Home & Garden - 30 August 2007

I have a 100 bulbs and I know everything about planting them but I can't remember which direction they go in the soil and I'm having trouble finding a website that tells me.

2007-08-30 10:38:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

What would you pay if someone came to your door with an aerial picture of your house or farm in a frame and everything. I was thinking anywhere from $60-$100. What do you think?

2007-08-30 10:37:03 · 6 answers · asked by RUSS W 1 in Other - Home & Garden

My mother would like to trim her lilacs, she has a row of about 10 that are about 20 years old. They need to be about half their size. What is the best way to cut them? We have heard that cutting them can cause them to stop flowering for good which obviously she doesn't want. Should she cut them or let them keep growing? She's really nervous, they used to be my grandmothers. Specific answers would be great! Thanks!!!

2007-08-30 10:35:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

2007-08-30 10:32:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

i love morning glories, but hear that they are highly invasive. and i have dogs, so i don't want anything that will harm them

2007-08-30 10:25:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

have an old john deere rx73 ride on mower that i picked up a short time ago. was running great but now all of a sudden it starts fine stays running for about a min fine. then will only stay running if i keep it choked. i think its compression but does it make sense if it runs fine from the beginning?

2007-08-30 10:21:30 · 6 answers · asked by ? 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-08-30 10:18:37 · 8 answers · asked by Mirage 2 in Garden & Landscape

Okay, I finally decided to remodel the 1950's bathroom in my one bedroom condo. It's not a large bathroom - just a tub, toilet and vanity - virtually no additional space. I have a contractor but am stuck on a couple of decisions. 1st. I would ideally like to get a pedestal sink as it would make the bathroom appear much larger, however, aside from the medicine cabinet, I wouldn't have any storage space. I conidered buying 2 or 3 recessed medicine cabinets and having them lined above the sink and toilet. Could look cool if it looked like one big medicine cabinet or could look horrible.

2nd, I think I am going to get wainscoting along the walls instead of tile. If I do what tile should I get that would look okay with white wainscoting in a smallish bathroom. I wanted to stick with all white (potentially subway tile) as the monochromatic theme would help the room look larger but would it look like a hospital bathroom?

One more - shower door vs. shower curtain?

Thanks

2007-08-30 10:05:22 · 7 answers · asked by Teri 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have a room with about 7 wall mounted lights on a single circuit, with an OLD dimmer switch. Regular CFLs don't work with dimmer switches, and the new "dimmable" CFLs generally only work with NEWER dimmer switches. Since we don't USE the dimmer at all and I have a TON of free CFLs from Yahoo Answers, can I just replace my dimmer switch with a normal ON/OFF switch and then use the CFLs? Or is there still a problem because there are 7 of these lights on one circuit? Anybody know?

2007-08-30 10:05:18 · 3 answers · asked by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 in Maintenance & Repairs

As you should change your underware everyday
-How do you wash your underwears? Do you wash them separately or with other clothes?
- How often you wash your underwears? (everyday?)

-Do you handwash them or you use machinewash?

2007-08-30 09:50:48 · 4 answers · asked by gliesc c 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-08-30 09:48:19 · 24 answers · asked by David S 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a 4" to 6" PVC shaft for my well. Coming from my house is the wires that go to the electric submursalbe pump that I beleive is at the bottom of this shaft. I believe I have a bad pump due to it works gfopr a few seconds and shuts off. I added 20 min of city water to my well just in case it was dry and the pump worked for 40 seconds. So I think I need to remove the pump to replace it. Someone has tired a nylon ropr to the pump but it won't budge. I also notice a rode down approx 4' from the top. not sure if this someho plays a role in the removal of the pump?

2007-08-30 09:30:39 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

the small little critters are brown and very very tiny. I continued to pull dishes from my cupboard and these bugs were everywhere... even on all my good in the same pantry (live in a small apartment). WHAT COULD THEY BE???? I had to empty out my cupboards, throw away my food and was all my dishes. I had the maintenace people come spray it last night but there were still some lives ones in there this morning!!! HELLLLLLLLP! WHAT ARE THEY? How can I get rid of them????

