Home & Garden - 28 June 2007

The leaves have black blotches on them.It gets alot of sun,and I do not water them too much.What is wrong,and how do I fix it?

2007-06-28 06:51:53 · 5 answers · asked by Cheese 5 in Garden & Landscape

I recently purch. a 120 yr old concrete block building with tin roof. It has no insulation but it does have a ceiling seperating the roof from the rooms below. I am a screenprinter and I do run a "dryer" to cure my shirts but when its not on, I would like the temp to be alot cooler inside. We are looking at putting A/C in but also wanted to know what steps we could take to cool down the place. We already use window fans but that doesn't seem to work very well. I looked at using a "whole house fan" and some attic fans to cool down the place...any advice?

Thanks for your time

2007-06-28 06:50:54 · 9 answers · asked by Cal 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am trying to design my back yard, but my imagination is only taking me so far and graph paper gives me a headache. Anyone know of a preferrably free web site that will alow me to input yard measurements so I can "play" with the options I have?

2007-06-28 06:49:11 · 1 answers · asked by jmd72inva 6 in Garden & Landscape

2007-06-28 06:49:11 · 5 answers · asked by amanda t 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I scrub dishes in sink, with soap, 2-3 times, with a scrubby pad or brush, rinse well, put in the dishwasher.
After the cycle runs the dishes come out, and some of them are still left with residue.

We use top-quality detergent and rinse aid. Why is there residue. I don't get it. Is our dishwasher not rinsing enough?

When another family member does the dishes(which is not very often) she gets them clean with very little effort. But when I do all the above things, they are still dirty. I just don't get it....

2007-06-28 06:45:42 · 9 answers · asked by jdp12122000 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-06-28 06:42:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

I live in a college dorm thats nothing like TV. It sucks. So anyway I have to share the bathrm w/2 girls, and I have to share my room w/one. Its set up in a way that if my roomate wants to use the bathrm she has to come through my portion of the room and if i want to exit the room I have to go through her side. Its quite intrusive. Anyway times when I have to take out my trash, I take out the bathrms, I take out mine and I offer to take out my roomates. No sense in all of us going outside at once if it can be done in one trip. Well Ive done this for about 2wks now. Since the other girl i share the bathrm made it a point to say that she refuses to take out the trash since she did it LAST TIME, which is a lie. I havent taken it out. Now un-surprisingly trash is building up. Im getting PO off b/c were not children, and noone should have to tell them when to take out trash. Is it unreasonable for me to let it build up? I dont feel I should maid-ing for them. Im not the friggin trash lady!

2007-06-28 06:41:02 · 4 answers · asked by Tian 3 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have noticed that in my house when the weather starts to warm up I keep getting bitten, I have had this problem since I moved in nearly 2 years ago, I am very particular about cleaning my house and keeping everywhere clean so I thought maybe it was beause the tenants before me had an animal and possibly it was fleas so I have used a steam cleaner and done the whole house on quite a few occasions but it is still happening.

Does anyone have any ideas what it is and how I can resolve this problem please

2007-06-28 06:31:16 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2007-06-28 06:28:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

some good tips to help keep my flowers from the florist live longer

2007-06-28 06:24:44 · 8 answers · asked by butterflygirl 1 in Garden & Landscape

..is everything on the left side of the front and back gardens(fences,walls,etc) your responsability,and is the right side your neighbours responsability if they own the property?

2007-06-28 06:23:07 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

ie make an L shape. and if so what is the name of such an item. trying to avoid drilling lots of holes and filing.

2007-06-28 06:18:04 · 10 answers · asked by madirishmanb 3 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Is there a filler that can be used to seal/replace these chipped out areas?....because eventually they will start causing rust marks on your clothes.

2007-06-28 06:12:39 · 2 answers · asked by Carol M 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I just had my dishwasher and icemaker worked on, paid over $200 for the services and I had warranties on both!!! Plus I just paid like $200 to extend my warranty. It seems when something goes wrong the part, piece or problem is never covered by the warranty, but when you made the purchase they make it sound like it covers everything. I can usually get some level of satisfaction after numerous phone calls but is it too much to ask for things to work correctly or not wear out prematurely???

