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Vinyl quote Could someone please tell me how much would be fair to pay for the thinline board installation part of a vinyl laying quote! Our quote is for approx 9.7 (boards I assume) quantity and it seems a little expensive but maybe I am out of touch with prices. TI... |
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Bamboo We have found a plantation of the thick Bamboo we can cut into but how to cut it down is the question. we have used a hacksaw in the past but that was only on skinny stuff.anybody got any ideas please ! |
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Is this a weed? Looks like a varigated geranium to me. |
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Lily of the Valley - I liked it but not now it seems to be taking over parts of the garden where I don't want it.Any suggestions on how to get rid of it! It has chosen to grow up amongst my violets and is not far from entering the rest of my garden. I have driven in old oven trays on their edge... |
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Aunt Ruby's German Green Tomato Has anyone grown these!Are they worth growing!I have a couple of large seedlings and wonder if they are worth the precious little space left in the garden. |
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Help needed with keeping cut ivy from wilting I am making centrepieces for wedding tables this Saturday. The ivy "circles" to go around vases will be lightly sprayed with silver paint. I had a practise run a few months ago and they stayed looking fresh for 3 or 4 days. However, I made anoth... |
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Patching up peeling exterior paint Our exterior paintwork is in poor condition. In parts it has peeled, exposing the wood underneath. We can't really paint the whole house right now, so I'd be keen to know if there is any way of patching up or protecting the exposed wood until we a... |
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Garlic Harvesting when in Canterbury? When is it time to harvest all different garlic types! I am growing a couple Elephant garlics and a few others and having read a few things about 100 day crop I think thats wrong so I am wondering when would be be best to harvest it. and is it to late to ... |
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What is a feijoa root system like please? Trees are at least 20 years old and have never been pruned correctly so heaps of straggly trunks and gazillions of branches.We have a hedge of them that we'd like to take out.So what sort of root system do they have please (like is it goin |
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Grape vine Does anyone know what is the best fertilizer to feed my grape vine |
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How much dirt do I need to mound up around my. potatoes This is my first go at growing potatoes and I was wondering how much dirt over the whole growing period do the potato plants need to produce a sufficient number of tubers under ground! I planted my potatoes on 7th of October (Jersey B |
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Help! Support beam in the middle of our lounge Oh and just in case its not clear, the circled part of the pole in the picture goes right down to the floor |
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Monty Don Wondered if anyone watched Monty Don last night on Choice and could tell me what the tool was he used to make a hole in the ground for planting (I think it was bulbs). It was on a long handle and looked like a mini post hole borer, or an upside down round... |
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Orchids, best in pots or the ground? They grow well in either but you need loose sandy soil. Fertiliser is really important too. |
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Lemon trees We transplanted a lemon tree to a better part of the garden, sun etc, but now the leaves are turning yellow and its not looking good there are lemons but they are very small. Any suggestions/ Thanks |
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Removing weeds from new lawn The safest way is "hand & knees with a sharp knife" especially if they are daisies. |
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Wedding cake tree Planted 2 months agolook fine till yesterday now leaves all falling offdoes anyone know what could be wrong! |
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Sound insulating ceiling I have a downnstairs bedroom which needs to be insulated in some way from the upstairs sound effects, in particular the shower tray is just above the bed downstairs. As the ceiling gib board has to come off anyway (christchurch, don't ask ! ) I can pu... |
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Asparagus peas. I sowed some of these today. Has anyone ever grown them! I decided to grow a few different things this season and got mail order seeds from Kings and Egmont Seeds. Any info much appreciated |
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Tomato plants How big should tomato plants be now. I'm growing black krim. Would they need to have fruit on them already! I'm in Otago |
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Suggestions please - plants for dry shade? I have a small area I want to plant. It's near a ponga, so the ground is very dry and it's shaded by large native beech. Having just weeded it, I know that rangiora, coprosma and pandanus do OK there, but I would like to put something in to fill t... |
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Plants to repell insects What plants please are good to repell insects in a vege garden!Thank you. |
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Moving plants at this time of year Hi I have several trees albeit relatively small that I have to move in the next two weeks or so to a different area, the ground in the different area does not seem that receptive has been stripped bear and on a hill without alot of top soil.I am wondering... |
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I want Pittosporum Tenuifolium "Tom Thumb" Has anyone got this plant Pittosporum tenuifolium "Tom Thumb" I desparately want it. Happy to pay postage and costs etc. It is a dwarf Pitto and has dark purple leaves. Looks fabulous in winter with frost on its leaves. i see there were 4 for sa... |
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Still needing suggestions. With deciding on an exterior paint colour.I have decided definitely on white after trying some colour.I would like a really fresh looking white to go with the Grey Friars roof and window sills with red brick through the middle.I have tried Dulux Mt Aspiri... |
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