Home & Garden - 25 August 2007

Dishwashers seem to clean glasses and tumblers really well but we don't have one and our pint glasses and tumblers are starting to go cloudy at the bottom (where it is difficult to reach with a scourer).

Does anyone have any tips for getting them shiny clean again?

2007-08-25 12:05:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cleaning & Laundry

We have a yard of giant oak trees. Lately we've noticed large webs taking over the upper limbs of the trees and spread to other limbs and then other trees. The live oaks don't seem to have the webs. These look lake bucket size spider webs but are too high to tell if insects are inside. The web is clear white but are so dense we can tell if inscets are inside. The trees are beginning to look like they are losing there bark and not so lively. Please help me before we try to sell my home since the trees are the attraction point to our house. the limbs form an ark over our driveway making it look like an old plantation. I really need help fast! Thank you!

2007-08-25 12:03:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

This is a 2 story house with 3 bedrooms. It has not been deep cleaned not really cleaned at all in 6 months. (Except dishes and mild sweeping)
There are water stains in the bathroom and kitchen.
There is pet hair everywhere...even the walls and curtains.
There is a smell in on the wood stairs like pet urine maybe.
And there are personal things all over that i do not know where to place them. Knick knacks to old mail, tools ad well just things they never put away.

The dishes are all dusty in the cup boards to. And there is old cake mixes and such all dusty.
Where do I start? is one room easier to start with?
What about all the pet hair on everything including the walls...i do not want it spreading on the things I have wiped allready?
Thanks.

2007-08-25 12:01:27 · 7 answers · asked by charontheloose 6 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-08-25 12:00:08 · 15 answers · asked by frisky99beh 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I am growing a new back yard I got most of it in and there are still bare spots that i am now filling in and the reason for these spots are from the wild cats in the neigborhood doing thier business on my soft soil as if it is a large kitty box how can I keep them off my yard so I can get is all the come in nice and thick please help

2007-08-25 11:58:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Hi there,
I bought a v modern condo, most everything is off-white (carpet, paint) with black kitchen applicances. Found a dark brown wool rug on sale at Pier One for dirt cheap so I lugged it home. i like earth tone colors but wonder if y'all think that a solid throw rug on white carpet is too strong contrast. i only have two soft lime green bucket chairs, a subdued red japanese trunk with a gold monkey on it as a small side table, and an oversized black chair w/ottoman that serves as couch - this has very small light brown, off-white polka dots on it. they're all hand-me downs and i'm making do.

i really like the shag throw rugs with speckles of colors but can't afford that now. any design ideas for around this rug on a budget? or save the budget, return it quick... thanks!

2007-08-25 11:55:17 · 3 answers · asked by Karen 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

regular ol'lawn mower.Should I use a mixture of oil and gas?Or use regular gas to operate it?

2007-08-25 11:53:36 · 10 answers · asked by Wishee 4 in Other - Home & Garden

I have a huge arachniphobia and I am unable to enjoy my balcony by the lake because it has been taken over by huge, quarter size spiders. They're everywhere!! I don't mind having my boyfriend kill one or two but this is just getting outrageous! Is there any cheap and safe way I can get them to at least stay away from my balcony/apartment. By the way, I have a little dog that I don't want hurt by any chemicals.

2007-08-25 11:50:16 · 6 answers · asked by Manna 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

So we have these mysterious ants that had appeared out of nowhere. They are just hanging around on our kitchen table. I had to throw 3 boxes of cereal away! ='( I don't know where they are comming from! How can I get rid of them without randomly spraying raid or using traps? Thanks all. And we are clean people but these auts have found something and I don't know what they hell it is. I threw away the open foods that they could have gotten into, everything is sealed or in closed baggies.

2007-08-25 11:47:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

we want it to come from the receptacle to go to the light switch then to the light.

2007-08-25 11:46:59 · 6 answers · asked by cassyfaye 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I want the scent to be as strong as possible and have a good 'throw.' THANKS!!!

