Home & Garden - 9 August 2007

Because the Earth and it's inhabitants are dying don't you think a good step would be to alter the school curriculum to tech a few generations of children how to be more self sufficient and less reliant on outside sources. maybe we could teach medicine making, growing your own foods, building Earth friendly housing, solar and wind energy. Seems like everything we need we buy from Walmart and it falls aprt in no time at all. We buy medicines that do not work or are harmful to us. Why not make your own from the weeds growing in your back yard. Who said we all have to have perfectly manicured golf course looking lawns? The same companies that are selling us weed killers are selling us pills for our ills made from things out of the very plants (weeds) we are using their products to destroy. Let's change the curriculum. Maybe our children can save the planet if we do. And save themselves. Teach alchemy, teach coping skills, teach self sufficient housing and farming.

2007-08-09 07:44:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

I used the hoe to go at some dandelions and other weeds that had taken over the border at the front of our lawn. Its a new house we've moved into, incidentally.

I had landscape gardener visit today and they said that I probably made things a lot worse by using the hoe instead of uprooting the weeds.

Is there a way I can recover the situation? Will weedkiller of any kind work, and how will this affect the lawn and / or anything else i want to plant on that border?

2007-08-09 07:42:09 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-08-09 07:36:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I removed it to tile the floor. Now I want to put it back

2007-08-09 07:26:29 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My husband left a ink pen in his pants and it got washed and dried. Now when I dry other clothes it gets ink spots on the clothes. So how do I get the ink out of the washer(it does not seem to be getting ink on clothes), dryer, and the clothes?

2007-08-09 07:17:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

Help, my room is sooooooo veryyyy hot. It is on the second floor, and the air conditior in the house sucks, because it doesn't go upstairs. What do I do? I don't want to know why my room is so hot, I just want to know how to make my room cooler. I have a ceiling fan in my room, and that doesn't help, and I know for a fact that the cieling fan is giving cool air, and not air. I have one of these long thin loud fans, that does keep me cool, but I want to be able to keep my whole room cool, and not just one spot of my room. And I don't like how it is so loud. I close the blinds and the curtains over my two windows, I don't know what to do now. Someone help me plz.

2007-08-09 07:17:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

nothing long term something that looks pretty

2007-08-09 07:13:28 · 13 answers · asked by Love420 2 in Garden & Landscape

I recently blew a 25a fuse in a mini fridge which was soldered in. I currently don't have a 25a fuse to replace it with so what would happen if I used a 30a fuse instead?

2007-08-09 07:13:22 · 8 answers · asked by jingleboy14 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I am pouring a patio with 14 yds of concrete. I have a gate and 50 ft. to go from the truck to the patio. I know about the power buggies and am looking for a better, cost effective way of moving the concrete.

2007-08-09 07:12:12 · 4 answers · asked by Rick C 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

In Knox County and McHenry County, Illinois, there are earwigs rampant, galore, everywhere you look outdoors.

My daughter in south Georgia reports earwigs too. Has anyone else noticed more than usual? Why are they so abundant?

2007-08-09 07:05:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I had a weepimng willow I started in a pot and I transplanted into a larger pot (I am afaid at the wrong time of the year)
Its dropping lots of leaves, do you think there is somehting I can to to sooth the tree? I am watering it lots, I used some mushroom compost when I transplanted it, could that be a problem?
Suggestions please !!

2007-08-09 06:59:44 · 2 answers · asked by Chaza Pender 3 in Garden & Landscape

Probably the worker who used this term was mis-pronouncing it, and so it is probably also misspelled. but what plant, that would likely go into a flower garden, has a name that sounds something like "mecosoapie"?

Thanks

2007-08-09 06:49:43 · 4 answers · asked by JimPettis 5 in Garden & Landscape

2007-08-09 06:49:40 · 8 answers · asked by Mike H 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

My boyfriends ex girlfriend "soaked" through his mattress 3 years ago and he hasnt been able to get the stain out. We have to have someone come look at our mattress for a warranty issue and per OSHA they can't unless the stain is GONE! I tried hydrogen peroxide and it just changed the color to an orange rust color. Please Help!

