garden & Landscape

I am making a sign for my yard, and I need a really tall round post - like 10 ft. tall. I can't find one at any home-type stores, so I'm wondering if I can go cut down a tree and use the trunk as my post. Will it rot? Can I treat it so that it doesn't rot? Or do you have any other suggestions?

2007-05-18 08:44:35 · 4 answers · asked by Nay Nay 1 in Garden & Landscape

Can anyone who's good at gardening where was the tomato first found and how was it founded, how is the food planted? grown, processed and packaged?

2007-05-18 08:41:29 · 2 answers · asked by Saub Lao 1 in Garden & Landscape

wwe stars preferd iv tried ebay and cant find any . any one know any websites thanks x

2007-05-18 08:35:13 · 9 answers · asked by jane d 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-05-18 08:31:42 · 2 answers · asked by I hate pink 3 in Other - Home & Garden

Hi!
Got some candleholders over here with WAY too much wax... wax in the little cup you place the candlestick in and everything.

HOW DO I GET IT OFF?

2007-05-18 08:27:44 · 7 answers · asked by dreamgyrl360 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

Mine is dusting!

2007-05-18 08:22:42 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-05-18 08:16:44 · 10 answers · asked by Latinchik 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

where can I find them and what size are they?

2007-05-18 08:07:09 · 8 answers · asked by fluffy1 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

We recently moved into a house that has been used as a business for the past 20-25 years. We are in the process of turning it back to a home. The property backs onto a small tributary of a local river (read - almost non-existant at this point, but lots of swampy/ woodsy vegetaition.) Last fall we cut back a lot of vines and what we thought were weeds, and laid down mulch to make flower beds. This spring, we've noticed that some of the vines are gowing leaves that look like grape leaves (and we've even noted what looks like tiny grape clusters). Our neighbors mentioned that the family who used to live in the house before it was a business were avid gardeners and did in fact grow grapes. So I'm guessing that what I'm seeing are edible grapes, but they've been cut down to the quick. No trellises, and the vines look like roots that are coming right from the ground. How do I re-establish them? Do I need to trellis them yet? Should I prune off the grape bunches to encourage the vine to grow?

2007-05-18 08:06:19 · 4 answers · asked by Susan 1 in Garden & Landscape

Any home remedies or store bought stuff to prevent this problem or slow it down, the roses are beautiful this year and we got so much rain this passed month (texas) and after the rain i noticed the leaves. Thanks and have a good weekend

2007-05-18 08:03:10 · 5 answers · asked by momma whitley 2 in Other - Home & Garden

and what happens when they are combined?

2007-05-18 07:57:34 · 4 answers · asked by aggiecrew03 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

The Michigan Bulb Company is great for perrenials but they don't carry most of the flowers that are considered annuals for my area (zone 6). Are there any great online flower/plant guides out there? Or even an online store that carries annuals I can use for browsing?

2007-05-18 07:32:14 · 4 answers · asked by thatgirl 6 in Garden & Landscape

who trims grass on my side of fence?

2007-05-18 07:25:35 · 2 answers · asked by greg a 1 in Garden & Landscape

We have seen little rodents running into our garage right before dark - they run so fast you can't tell if they are rats or mice. How can I tell?? How can I best get rid of them - I am freaking out!

2007-05-18 07:15:49 · 7 answers · asked by Been there 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

My old patio is not doing it for me anymore. We are putting a door from the master bedroom to the patio and will need to have steps built so I figure this is the time. I now have an ugly painted concrete pation with a bad slope (towards the house) and would like a stamped concrete patio, but cannot figure out where I find someone to do this work.

Thank you for any help or further information. I am at a loss!

2007-05-18 07:14:58 · 6 answers · asked by Michelle V 2 in Garden & Landscape

i have tons of pictures thats i have developed adn they have just been sitting in shoe boxes. they are anywher form 8x10s to 4x6s. I have collected them over the years and they are just in boxes and it just looks like a big mess. i am not sure if its ok to get rid of some or just keep them all but then i dont know how to organize them?

2007-05-18 07:13:34 · 5 answers · asked by GirlyWorld 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-05-18 07:10:18 · 2 answers · asked by cookie 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

We had a deck put on the back of our house about a month ago and the guy came to stain it today, but the stain is not taking to the deck, it has puddled in some spots and run-off in other places. The "deck guy" has never build or stained a deck before - what's happening and can i fix it? Thanks!

2007-05-18 06:57:43 · 7 answers · asked by jnugent7619 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

My cucumber and squash plants in my vegetable garden has leaves that look too yellow. Does this mean I am watering them too much by watering them almost everyday? Or is it a mineral problem?
I want the leaves to look nice and green instead of yellowish like they are.
Thank you,
Perry in FL

2007-05-18 06:57:16 · 7 answers · asked by perryinjax 3 in Garden & Landscape

In my Bathroom, I want to update the tile. It's the small rough octagon shape in white w/black speckles. Grout is also white. I hate it, stays dirty. Thought about sanding it and putting a dye and sealer on it, but I dont know if this can be done. 2nd choice is replacing the grout w/black but I am back with the white tile, does anyone know if the sanding and dyeing it would work? I thought I would try this first, it would be cheap, because I have a sander and I can do it myself.. and thought I could maybe use the dye you use to dye clothes (possible?) and then just a polyurthane to seal. If I do anything else like, remove ceramic tile, this may be costly..Any suggestions?

2007-05-18 06:55:32 · 7 answers · asked by Vickie T 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

What i the best materisl to use on the part of the roof that i can't put shingle's on?

2007-05-18 06:53:35 · 3 answers · asked by oliver 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have looked into making homemade soaps and some of the recipes call for the leftover pieces of soaps from your bath. I was thinking maybe it is not such a great gift to give your friends if that is where it came from. Are there better recipes?

2007-05-18 06:35:23 · 3 answers · asked by egg_sammash 5 in Do It Yourself (DIY)