2007-08-30 09:30:00 · 4 answers · asked by Unknown 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I want to transplant sedum (I have tons of it) from our primary residence to vacation home residence 200 miles away (both are in Maryland). Can I do it now? It is in 'bloom'... When I transplant it back home, I just pull on one stem, plop it in the ground, and in a year it gives me a 'cabbage-like' bush. I usually do this in the spring though. Can I do it now (Aug/Sep)? I don't care if it look bad after transplant, I just want it to come back in the spring.... Any pointers? Thanks!

2007-08-30 09:26:55 · 4 answers · asked by curious1223 3 in Garden & Landscape

when 2 or more make it more fun?

You can't always be alone. Bring a friend along.

2007-08-30 09:24:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I want to build some beds, i have built some great pieces before just not beds. its really easy to find plans for other furniture but I cant find any bed plans, especially platform beds. any help?

2007-08-30 09:21:19 · 0 answers · asked by Eric J 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I would love to know some ways to hand roll wax for making cinnamon buns...

2007-08-30 09:16:01 · 6 answers · asked by aedwards1983 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Just bought a home with new slate floors and slate bathtub walls. How can I tell if they have been sealed? If they have not, do they have to be sealed? And if they have to be sealed, where can I buy sealer at?
Also- there are marble or granite tile counter tops in the kitchen and bathroom. Do they have to be sealed?
Obviously I've never dealt with natural stone tiles before.
Thank you for your help!

2007-08-30 09:06:33 · 1 answers · asked by bernie0805 5 in Maintenance & Repairs

I have recently added some perrenials into my garden over the last 3 months. They have taken quite well, but i have gaps/spaces in between plants, can anyone advise what i can plant in the spaces?? I have only just started getting interested in gardening and also have problems with weeds popping up in between and have placed a layer of mulch around plants but little weeds keep popping up, can you help me with that as well ? Thank you in advance for any advice :0)

2007-08-30 09:03:53 · 8 answers · asked by corrinab2705 3 in Garden & Landscape

I have an Ikea wood table with an ash acrylic-based veneer. I want to polyurethane it to protect it from spills, scratches, & other wear & tear. Has anyone done it? I'd like some tips on how, whether to use acrylic-based semigloss, and whether to spray, or paint with a bristle brush or foam brush. Do I have to sand first?

2007-08-30 08:59:14 · 2 answers · asked by mb 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

We have very hard water and have water spots on everything. The build up on the heating element worries me that it could be a fire hazard. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

2007-08-30 08:56:45 · 8 answers · asked by wanitcleannow 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a space for a lighting fixture in the middle of my room, what type of lighting can i use? A pendant lighting ot chandleier?
I was thinking of this fixture http://www.target.com/gp/product/B000NVTF2K/601-1995043-4222525

is that ok?

2007-08-30 08:55:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Decorating & Remodeling

hmmm

2007-08-30 08:51:04 · 10 answers · asked by Koko Butta Kream 4 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

How do I separate the two areas? My kitchen/living room is square shaped -- the kitchen is at the top of the box, my living room takes up the right side and bottom of the square and the left side of the box is the entrance into the apartment.

Currently, I have a waist-high bookshelf with plants separating the entrance area from the living room, a butcher block table separating the kitchen from the entrance and a table running along the far right side of the square.

There's too much going on and not enough delineation to make the two areas look separate. Any suggestions how to improve things?

2007-08-30 08:50:54 · 6 answers · asked by YAH IS GOD 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

theres like these big worm holes in my sunflower...what is it? its gotta be some kinda bug eating through it but is there a way i can stop it somehow?

2007-08-30 08:50:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

I'm making a quilt and the directions say "sew H to I, with beg of seam 4 1/2 inches from top right corner of H. What does this mean?

2007-08-30 08:48:57 · 2 answers · asked by desperate for answers 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have clay dirt in my yard. I need some nice curb appeal, and can not get anything to grow. I planted spiral trees in the front flower bed they died two weeks later. any suggestions on types of plants or procedures with clay dirt?

2007-08-30 08:46:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

1 floor house.

2007-08-30 08:45:29 · 8 answers · asked by bsbmo33 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

in september im having a birthday party, but i have been told i need to keep the noise levels down , is there anyway to make it sound quiter downstairs rather than turning the music down .... plz help. i need as many solutions as possibe????
thanks
ppl who reply may well have jus saved my party : )

2007-08-30 08:44:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-08-30 08:38:28 · 9 answers · asked by Linda P 1 in Cleaning & Laundry