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Decking - Kwila or Pine Kwila has splinters and can bleed and stain anything it comes into contact with, go with pine but the wider 150 board. A much better look. |
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ID PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEST PLANTS AUCKLAND have photo copied. weed busters and popped into their letter box with a very nice letter and will see where we go from there |
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Replacing sliding door wheel. our sliding doors were old school & the new wheels cost $70.00 ea from Bunnings. We searched for ages for the right type, but easy enough to put on. |
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Fast growing screening hedge recommendations Oh dear, oh dear. When are people going to understand that plants are growing things and take time! It doesn't matter if they are growing at your place or the nursery - they all take time. And that is why you have to pay a lot for larger plants - they've ... |
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Converting old telephone to work on tone exchange Are you talking about the black HB670 phone . |
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Can indoor oil on outdoor furniture ? I have before and it's fine, just might have to reapply later on. I have used cooking oil in the past to, and for my squeaky doors. Just depends were its sitting like is their heaps of sun etc and how large. |
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Reupholster/covering a lazy boy chair I would think a guesstimate of $800 would be bit low might be closer to $1200 and the material would be extra. |
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Anyone recognize this walnut species? Thanks heaps Mottley |
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Bugs in my cabbages etc Cool thanks for all the responses! |
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Cutting Christmas Lily Stems Cut stems only as low as the last flower bud and leave all growth to die back so the goodness returns to the bulb ready for next year. |
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F & P dishwasher . Morrisjvan can you come and fix mine; fisher and pykel say it is 18 years old and not worth fixing; but I like you would like the parts replaced and continue using it. |
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Paint question we have thin wood paneling in hallway which am wanting to paint over - slight vanish on it have given it a light sand and now want a sealer - would really prefer a sealer that is acrylic as I just cant paint with oil due to smell etc. |
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These dates. The packet says "Premium Emirates Dates' and they're yummy. Free from preservatives, unpitted, washed and packed under strict hygiene conditions. But will the 'nut' inside germinate do you think? Shall I try? |
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Kale plants - Help You can also boil up cabbage leaves and spray the water on. For some reason they hate it. Usually I go thru and just Pluck the blighters off. This season I had to use deris dust as it was just a bigger problem than I could handle. I dusted once and since ... |
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Kale tastes like carpet cleaner. Is this normal ? I've grown kale for years now. Before it became popular. But I don't do anything special. I still have the same plants I planted last autumn and they have been doing me well. I water well and make sure I feed the garden in each new season. So far no |
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Cornmeal as a snail/slug bait Also egg shells. I keep all mine and wash thrn break them up and sprinkle around plants. Its a double effect of nutrients and snails won't go over anything course or harsh |
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Death to Oxalis Did you also know that you can eat it? I only just read about it somewhere else. I'm not game enough to try as I'm sure it was a northern hemisphere thing. But yes I have it too. all through my vege gardens. Annoying buggers lol. I just remove as mu |
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Sinking floor Update on this, specialist piler guy came and had a look today and said it'll be a simple job. Yay! No cynical comments please, I'm happy with the results ;) |
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Mobile phone plans They don't seem to sell the $20 a year packs anymore. I visited the websites of Vodafone, 2 Degree, Spark and Skinny. They are all per month or 30 days. |
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Lifting an established garden Just giving this a bump?? |
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Tap Question? In my bathroom sink basin I have two taps and a spout, so three holes. My question is do I need to get the exact measurements I already have or can these be adjusted once someone puts them in for me? Also the taps I see that I like (second han |
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Flooring question.What can I use? We replaced a fitting in our bathroom. Now we have a small gap (about 3 quarters of a centimeter) in our lino. We are about to put the house on the market & don't want to replace the perfectly good lino. We need some sort of edging that's flexible, maybe ... |
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Ok painting question DIY or paying someone, does it need waterblasting, windows-eaves- doors etc? |
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Green Shield bugs Hi I have these horrible shield bugs that are infesting my garden they appear every year and wreck the plants and I end up bringing some inside when I pick vegs I hate them. How to I get rid of them for good? Do they find their way from other peoples gard... |
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Replacement line for clothesline I have one of the old rotary clotheslines and the line seems to be getting brittle and has snapped in a couple of places. Can you just buy the line and re-line the whole thing? if so, just from a standard hardware shop? |
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