Home & Garden - 28 August 2007

i have a venus fly trap it has 3-4 traps but one is very big bigger than the rest, but it won't close!!!

i wanna know??
if a trap gets to big does it does it not work anymore???

2007-08-28 10:49:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

If anyone could send me to a website or send me a crochet pattern for a hanging plant sling I have not been able to find a nice pattern. Thank you in advanced for your help with this matter.

2007-08-28 10:45:36 · 1 answers · asked by jessicahoward_2004 1 in Other - Home & Garden

I have roughly a 2 x 3 ft area in my living room carpet that got wet during some severe thunderstorms last week (rain actually seeped in through the shut windows). Anyways, how do I get this water out of my carpet? I tried just using paper towels to soak up the water and have gone through an entire roll on one spot, and it's still wet!! (dryer than before, but still wet). Is there a quick fix household remedy? I'll totally appreciate it! Please let me know!

2007-08-28 10:32:26 · 12 answers · asked by riddler 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

this morning I broke my favorite coffee mug I got while in college. It's like the ceramic kind - the only thing broken on it is the handle got broken off.....i'm not real "handy" but can this be fixed and what can I buy at like Wal Mart, Target, etc. to fix this?

2007-08-28 10:30:03 · 8 answers · asked by camillabrightside 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-08-28 10:27:58 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I have a small pond made by large flat focks cemented together. how do I keep it from getting green? and there are small koi in there too along with some goldfish and multicolored goldfish.

2007-08-28 10:27:22 · 2 answers · asked by tosandrew 2 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-08-28 10:25:33 · 3 answers · asked by pumpkinking 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-08-28 10:14:12 · 8 answers · asked by blklove_11 1 in Other - Home & Garden

It's a baby right now.

2007-08-28 10:09:28 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I just flushed my metal toilet paper dispenser down the toilet and now my toilet won't flush right. Can I get it out myself or do I have to call the plummer?

If so, how do I get it out myself?

Thanks.

2007-08-28 09:58:09 · 9 answers · asked by 24failures 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

what type of fertilizer do you use for dogwood shrubs

2007-08-28 09:55:37 · 1 answers · asked by lobo m 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

How do you get cat and or dog urine out of floor when the home has been sitting empty for 1 year?
How do you get cat and or dog urine out of floor when the home has been sitting empty for 1 year? I will pull carpet up but how do I treat floor if it is a concrete floor? how do you treat if it has plywood sub floor? Pls answer both surfaces wood and concrete. ty

2007-08-28 09:54:57 · 7 answers · asked by ktownandrew@sbcglobal.net 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I live in a cold weather state (Michigan). I was wondering if it's worth bothering with the small greenhouses you see in catalogs for about $2000. How much do they really extend your season and are there any advantages over just using coldframes?

2007-08-28 09:53:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-08-28 09:46:32 · 7 answers · asked by theartisttwin 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

I am looking for a refrigerator to replace my top freezer one. A friend is very happy with her bottom freezer and suggest me get one. But I am more energy converned.

2007-08-28 09:46:24 · 4 answers · asked by hungmgcc 1 in Other - Home & Garden

There are holes about the size of a dime bit into my tomatoes both ripe and unripe. It does not appear to be attacking the leaves or stems. I have not caught any critters in the act of tomato sabatoge, but if I do, boy are they going to get it!! Does anyone know what could be the possible invader? I did see a dark green spotted caterpiller on the stalk of the plant two weeks ago. I relocated him out of my garden. Could it be caterpillers or some other critter?What would be the best to do? I would like to enjoy as many tomatoes as I can before the end of the summer.

2007-08-28 09:43:57 · 5 answers · asked by emamy 3 in Garden & Landscape

2007-08-28 09:43:03 · 1 answers · asked by Miss 6 7 in Other - Home & Garden

my friend said that he was digging a trench. what is it??

2007-08-28 09:40:28 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-08-28 09:39:57 · 5 answers · asked by LordLogic 3 in Other - Home & Garden

I have a toilet block stuck in my loo!(one of thoose things you hang on the edge of your toilet)just looking for advice on how to unblock it!

2007-08-28 09:35:05 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

I'm in the market for kitchen cutlery, any suggestions?

2007-08-28 09:32:35 · 4 answers · asked by Kate D. Did 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have gone on line and not found the instructions would greatly appriate.

2007-08-28 09:29:23 · 1 answers · asked by margaret f 2 in Other - Home & Garden

I was wondering if I could make a light that people press a button in the kitchen and it sets a light off in my basement to alert me into coming upstairs. It would be mainly used forn when I am playing drums and cant hear people yelling from upstairs. How much would this cost and how would I go about doing it? Would a simple circuit work? websites always help too.. thanks!

2007-08-28 09:22:24 · 3 answers · asked by Ben 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I am a pretty good DIY plumber and an okay DIY electrician. However, in every home where I had to do the work always had a basement or crawl space. I am getting ready to buy a house without either and my question is:

How do you access the plumbing and electrical if you can't get to it from the basement. I know it's in the walls and I will probably have to cut sheet rock to get to it. But I guess what I'm really asking is how do you detect where the exact problem is? Whether it be a leaky pipe or running an extra outlet.

I guess I will have to access wiring from the attic but still not sure about plumbing.

Thanks.

2007-08-28 09:21:37 · 7 answers · asked by tamarack58 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-28 09:20:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Maintenance & Repairs

Basically, the house has no pit or sump pump system, and i wanted to install one in the basement. Also, what companies do this type of work? i live in Chicago. Thanks

2007-08-28 09:19:45 · 3 answers · asked by gemeneye25@prodigy.net 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

It misses words like-stomick, areiation, and it infuriates me.

2007-08-28 09:15:54 · 4 answers · asked by peter s 3 in Garden & Landscape

I don't mean to gross you, but a method I've found. A squirrel was run over and paralised. Couldn't move, except for slithering on its stomack near my tomato plants. I dispatched it and it bled. Other squirrels have avoided the area.

2007-08-28 09:13:53 · 4 answers · asked by peter s 3 in Garden & Landscape

My wife and I are having our first child in April. We currently have two guest bedrooms, one of which will be converted into a nursery. The room that will remain a guest bedroom is 10' x 11' and we are having a debate about which bed we should use.

Option 1:
A full size bed with a nice headboard and matching dresser. The full size mattress is very cheap, light, and not very comfortable.

Option 2:
A queen size metal bed frame, with no headboard or matching dresser. This bed has a very nice, comfortable mattress.

The first looks much better, the second is much more comfortable. Which would you choose?

2007-08-28 09:13:38 · 4 answers · asked by Mr Chris 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-08-28 09:12:28 · 10 answers · asked by yo11007 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)