2007-08-09 06:43:42 · 10 answers · asked by buterfly2103 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-08-09 06:42:33 · 4 answers · asked by medler 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-08-09 06:39:18 · 1 answers · asked by jack_98 3 in Garden & Landscape

and if not, can i such cuts in regular glass and have it tempered afterwards?

2007-08-09 06:39:08 · 3 answers · asked by alan p 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-08-09 06:33:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

it is an interior drywall wall..

2007-08-09 06:28:10 · 11 answers · asked by mademan30322 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm buying a home that has been vacant all summer. The poison ivy has overtaken the trees.

As an example, one medium sized tree has a vine of poison ivy as big as my wrist. About 8 feet off the ground, branches reach out from the vine about 4 feet, each trying to reach sunshine. The individual leaves are bigger than my hand. The ivy provides much of the shade in the yard!

Although I don't know for sure if I'm allergic, I am certain that my teenage children are - based on their summer camp experiences.

1) How do I kill the plants?
2) How do I remove the vines from the trees (some quite high)?
3) How do I dispose of it? I know not to burn it!

I do know that the kids can't get exposed from my rash (if I get one) but only from direct contact with the oils (on clothing, on surfaces, from the plants, roots, sap). I'm pretty certain that I can remove and discard clothing, and then use dish-soap in the shower to remove the oil from myself. Other hints?

2007-08-09 06:24:58 · 3 answers · asked by Sue 5 in Garden & Landscape

I rammed my friends electric golfcart into the garage the damage isn't bad but she normally freaks badly i popped out some of the dents but it looks very uneven is there anyway i can straighten it up we live on a hill and she never parks in the garage so she might not find it today. nothing is broken and the door can close all the way. the were tire marks on the door but i bleached it and the tire marks came out yet its still looks uneven any help would be appreciated

2007-08-09 06:16:35 · 5 answers · asked by punk_black_23 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-09 06:15:21 · 3 answers · asked by alan p 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-09 06:09:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

the reason i'm asking people this is because i saw a electrical fire a few years ago and since then i've always been afraid of electrical fires and how it can cause so much damage to a home or apartment. I know my house runs good electricity even though i've had a circuit breaker trip last summer but can anyone help me on this one.

2007-08-09 05:50:25 · 7 answers · asked by slb20062003 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I am building a very basic two story home, downstairs having a family room den( computer room) kitchen with nook, walk in pantry, half bath and laundry. Upstairs i have split into two suites, each side have a large bedroom, ensuite and 9x10 walk in closet. End of the hall is a walk in linen closet 8x8. Very simple and basic. I like the greens yellows and browns, but have no idea what to do. I have gone to four " interior decorators" but all of them come up with something different. Just looking for some clues or ideas i suppose.. thanks

2007-08-09 05:47:35 · 16 answers · asked by Sandra 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

My sweet broom looks bad!! all the leaves are gone there is no folliage. an infestation of hairy caterpillars were all over it and i think they ate the whole thing (so they could become lovely butterlies of course), and now it looks dead.
will it come back? it is very established and large. But i am not sure if i cut the branches off to prune it if it will cause harm. Please gardeners! let me know!
thank you

2007-08-09 05:46:39 · 3 answers · asked by Elisheva 4 in Garden & Landscape

I just bought a condo with hardwood floors throughout. I am worried about my puppy scratching the floors with her nails. I can only throw down so many rugs, so I am wondering - is there anything else I can do to protect the floors?

2007-08-09 05:40:45 · 7 answers · asked by Hershey 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-08-09 05:25:59 · 14 answers · asked by violatordepeche 3 in Garden & Landscape

I'm assuming the actual supplies wouldn't be too expensive, but the labor would be the killer...

2007-08-09 05:20:20 · 7 answers · asked by deholf16 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-09 04:52:46 · 6 answers · asked by Alfredo V 1 in Maintenance & Repairs