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Getting rid of Mothball smell, outside

Have a giggle on me, folks. I mistakenly thought spreading mothballs outside my home, under a hard to reach overhang, would keep the neighborhood cats from urinating under there and would also deter...

Terry414

Flowers not blooming in garden, just growing leaves

My hydrangeas and rose bushes are just growing leaves and not flowers. What can I tdo?

babu

Wooden fireplace mantles

Any ideas where I can purchase 2 identical wooden (pine) fireplace mantles . thanks

ALEC090

hanging baskets wont last

HI lozzzz thankyou for answering my question and i dehead every day and feed very often it realy has me beat they done this last year as well i noticed on the leaves on1 basket the leaves have...

smurfchops

White Wooden Furniture

I am thinking of buying painted wood bedside tables for a newly furnished bedroom together with other bedroom furniture (dressing table etc). I quite like the French style in fashion at...

utenken

perennial hibiscus

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nuoyg

Style my tiles!

Does anybody know of any good tilers (to tile my bathroom) in the South East London area? Or outskirts of Kent?

cracker

heat

oil filled heaters or convector heaters?

pogle

kiwi fruit.

I have a jenny kiwi fruit tree growing outside the greenhouse but fed inside which is fine.After 6 years it has produced fruit but also 2 new shoots outside. Should i remove them or leave them...

elplews

Keeping Dogs off Grass

Hi, Does anybody know of any products or anything else that will stop a dog coming into my garden and using it as a toilet! Its only a small patch of grass that I have at the side of my...

Firiffic

Lemon Trees

I was told that a healthy lemon tree had to have in equal parts flowers, green bally things and fruit. Is this true and how do I acheive this. The house we have just bought has a lemon...

jonnyg123

b & q integrated fridge freezer installation

Does anyone have experience of installing integrated fridge freezers for off the shelf b & q kitchens? We've assembled the cabinets but the hole positions for the bracing bars are too far...

lady_brummie

moving utility meters

my meters are located at the back of the house and readers can not gain acess when i no one home. how do i go about getting them moved to the front of the house?

lady_brummie

gas and electric meters

my meters are at the back of the house and readers can not gain acess when i am not here. can anyone advice me about getting these moved to the front for easy access?

sharpie

door

Just moved into a flat, needs some work doing to it. The door frames all need replacing. Is this a job i can do myself? if so how...?

crash50

whats squashing my bee baum?

I recently planted four bee baum (I hope I am spelling that right) They lasted about a week. I was thrilled by the humming bird that started to show up. I walked out one morning to find them literally...

HCarroll

Fridge sizes

If a fridge is advertised as having 120 litres capacity, what is the equivalent in cubic feet?

jayman

Asking guests to take shoes off

I want to find a nice way to ask all my guests to take off their shoes. Right now I just have a pile of shoes at the door and I answer it in my socks. Most of my guest see the shoes and...

lila

100ml of cooked soya beans contain how many grams protein?