Home & Garden - 12 December 2007

The last frost is usually April or early May and I want to be ready to plant a garden by then. I saved hundereds of seeds from last years Marigolds, Giant Sunflowers, Allysum, Portulaca and a few others. I have a small 4 shelf greenhouse and was given permission from the apartment manager to buy another one. That'll give me 6 shelves for plant trays and the bottom shelf to hold water for temp. management to keep the inside above freezing. I live in a South facing apartment so they will get full sun. Any other tips are welcome.

2007-12-12 05:14:09 · 8 answers · asked by Pettyfan 4 in Garden & Landscape

Notta darn thing has work at all fof ,me

2007-12-12 05:09:10 · 8 answers · asked by defenseonly 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-12-12 05:02:49 · 9 answers · asked by nice r 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I live in an older apartment, and unfortunately I live directly above the room with the generator. Last night the power went out in the middle of the night and I woke up to what sounded like a jack hammer just outside my window. I quickly figured out that it was the generator, but that didn't help me sleep with the awful noise. The volume was comparable literally to having a construction site with jack hammers just outside your window. In addition, my whole apartment smelled like gas in the morning.

I called the landlord and she said that generators have to make some noise and that they smell. She said the generator is necessary for keeping some systems running. I can understand SOME noise, but this was a lot more than some...does anyone else know if this is normal or if my landlord is just trying to pass off an outdated and improperly maintained generator as normal?

2007-12-12 04:58:17 · 4 answers · asked by fishfry 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I noticed last night that even though my front door is closed all of this cold air is coming into the house from the sides of the doors. What can I do about this?

2007-12-12 04:41:32 · 10 answers · asked by Nicolleta 2 in Other - Home & Garden

In my house I have 9 radiators upstairs and 6 radiators downstairs and all have thermostats on them. When the heating comes on they all come on apart from two (one upstairs and one downstairs). I have bled the rads and they are fine, but they never get hot no matter what setting I put the thermostat on. Does anyone have any ideas?

2007-12-12 04:35:54 · 14 answers · asked by sledge250672 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

i found bedbugs in my one bedroom out of five i have search high and low in daylight and in the dark i have throuw away the one bed i found them in and the curtians that were by the bed i have not seen them in two days and iam still searching i have vacummed everything and steam cleaned what esle should i do

will they live on hard would floors?

does pinesale work better then cemicals

Iam a single mom and can not afford a perfessioanl

2007-12-12 04:13:10 · 14 answers · asked by playergirljustice 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-12-12 04:12:58 · 4 answers · asked by bernie418 1 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-12 04:08:55 · 5 answers · asked by ells 4 in Decorating & Remodeling

I have just painted my daughter's room apple green although I had wanted a more olive green. The color chosen didn't turn out how I had wanted it to be (olive green). Now I am wanting to repaint it to the olive green but after testing new intended color on white walls AND also on the apple green walls, it turns out that the results differ although I have using the exact same paint. The one painted on the apple green has a mustard tone while on the white walls, it is what I want. How do I solve the problem?

2007-12-12 04:08:45 · 6 answers · asked by SirenLD 3 in Decorating & Remodeling

my daughter wet the bed two nights in a row!

2007-12-12 04:03:07 · 11 answers · asked by Ms.Mac-A-Licious 1 in Cleaning & Laundry

I have a fake fireplace made of what seems like a hard plastic and want to put a ventless gel burning insert inside, is this possible without danger? Are they insulated?

2007-12-12 03:59:23 · 3 answers · asked by tbirdclass 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

A contractor did the plumbing work in my house. Some of it is in my living room ceiling. Some of it started to leak after we had moved in and the ceiling was up. We agreed that he would fix it by handshake. The original work was done under a contract. It's my belief that he should have to fix it anyways. He's fixed the leak, now he's repairing the ceiling he had to tear out from the leak, and he left a mess in my house because he didn't cover anything up. I confronted him about it, because I have a 5 week old baby in the house. He claims he didn't because we didn't give him the stuff to cover up the room with, and he doesn't have that stuff. I told him that was unprofessional, and he threatened not to come back and finish. He said he didn't have to finish. Is there anything I can do if he decides not to? Not to mention it's taken him 3 months to get this far.

2007-12-12 03:53:23 · 6 answers · asked by willum 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

i have accidently dripped wax on my jeans. how should i get it out? i've scratched at it and it didn't do anything. will it help if i use a hair drier to sort of melt it out?

2007-12-12 03:46:07 · 18 answers · asked by Grace 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

I can not see through my glass after 24 hours of running. I can see light from the fire, but it has that grey soot all over it within 24 hours. is this normal?

2007-12-12 03:45:57 · 3 answers · asked by dave49310 4 in Cleaning & Laundry

I got some of the Christmas season Coke-a-Cola bottles and they are a really cool shape this year with a raised 'logo' on the front - I have a project I want to do with them for gifts, but need to get the 'nutritional label' that is like baked on paint - not the peal off kind (darn!) I have tried scraping with a knife, doesn't work, and sanding. the sanding works a bit, but also scratches the glass and I would like to avoid that if possible.
Any suggestions???

2007-12-12 03:31:51 · 3 answers · asked by fotofarie 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I know have deer head in fridge blood all over my food!! my ex roomate did this treachary & I guess I have to clean it. What do I use?????

2007-12-12 03:17:42 · 4 answers · asked by acknog 2 in Cleaning & Laundry

2007-12-12 02:55:50 · 12 answers · asked by choaspeacemaker 2 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

2007-12-12 02:39:49 · 17 answers · asked by mummy to 3 miracles 5 in Decorating & Remodeling

The other day I was in an appliance store and there was this young man going around with a tennis ball at the end of a stick rubbing scuff marks off the stores floor.
It was amazing. I couldn't believe it.
Just a plain green/yellow tennis ball.
Thought maybe some of you would be interested in this.
Let me know if any of you heard of this.

2007-12-12 02:28:45 · 5 answers · asked by Mom of 2 great boys 7 in Cleaning & Laundry

I live in Mesa Az. We have successfully treated all the other Bermuda grass in the area but are hesitant to around the palm for fear of killing the palm.
Thanks for the help.

2007-12-12 02:28:44 · 4 answers · asked by caballero 4 in Garden & Landscape

2007-12-12 02:11:57 · 4 answers · asked by Praful M 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

These little rolley polley bugs are eating the roots too lots of my plants. I want them gone without hurting anything else.

2007-12-12 02:08:27 · 3 answers · asked by Makingwishes 2 in Garden & Landscape

room is 16x16 & we are stuck w/ a bunk bed for now......

2007-12-12 02:00:46 · 8 answers · asked by BerryGrl 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-12 01:50:12 · 4 answers · asked by Sameer S 1 in Other - Home & Garden

2007-12-12 01:31:49 · 5 answers · asked by mel 1 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-12-12 01:30:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Home & Garden

2007-12-12 01:22:22 · 11 answers · asked by Will P 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-12-12 00:55:18 · 1 answers · asked by Dokkie 1 in Do It Yourself (DIY)

It's been raining here for days, and I have plywood sheets in contact with the wet ground. the moisture has begun to cause the plywood sheets to come apart. I have a plentiful supply of linseed oil, but if there's a better product to use on wet plywood I'll use it.

2007-12-12 00:49:22 · 5 answers · asked by Kurt H™ FC Steaua Bucureşti 3 in Maintenance & Repairs