Home & Garden - 20 May 2007

It is currently about 48 degrees out. Kind of chilly. Do I have to take my plants in, or not unless it is supposed to freeze???

2007-05-20 13:06:24 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Do you need to l put lyle in soap? Can you just use an organic oil soap base? THANKS!

2007-05-20 12:55:19 · 5 answers · asked by nina85 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-05-20 12:52:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

tomatoes, watermelons,pumpkins,cumbers,green pepers, green onions.Are all the plants ttrying to plant.

2007-05-20 11:44:56 · 6 answers · asked by LisaF 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-05-20 11:44:03 · 16 answers · asked by runner1 6 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I want something that will vine and different and perennial.

2007-05-20 11:42:16 · 8 answers · asked by TillieDillie 3 in Garden & Landscape

I live in a rental and the master bedroom is lavender. We can't paint it so I need ideas on what colors would look good without making it look girly (me & my husband will share the room)

2007-05-20 11:40:32 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

Can anyone tell me what those tiny little red bugs are that are usually all over concrete?? Really my 6 yr old wants to know, and I have no idea!

2007-05-20 11:16:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I'm looking to buy a kitchentap online. Many of the taps are only suitable for highpressure systems, some say minimum pressure 0.3 or 0.5 bar. Our cold water is on the mains, our hot water is fed from the tank in the attic (about 4,5m above the tap in the kitchen). What does this mean for the pressure of our system?

2007-05-20 10:57:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-05-20 10:49:25 · 4 answers · asked by weezie 3 in Garden & Landscape

My husband put my coffee carafe in the dhiswacher, the handle and the lid are both white. I guess there was a tomato based sauce in it as well. When it came out, the handle and lid both have a reddish color on them now. can i get this off? I thought about soaking it in bleach, but would an dishwashing soap with a bleach alternative work?

2007-05-20 10:14:35 · 10 answers · asked by M. C 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I just bought a Weeping Willow tree yesterday, and some of the leaves are yellow and falling off, with some dead twigs. The rest, however, is alive.

Are some of them supposed to be yellow? Some leaves are budding that color.

Could it just be in shock because I'm actually watering it unlike Home Depot? (Dirt was practically dry when I got it)

Should I be watering it a lot more? help please!

2007-05-20 10:08:26 · 5 answers · asked by DearlyBeloved 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I need 3/4" round cork gaskets to place in bottle caps.

2007-05-20 10:03:45 · 2 answers · asked by Bill 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-05-20 10:03:21 · 7 answers · asked by David S 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

picking potatoes, digging potatoes

2007-05-20 09:57:31 · 6 answers · asked by adam r 3 in Garden & Landscape

I want to plant a herb garden in my backyard in about two weeks. I am wondering is it to late for it to grow. I also want to reseed my yard in some areas with the fiscue grass is it to late for that also? I live in memphis, tn.

2007-05-20 09:54:38 · 3 answers · asked by big dee 1 in Garden & Landscape

In an area near my front door, I used to have a ficus tree that we took out because it got too big. There are still geraniums in the same area.

Last year, a fig tree started growing there, and we did not plant it! I just read that a fig tree's root system can spread as much as 50 feet, so I'm concerned it's growing under the house. So far this season, the tree (bush) has gone from about a foot in height and diameter to about 3 feet in height and 5 feet in diameter.

Has anyone had this occur, specifically with fig trees, and what did you do? Should I try to remove it now, or is this something that I'll have to do repeatedly? The fig tree is a much larger tree than a ficus (and a fig is a type of ficus) and I really don't want it growing here.

