Home & Garden - 23 June 2007

About three or four years ago, I purchased a Golden Showers climber. The first year it did indeed bloom a golden yellow color. Subsequent years have brought me very pale apricot blooms - no yellow to be found. The over-all shape of the plant, foliage, and growth habit have not changed at all, just the bloom color. Could this be the plant that Golden Showers was grafted onto?

2007-06-23 06:26:26 · 3 answers · asked by jeffypuff 4 in Garden & Landscape

These are all first year plants and are fruiting well, and I want to protect them so they will reproduce even better next year. Should I take them indoors or just leave them to weather outdoors. Can I put them under glass or clear plastic to protect them?

2007-06-23 06:23:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2007-06-23 06:19:13 · 1 answers · asked by pearldaisy 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

I see people put their old furniture out to the street all the time, but my roomate says they wont pick it up.

2007-06-23 05:48:00 · 9 answers · asked by The Bohemian 5 in Other - Home & Garden

i used a steam cleaner to try and dilute with carpet cleaner and i lightened it up alot . by the time i saw the mess it was starting to set.. i am gonna try and use a spreader to see if i can scrape some off of the carpet.

2007-06-23 05:46:49 · 2 answers · asked by tante1 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

i've been planting some greens to spruce up a blank space in front of our house. unfortunately, wandering fowl and animals have been eating up the leaves and digging up the soil, thus killing of the new growth. would you guys know how to deal with this?

2007-06-23 05:45:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Fuse keeps tripping.

2007-06-23 05:40:19 · 9 answers · asked by vittoriobethune 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-06-23 05:36:25 · 3 answers · asked by joe pizza 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

The beam that the eyebolts are mounted to will be about 7 1/2' off the ground.

Thanks

2007-06-23 05:30:50 · 2 answers · asked by last_goodby 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I just moved in to a new apartment, and it has ALOT of work that needs to be done;including ripping up carpets, tiled floors, and painting. I am trying to find the best way to rip them up(the press and stick tiles) because it seems to me that they have been down for a while and when I rip them up they are not coming up very easy. Is there some type of solution I can use to make them come up easier? Please help. I am in dying need of fixing this place it is practically a disaster! All different types of tiles in one room..from brown and blue to white and checkered yellow brown! It's a disaster area and I want to make it purty. Thanks!

2007-06-23 05:30:13 · 5 answers · asked by Pumpkyn's Mama;) 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Or is it a bad time?

2007-06-23 05:26:53 · 5 answers · asked by kim 7 in Garden & Landscape

So I am going to paint a pine bookshelf, it has never been painted or anything.
When I sand, do i want to sand the wood soft or rough? is 220 paper good? How will I know when i can prime it?

2007-06-23 05:26:31 · 7 answers · asked by TC 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

thanks =] i need to know

2007-06-23 05:20:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Where do June bugs go during the day when they aren't hoarding at my trees (evening time) by the THOUSANDS!? If I put a floorless tent on my lawn, will they start emerging from the grass when I'm in the tent in the evening. Geez, there are so many, I'm affraid to leave my house in the evening. Seriously, there are Thousands of them!

2007-06-23 05:18:21 · 3 answers · asked by Sara 3 in Garden & Landscape

I went on a business trip and forgot to take out the trash before I left! What is the easiest way to get rid of these little buggers flying around?

2007-06-23 05:12:43 · 7 answers · asked by Shelby P 1 in Other - Home & Garden

The fans in both our bathrooms are extremely noisy so we almost never use them. While we were having some electrical work done I asked the electrician if it was possible to replace them. He said that we couldn't do it unless we replaced the existing attic vents with larger ones because all the new fans require wider vents. I was wondering if that's true. (I got the feeling he just didn't want to do it.)

2007-06-23 05:12:40 · 8 answers · asked by Janet A 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I used a spray that is for killing bugs on roses and such. These little bugs crawl around in the dirt and fly around the plant. I think they are killing it. I have very little experience in taking care of houseplants. I think I may have also been overwatering it. The dirt looks like it might be moldy? Not sure how to describe. White to yellowish little balls on top.

2007-06-23 05:10:54 · 10 answers · asked by Val 2 in Garden & Landscape

2007-06-23 05:09:54 · 7 answers · asked by hi 2 in Garden & Landscape

rough in carpentry is done, we have all the pre-hung doors, and drywall. which gets installed first?

2007-06-23 05:04:55 · 6 answers · asked by wishiels 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am well aware of the poisonous qualities.

2007-06-23 05:03:33 · 2 answers · asked by James U 2 in Garden & Landscape

We have the perfect branch in our yard for making a tire swing, but the branch is just too high to get a rope over. We've tried tying a rock to the end of the rope and throwing it over, but it kept getting caught in other small branches. Does anyone know another way to do it?

2007-06-23 05:01:08 · 13 answers · asked by Janet A 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My upstairs neighbor's taste in music sucks. Besides shooting him, how can I reduce the amount of music which gets through the ceiling and to my ears? I'm in a studio apartment.

2007-06-23 04:52:25 · 10 answers · asked by Miakoda 5 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-06-23 04:47:41 · 10 answers · asked by Jamel C 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have purchased two ceramic heaters and an oil filled heater for use this coming winter. We have a heat pump on our unit and it eats us up in the winter time with heating bills.
The heaters that I bought all have thermostats and can be set at 750 or 1500 watts. I did use the oil filled radiant heater some last year and it seemed to help with the bills but the back rooms were cool so I bought the ceramic heaters to use this coming year.
We have a small 2 bedroom, one bath house. Less than 900 sq feet.

2007-06-23 04:46:31 · 2 answers · asked by Sharon V 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

We are growing blueberries on a bush and there are these balls of green. When will they turn blue?

2007-06-23 04:37:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I live in a house that has a house beside us and the person who lived here before me paved the entire area between the two houses, now 95% of the paved area is our land and is our driveway that we park in. My neighbor always has people coming over and parking in our driveway and she doesn't say anything about it. Today my husband is at work and she had some contractors show up and they parked in the driveway, she showed up to let them in and didn't tell them to move their car. Is there anything that I can do to stop this from happening? We constantly have to tell her but she doesn't seem to care. UGH!!!

2007-06-23 04:35:07 · 13 answers · asked by michc_01 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-06-23 04:33:00 · 4 answers · asked by Patricia P 1 in Garden & Landscape

I have a 5 ft. metal pole in my back yard witha extened hook type thing near the top, what is the point of it?

2007-06-23 04:25:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-06-23 04:23:06 · 12 answers · asked by charlie a 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I'm looking to clean my driveway with a power washer and was looking for some insight on using sodium hypochlorite (bleach 12% solution) to do the job.

2007-06-23 04:21:06 · 5 answers · asked by Chris D 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)