Recommendations please for small plants which can be grown in a bathroom on a shelf about five feet above floor lavel. We have tried ivy but it dies after about two months and we keep having to buy a...
My daughter had some top soil on her garden and up from it has come up three bushes that I thought was tomatoes. But have just noticed the little green tomatoe has turned into a very black berry. Has...
Hello. i live in london, wash my towels n the machine and dry them on the washing line. but they come out very rough. i have tried using fabric softener but it doesn't work? how does everyone else get...
I have noticed I have quite alot of moss on my soil where my flowers are growing so I am wondering should I remove this does it hurt plants growing with it also please can anyone rell me how to get...
How do I stop my apples from having creepy crawlies inside them? It is a very new and small apple tree and this year is the first year it has had apples. But they all had worms(?) inside the core with...
i have a shingle drive and alot of weeds have grown mostly round the edges. i have pulled them up does anyone know of a cheap weedkiller i could use to stop them growing again. thanks for any replys
I want to screen my neighbour's washing (out 7 days a week!) but the low fence between our properties is theirs and next to the fence is our concrete driveway to the garage and workshop. I was...
Hello everyone, I bought a lovely Gerbera plant and I think I've accidentally drowned it! I have been putting it outside (when sunny and dry) in the hope this will dry it out quickly but now fungus...
I have a nasty stain down the brickwork of the front of my house. I think a previous occupant must have had a boiler overflow problem because it stems from the overflow pipe. I have been told that, if...
Still not a gardener but have one of these which we would like to come again next year. According to one web page we have read it is too late now to make it flower again. But is it?... Does one of...
I have inadvertantly flooded my room, the carpet is soaking. I've done my best to soak up some of it with towels and sheets etc.. I guess all that's left to do is open the window and wait for it to...
Hello, I've got a Flymo L470 2-stroke hover mower. Used to work fine but now will only start with full choke on but dies as I ease the choke off. Any thoughts, anybody? Cheers, Andy
I have just bought a Worx 24v cordless drill. I wanted something pretty robust as my previous drills did not seem to last long. To my surpise it is pretty heavy. Does the power make it heavier? Would...
Does anyone know where i can buy cheap bay window curtain rail, they're all so expensive. My existing hand bent track now catches on curtain and won't go round the bend! Help!
I have paid a Letting Agent over ?4000 and they have now gone into voluntary liquidation and did not forward any of the funds to the Landlord. I intially paid ?2,200 by EFT to them as a deposit and...
Six years ago I sold my house to my daughter and her partner and moved from Milton Keynes to Kent. My daughter transferred all the utilities to her and then she and her partner sold the house and...
We have just finished building a property and as a consequence of the build have approx 3000 tons of the original topsoil. This is in a mound twice the size of the house.It has been piled up for about...
I have a lot off moss on my garden paths , does anyone know how to get rid off moss without using expensive moss killer, which I have tried with not much success. Thank you