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Lead paint google will tell you that lead was the worst thing for romans, maybe we need to know just how to get it out of our poor body once it is there! |
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Anyone Reclad an Old House ? Approx Cost etc 100k+ |
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Cucumbers Not enough water? |
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Stripping wallpaper I've just stripped vinyl wallpaper, peeling off the top layer and using a sponge and water on the remaining layer then left it for a few minutes to soak and it peeled off easily. |
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Anyone used skyvac for guttering cleaning? Which turned out to be our issue after all. Now have clean gutters but exact same flooding problem - not happy! |
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Where to for kiwi fruit plants south island Banned for sale because of psa |
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Is it too late to sow broad beans in Canterbury? I'm bumping this to report that I bit the bullet & planted some broad beans shortly after posting this thread & I'm pleased to say that last night I had my first feed of the second crop. Plants are healthy & strong & loaded & not a spray needed, no diseas... |
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Amaryllis from seed Well so far I've put three different lots of seed in water as a trial and many of them have sprouted! Really exciting, however the writing of the names of them have come off their containers so I've no idea which is which! Time, no douobt, will tell. Ten ... |
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Buddleia plants.have just got two of the taller I have successfully grown these beauties. The root would'nt go 30cm down |
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Lawnmower advice we have a battery mower its not very heavy . im mid 70s and can lift it in and out of the car but different makes will be different weights . have you considered checking a few out |
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Agapanthus and Ivy Over-run Garden.ARGHHHH! I was just going to ask about these blasted things and found this thread. Getting a boundary fence put in at new house and I've been digging aggies out. don't even start me on the ivy on the back fence. there should be a law against planting both these th... |
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Phoenix palm tree removal Date Palms are Senegal Date Palms- Phoenix reclinata not Phoenix caneriensis. Regardless dates will not grow in NZ. The days of people paying $450 for a Phoenix are well and truely over. That was in the mid 90's. It is now 2018. 25 years on. People |
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Neighbours swimming pool pump/filter noise ongoing We have a inground para pool which has the pump on for 6 hours when the chlorine goes in weekly - it automatically comes on for 5 mins twice a day and that's enough to keep it clean. |
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Time and cost in replace install of wall oven? If an oven uses more than 80 amps why is a range rcd only 30amps? And why doesn't the 60amp pole fuse blow . Also why is a range circuit wired in 6 mm t&e then which is rated at only 30 amps. Back to polytechnic for you matey. |
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Black mould in room behind shower An update, tiles around where it was leaking from were removed and everything left to dry for a couple of months, waterproofing put back down where the tiles were an new tiles put back in, all was fine for a couple of months but water started to show up i... |
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Tomatoe leaves starting to go brown/yellow Welll. yes, too early IMO. Too cold yet. |
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Renovating a house -producer statements? No we are keeping the structure and plumbing the same. I guess that's my answer then |
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Raised gardens you can get some thing to add to clay and it brakes down .try your garden centre |
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Feijoa trees. How many years befoe they start to fruit? |
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Hi, recommendation on a good, low budget Electric Lawn Mower, please? Thanks. |
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How Can I Stop Rising Damp? Golly, there must be some good registered builders who can give you a quote. Bricks and blocks can become porous, so all I've seen is that bitumen paint put on the outside as a membrane. Whats your drainage like? |
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Spraying copper for peach leaf curl What happens if you spray after the leaves have started to grow? I sprayed 1 peach and 1 apricot today that havnt yet burst into leaf, but the other 2 trees that have peach leaf curl - I cant spray - why not? Does it burn the leaves? I did pick off and ge... |
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Anyone know about redundancy I have worked for company for 19 years and found out today that my teams jobs may be contracted out and we could all lose our jobs. Anyone know what sort of percentage a redundancy payout would be. It's concerning me as I will have to work till 70 anyway ... |
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'glorious lily' Not sure if this is the correct spelling. I have dug some out that were in a pot & some have broken will they still grow? |
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Waste pipe length I am not sure but just to bump it, I think it should be OK if the 'slope' is sufficient. |
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