Other - Home & Garden - May 2007

2007-05-06 03:36:31 · 4 answers · asked by sandysneakers 1

I've received a bartlett pear tree as a gift. My backyard does not have enough space to accomodate a 20' tree with that kind of width. I am pretty sure it is not a dwarf variety. I know VERY little about this stuff. Is there a way to keep it small and still bearing fruit or is it worth asking my brother in law to exchange it for a dwarf variety?

2007-05-05 23:49:47 · 2 answers · asked by tricia_g_c 2

read on some webpage that it is. but when i search the net buying for it, most said for outdoor use.

2007-05-05 23:03:55 · 4 answers · asked by yinqing1 1

Ive got some books but they are hard to understand do I trim just below a leaf or just above it and how far can I trim it down the branch? Its quite a young tree about 7 years old.

2007-05-05 22:41:03 · 5 answers · asked by atticusblack19 1

I don't have a problem with them yet, I just want to be prepared so that I don't have a problem with them, any suggestions?

2007-05-05 15:00:56 · 9 answers · asked by bcsback 2

2007-05-05 13:35:13 · 3 answers · asked by Christine H 1

in my shower. Also, I looked on my arm and there was one there and I just knocked it off. They are black and round and have 8 legs. What is it?

2007-05-05 13:34:49 · 1 answers · asked by Terri L 2

My fiance and I need to save some major money in the next little while, problem is- He got a surprise pay cut about a month after I quit my job to be a stay at home mom with our 5 yr old, and I am pregnant with our second baby. Before the pay cut, it would have been fine financially. Now, with me being 31 wks preg, we're in a tight spot.
I need any and all tips on how we can save some money, not necessarily to bank right now, but to live on.
If you have any ways we can save on everyday items and chores, let me know! I mean stuff like cooking, cleaning, pet care (3 cats, 1 dog), groceries, stuff like that. Since I am a stay at home mom I do have more time to spend "being frugal". We don't eat out much at all, live rural so don't do anything pricey for entertainment ($5 movie 2x a month), I use baking soda to clean, line dry our clothes, and try to use everything in our pantry before buying more... help! Fiance is freaking out about money!

2007-05-05 12:08:06 · 8 answers · asked by melaniecampbell 3

My dorm room is sooo aesthetically-challenged !!! All furniture and square corners !!!

2007-05-05 04:22:35 · 3 answers · asked by inquisitive 1

Last night, I woke up and all my flowers were gone, eaten by the wild deer in the area. Help please!

2007-05-05 02:51:47 · 13 answers · asked by Jen A 2

How come the water level in toilets stay the same even if you pour a large amount of water into it?

2007-05-04 23:43:15 · 5 answers · asked by Kevin T 3

I have tried cd's in the trees.
I have tried rotating bird scarers.
I have tried dummy rooks.
The tree is protected so I can't cut it down.
I'm thinking of buying an air rifle..any suggestions.

2007-05-04 18:42:24 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-04 17:59:31 · 2 answers · asked by THDK 2

ok this is a weird one, I know but i've been seeing some weird signs. The other night, I was laying in my bed tryign to sleep and the room was completely dark. And my light, which is turned on by dimmer instantly came on full blast. I turned it off, and it did it a second time. I'll plug in my straightening iron and set it on my sink and go upstairs while it warms up, and regularly when I come back it is moved to another shelf, and unplugged. Often times things will randomly fall out of cabinets. Once in a while i'll hear moans in certain parts of the house where certainly no one is. The strangest case is a time when my singing fish thing randomly lept 3 feet from where it was into my toilet and started singing "Put me in the water." Now, I know this all sounds really juvinile and farfetched.. and it's a dumb question, but i'm completely serious about everything I've said, and I wondered if anyone else has experienced anythign similar. Is it something to worry about?

2007-05-04 17:51:11 · 23 answers · asked by Caleb P 2

I have been told the spikes are highly poisonous.

2007-05-04 17:44:36 · 1 answers · asked by jenna 3

2007-05-04 15:26:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i saw part of a segment on an early morning nbc news show. i only caught the tail end of it. but they said something about how millions of bees had disappeared.has anyone else heard of this.

2007-05-04 13:21:55 · 7 answers · asked by out for justice. 5

Our entire neighborhood is infested with rats since they are building a new development down the street. We have killed a few rats with traps, but our dogs are getting smarter and starting to eat the bait (peanut butter) and I'm afraid they are going to get snapped by the trap. What else do people use? The exterminator gave up!

2007-05-04 10:06:55 · 7 answers · asked by surfncali2000 1

A few nights ago, I popped some corn, and left a little of it on a kitchen counter. The next day, I noticed several kernels on the bathroom floor. I asked my husband if he was eating popcorn in the bathroom. He said no.

My conclusion was that maybe we have a mouse, who took some in there. I have never seen any mouse droppings anywhere, or anything. No evidence of mice, except popcorn in the bathroom. I bought some mouse poison when we went into town that day.

Later noticed that the kernels are all gone. Husband claims to know nothing about this. I didn't pick them up.

What do you think is going on?

2007-05-04 08:44:39 · 9 answers · asked by kiwi 7

its sooooooooo gross!

2007-05-04 08:27:22 · 5 answers · asked by Foxtrot 2

We're relocating a few states away without a moving company. Please tell me the thing you're most grateful for knowing (or what you wish you knew) when you moved.

2007-05-04 08:14:12 · 9 answers · asked by IrisInLove 2

water comes from a well, not good enough to drink, what can I put in water so kids can bath, or filter

2007-05-04 06:23:09 · 1 answers · asked by charleec2004 1

hey guys has anyone had a problem with mice .
we have had mice for the past three months we have put down poison set snap traps ...even tried diy bicket traps but still we have mice ...
they travel all over our house even in the kids bedrooms and attic, tomorrow we plan to clear our attic and see if that shows where the nest is .

any ideas most appreciated please

2007-05-04 06:14:06 · 25 answers · asked by sweetchant1lly 2

Plus also what is the best stuff to use?

2007-05-04 05:05:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-04 04:17:32 · 6 answers · asked by kaiodyann 1

I have a stainless steel sink and everytime I buy a new sponge it smells from the sink. The sink is clean and I rest the sponge on the back of the sink resting against the backsplash. So its hardly even touching it. I do wipe the sink with it. But does anyone know if theres a chemical reason for it?

2007-05-04 03:31:51 · 5 answers · asked by crystal lee 5

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2007-05-04 02:26:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

One that is available in the Philippines, please. Thanks!

2007-05-04 00:35:29 · 10 answers · asked by tzharmeleon_gal 1

Thinking about buying a house on a very sloping block of land.

Obviously I am not a builder or landscaper, but to my eyes the timber posts in the retaining walls look old, and mis-shapen in parts. The current owner says walls are 8 years old, that you'd expect the walls to last 20 years.

Any comments? Anything obvious that would give me a clue?

2007-05-03 18:37:25 · 3 answers · asked by bluemountainsbird 2

I am known as the Flower Lady for the past 12 years in the SE area of our town, I sell flowers for .10 each on a card table, self pay in a jar :) Now I would like to learn how to press them and make keepsakes for my family members, but I'd like to hear from those who learned the hard way, not from sites you have cut and pasted please. Experience usually speaks loudest

2007-05-03 17:34:38 · 3 answers · asked by PrincessQuiteAlot 2