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Pink gardening tools hiya! does anyone know where i can get pink gardening tools like a spade, fork etc! |
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Exterior Paint Colour We have a roughcast home with red brick feature band and a Grey Friars colour steel roof which is also going to be the colour on the window sills but having trouble deciding on a wall colour.any suggestions most welcome :-) |
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Yellow magnolias Neither of my yellow magnolias flowered this year. They are 2 yrs old and did last year. PH is ok, They didnt even form buds. Good healthy trees and growing well. The others did ok. Just wondered why the yellow ones (sundance and I think Yellow Bird!) pac... |
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Slugs/strawberries Strawberry patch surrounded in peas straw, doing very well.Picked some and popped them in a bowl for later, only to discover tiny little slugs came out of them.How do I combat this!ANY help would be appreciated.Thanks:\ |
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Birds in fruit trees Any ideas for saving fruit from the birds please!I've done plastic bags (the noise upset a neighbour) have two scraggy scarecrows, hung DVD's in the trees, but would like a new option.Any ideas!Yes I have 2 cats!I don't mind sharing with the b... |
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First year apple tree from rootstock Hey all:) About 6 months ago, we planted an apple tree,Its 'rootstock', granny smith. Its about 2 meters tall, with very thin trunk (about 4 cm diameter) Much to my pleasure, just went outside to find it has abo |
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Pellet fire We are thinking of having one installed. Are they any good! |
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Peat Plants- any of these growing at your place? Wow ,I didn't realise there are so many. Scroll down for photos of them |
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Rose cutting advise please Have I left it too late to try to strike rose cuttings.! |
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Aligning kitchen cupboard doors Hi. We're getting 4 new replacement doors for our wall cupboards. We'll have to use standard hinges rather than what you normally get these days so no adjustment possible after fitting as I understand it. My question is how difficult is it for an ... |
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Identify a grape vine? My daughter has moved onto a farm and found a vine in the glasshouse of which we can't quite identify. Its rambled around and upwards and is quite leafy. There are tendrils and from the photos, maybe some flowers but not so sure! Heres a link which yo... |
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Cost of laying a vinyl floor? I have a 2.5m X 5.1m kitchen with a new chipboard floor. It's currently an totally empty room (no units etc). I require new vinyl floor laid. There are no skirting boards and these will be added after the floor and then kitchen is installed.To m |
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Planting suggestion please Ok, I`m after some planting ideas please. Its a small area - 2mts x 4mts - near the front entrance steps & deck. I have already put in box hedge around 2 sides - (other 2 sides are decking & steps) - & a small dogwood, Rainbow, in the centre. ... |
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Would you put fruit trees Straight into horse poo, partly composted will it kill the plants! |
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High roller door troubles hi, on our implementshed (4years old on a lifestyleblock) we have a manual high roller door that winds up using a geared chain pulley. it doesnt work freely anymore. 1 person pulls on the chain and 1 person pulls on the door using a rake to bring it down.... |
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Freezer problem ;; can you guys help ive got an 8 year old upright freezer that the compressor isnt starting up. ive done a continuity test and an ohms test .alls good so im trying to buy a new relay for this model but apparentlly the part is obsolete, any ideas if i can use another mo |
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Dulux bathroom/kitchen paint Did 2 coats of this in bathroom and laundry room - condensation in the rooms are leaving streaks down all the painted walls (you can see it it in certain lights/angles) , and im having to wipe it off everyday.Is this normal! |
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Tile cut around electrical socket is there a tool or does anyone know where in south auckland you can get someone to cut a tile to fit a electrical socket! |
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What is the big tree with pink flowers I have seen out at the moment . Flowers are pink cone shaped. Tree is deciduous. Is it a horse chestnut! |
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Replacement lights for Range Hood - Help I have a Tisira Range Hood which I need to replace the halogen light bulbs but I need to know if these are are 12vor 240v. The instruction manual only mentions the wattage which is 20w.The unit is a 230v power so I am presuming the lights are the sa |
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Repotting a Lime Tree? I have a lime tree in a pot and it is doing well but the pot is way too small and I would like to put it in a much bigger pot. My question is, is it the right time to re pot! It has lots of flowers on it at the moment. I dont want it to sulk and die. |
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Potatoes.how to plant. I have one of those green plastic potato bag. do I fill it right to the top and put the seed potato in, or do I just put say about 1/3 soil, then the potato, then when it sprouts, add more soil.A person told me this is how to do it, but when my late |
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Painting a gas heater I have a free standing gas heater.can I paint the outside of it, without it being a safety hazard!The front piece above & below the vents are the only bits that get hot, so I wouldnt paint those.but how about the outer shell, sides & top! |
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Birds and slug slam? slug slam sprinkled in and around the veggie garden has been great at protecting young seedlings from those marauding slugs and snailsbut i have noticed that the dead slimy creatures have been disappearing and i suspect birds have also been dining on them... |
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Daphine Bush Hi I was wondering if a daphine bush would grow ok in a garden pot. |
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