2007-05-20 09:26:39 · 2 answers · asked by frankiquilts 3 in Garden & Landscape

2007-05-20 09:23:01 · 6 answers · asked by joe ho 1 in Garden & Landscape

Hi! I have a small plot in my backyard that is the shape of a half circle. Its about 8x4 9x4 ish. So its not a tiny vegatable garden but its not huge. The straight side of the half circle is also one of the sides that create our sqaure concrete patio. So it comes right off of the concrete almost creating this shape--- [ ]D. I thought a path right through the center surrounded by flowers maybe with stones. But im not in love with the idea. I love colors, i live in in seasonal new jersey and the plot gets a good amount of sun with slight shade from a near by tree. Any ideas would be sooo appreciated, pictures would be beyound helpful. Nothing to extravagant though, im only 16 =]


Thanks!

2007-05-20 09:22:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

My house is constantly dusty, and if you dust one day, the next day the dust is back again. I really don't feel like dusting everyday and I hate looking at dust. Help!

2007-05-20 09:01:07 · 5 answers · asked by G-Lo 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-05-20 08:58:50 · 9 answers · asked by A 1 in Garden & Landscape

OK this is a special wiring situation that I want to see if it can work.
This customer wants most of the lighting in his house to be on a 3 way motion detecting dimmer switch so his lights in his house will come on when he starts walking to his door it has to be a dimmer switch because this persons eyes are sensitive to any kind of bright light it is like the way they dilate wrong or something. and he also wants this series controlled by a photo cell so the lights wont come on in the day. and he also wants it controlled by a single pole switch in his bedroom it is a remodel so it wont necessarily be inspected but can I put so many switches on one circuit and if so in what oder should I wire the circuit I was thinking motion sensor/dimmer,photo cell,single pole in that order what do you think and can I wire this to NEC?and if not where in there does it say I cant.?

2007-05-20 08:55:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-05-20 08:52:44 · 9 answers · asked by Teresia S 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

They are usually found in older houses. It's called something like a foot plate I think.
Thanks :-)

2007-05-20 08:50:24 · 15 answers · asked by Cupcake 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am an experienced DIY'er, right now remodeling the kitchen.

I think these custom made concrete counter tops are beautiful, but I am a cheapskate, and really don't want to pay for the information to do something myself. So, if you can tell me how to make concrete counter tops like those pictured on the web page, or direct me to where I can read about making these types of concrete counter tops myself, I'd appreciate it. Have you any experience making countertops like those pictured here: http://www.concreteexchange.com/?OVRAW=How%20do%20you%20make%20concrete%20counter%20tops?&OVKEY=you%20make%20concrete%20counter%20tops&OVMTC=standard&OVADID=1852667011&OVKWID=3651671011

2007-05-20 08:31:13 · 2 answers · asked by Jose G 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I'm moving out from my apartment and was looking for new renter of my apartment. Since I'm moving out of country, I'm going to leave all of furniture, kitchen stuff etc and I was going to throw Towel, bed sheets, pillow cover as garvages but the new renter guy said he can use it after he washed.

Can you use strangers bed sheeds, towel, pillow cover after you washed them?

2007-05-20 08:27:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-05-20 08:17:47 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-05-20 08:03:08 · 6 answers · asked by nakra_92 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-05-20 07:56:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

Before moving into this house, I have NEVER experienced so many spiders indoors. When warm weather arrives, it seems like I get on average of a spider every other day to every day. I have even seen HUGE (nearly 2") spiders that freak me out. Plus, for the past few years, hundreds of spiderlings show up on my bedroom ceilings during the night in the Summer...I then end up having to vacuum the ceiling and all of my items since the baby spiders get all over the place. I'm losing sleep because I don't want them hatching when I'm sleeping...the thought just creeps me out. I have never found a nest in my bedrooms. Why do hundreds of spiderlings suddenly show up on my bedroom ceilings? Anyway, I get all of this spider activity even though Terminex has sprayed on the outside of my house and in my basement almost monthly. I have not noticed any other insects that spiders could be attracted to other than an occasional centipede, cricket, or earwig...ewwww! I fear spiders, so I'm at my wit's end.

2007-05-20 07:55:16 · 7 answers · asked by 🐭 cat™ 🐭 7 in Other - Home & Garden