2007-08-25 11:46:16 · 1 answers · asked by galsb 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-08-25 11:43:02 · 2 answers · asked by balletlover 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I found a bunch of clean burlap sacks at a chocolate factory, and I need some ideas of craft items to make out of it.

2007-08-25 11:42:14 · 2 answers · asked by sally t 2 in Garden & Landscape

I need help in identifying these two plants, heres the links.....

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/lordfizzer/P1010160.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/lordfizzer/P1010149.jpg

2007-08-25 11:38:16 · 7 answers · asked by cleoscoveuk 1 in Garden & Landscape

I just purchased my house and it already had the system installed. I called Brinks, but they won't help me unless I purchase monitoring.
I don't want monitoring.

2007-08-25 11:22:50 · 10 answers · asked by TVfan 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-08-25 11:21:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

we have some now but its old and has holes in it which makes it hard to move arround on. do they make ones that aren't made out of cheap plastic?

2007-08-25 11:19:48 · 5 answers · asked by codelyoko4524 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-25 11:18:05 · 11 answers · asked by ckeuler 2 in Garden & Landscape

It is Scotts 16Hp/42" automatic
Powered by Kolhler.command
42"DEck
12Gauge steel what size lawnmower belt should I buy?

2007-08-25 11:03:16 · 3 answers · asked by Nathan 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have 4 walls that are just plain royal blue.. or like a darkish pure blue? but i'm just wondering what would go well with it because i want to add designs on the wall now. i plan on changing the furniture to a silver or black.. i have silver blinds and my doors / ceiling is white...(feel free to leave ideas for designs)

2007-08-25 11:01:26 · 11 answers · asked by TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-08-25 11:01:19 · 5 answers · asked by Julie 4 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-25 10:57:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I get the occassional bee or wasp in the house (I leave a lot of windows open, get them about twice a week) and as they scare me (I know, whimpy) I got a bugspray but it's such horrible stuff. They take ages to die and flies keel over and die even hours after I sprayed it. I've just spent fifteen minutes rescuing flies and taking them back into the fresh air, I have nothing against flies so I feel horrible that they've gotten ill. So is there a way to get rid of bugs without risking a sting but also without actually harming them?

PS I know for spiders there's this plastic thing you can capture them in but I'm not keen on getting that near a spider.

2007-08-25 10:52:24 · 17 answers · asked by Elle Dee 3 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-08-25 10:49:41 · 4 answers · asked by rowd149 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-08-25 10:44:38 · 9 answers · asked by oldsalt 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-25 10:43:42 · 5 answers · asked by tileman11779 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have a large wet spot in one of the upstairs bedrooms that will not dry . I think I have a leak under the floor . The bedroom sits over a inhouse garage with a finished roof . Can I repair this myself ??? I dont have funds for a plumber

2007-08-25 10:37:23 · 3 answers · asked by jw 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

her shirts

2007-08-25 10:35:52 · 9 answers · asked by nergal 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2 - 3 weeks ago, I asked on here why anyone would steal unopened rosebuds.

Around 3 AM today, I got up. Happened to look out the window, and caught movements in my flower garden. I turned on the porch light.

Young deer there, maybe as big as a yearling. Eating flowerheads off a tall plant. He looked up at the light, then went back to eating. Today, I see that he has again eaten one rosebud. Tiny ones on other bush still there.

In the past 2 months, he (she?) has eaten my rosebuds, our green beans, the tops off the beets. I think he may live in the heavily wooded spare lot we own behind the house.

Now what? Can't afford a fence. Can't lay out poison (wouldn't, anyway.) Can't shoot a deer in town. How do I deter him?

2007-08-25 10:35:29 · 12 answers · asked by kiwi 7 in Other - Home & Garden

there is a problem in the guttur i think. u see when u shower the water comes in the other bathtub in the other bathrooom..how do u clean or solve this problem.,.i think the pipes are dirty if u want my advice.

2007-08-25 10:33:38 · 6 answers · asked by sweety 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)