2007-06-28 06:05:55 · 3 answers · asked by ALynnR 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I see in the hardware stores they have solar panels and wind turbines for home use. How good are they?

2007-06-28 05:53:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I have vaccumed, used Resolve, We bought a carpet cleaner and it cleaned it up some but is bleeding through again...It's a beige carpet standard modular home carpet....Any ideas to help me get rid of it....And Bleach is not an option....Thanx for any help....

2007-06-28 05:51:50 · 3 answers · asked by karens lovinlife 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

i have a fridge and a fan and i need to make an air conditioner anybody wanna help?

2007-06-28 05:50:54 · 13 answers · asked by helenkeller 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-06-28 05:36:38 · 6 answers · asked by Dibyendu C 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-06-28 05:27:27 · 14 answers · asked by alex y 1 in Other - Home & Garden

does the home improvement stores have them in stock so you can pick them out and take them home?

2007-06-28 05:24:09 · 2 answers · asked by atlas shrugged and so do i 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

We are buying a house tomorrow (closing on the sale) and I am just DYING to get a garden going in our new yard with tomatoes being my #1 priority. I know it's late in the season to plant tomatoes, but if I buy some plants that are already fairly big and plant them this weekend, will I still be able to reap a pretty good tomato harvest? Or should I just be patient and wait until next year?

2007-06-28 05:22:26 · 10 answers · asked by It's just me 3 in Garden & Landscape

2 weeks ago my landlord sprayed the garden with Roundup. Now several of the my plants are either dead or dying. One tomato plant has a tomato ready to eat, but I am nervous about serving it to the family. The plant looks pretty bad. The leaves are yellow and the main stalk is gray and shriveled. Any ideas? Thanks!

2007-06-28 05:21:41 · 3 answers · asked by rachellc_928 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-06-28 05:21:39 · 6 answers · asked by b 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

At first I only seen a couple here and there, but now my impatiens are infested with them. I wish I could upload a picture for someone to see what they look like. My impatiens have tiny holes in the leaves. So obviously the pests are eating the leaves. The impatiens are planted with petunia's, spikes, and german ivy. The pests are only on the impatiens. The pests look like tiny catepillars. but not cute!! Their body appears to be reddish/orange with black spikes coming off!! If anyone knows what they are please tell me and how to get rid of them.

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http://ca.360.yahoo.com/wannagotohawaiit...
I have a picture of the pest at this url.

2007-06-28 05:21:10 · 2 answers · asked by wannagotohawaiitomorrow 2 in Garden & Landscape

I tried plaster patch but it's too soft to hold the rack, should I use a more solid patch, such as floor or move the rack altogether?

2007-06-28 05:18:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a yard machine lawn mower. Here's my problem.!
It won't start. This lawnmower is a self propelled version. It has a lever you hold to the handle that when you release it cuts the mower off. And has another handle you pull to get the mower going forward. The mower won't start. The last time I had this problem I moved the lever rapidly that you have to hold to keep it running, And it started. But it took alot of moving the lever till it finally would start. Now it won't start at all. I checked and it's getting fuel, But no spark. So I don't know if what ever that lever goes to is the culprit and is a cut off switch that is not allowing spark to the plug, Or if my Magneto shot. Can someone tell me how to check what is wrong with it so I can either repair, or replace the right part. I am a mechanic. And can fix almost anything. But I haven't worked on a lawnmower in a long time. Can someone please steer me in the right direction.

2007-06-28 05:17:19 · 3 answers · asked by whtsthislif4 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

my mom just got one she does not know any thing about it

2007-06-28 05:16:33 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-06-28 05:14:05 · 7 answers · asked by ashley g 1 in Garden & Landscape

I need twelve stainless steel tubes? I need them for my green house. They will contain gerber salt for solar heating outside the green house. Can some one please tell me where to get them? Thank you.

2007-06-28 05:11:41 · 5 answers · asked by angelikabertrand64 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-06-28 05:08:56 · 3 answers · asked by tilley 1 in Garden & Landscape