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DIY Question on Tiling. Can I ceramic type tile over vinyl on the floor. I am worried if I strip the vinyl up it will tear the particle board apart and make a big mess. The vinyl is in good nick and laid solid, no bubbles, loose spots etc. Can I sand it or just lay straight on i... |
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Raspberries- terrain1 or other berry people You wrote that your raspberries had a good crop - I was envious! I was wondering what type of raspberry you grew? I'm keen to plant some this year. Recommendations please 😀 |
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Plant I.D. Please. Can anyone help me in identifying this seedling please. It is coming up in some bark we had delivered from the contractors that do the roadside trees under the power lines. It's no biggy, it pulls out very easily. I just wondered what I am throwing away? ... |
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Stone fruit trees We have two very young fruit trees (1 is a Nectarine and the other a Peacharine). we bought them from a Nursery July last year. They are doing really well. especially after having transplanted them in April! There is quite a lot of fruit growi |
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Wandering Jew. Any preferences you use re eliminating it welcomed. Getting a bit tired of rolling it up every year,as it is very difficult to dispose of apart from depositing barrow loads of it at the rear of the section. Don't like to but not adverse to using weed kill... |
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Best way to trim really long tough grass in town My grass is of a tough and really long variety, with buttercup and a few dock plants. Any idea how to mow it (apart from hiring a farmer with a tractor). It is not very level either, humps and bumps. Anyone renting out goats? Other suggestions? Too much f... |
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Glass tile - polish edges? I'm doing a mosaic trim in the kitchen, so Me if the see tiles have a rough or marked edges, what can I use please to smooth those edges out? Given these tiles are only about 4 cm long a attachment on the grinder wont work! |
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Woofas Have heaps of renovation jobs requiring work and am wondering if anyone has used Woofas with success. Seems a fantastic idea so maybe too good to be true. |
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Chicken manure on gardens Setting up new flower gardens, have some chicken manure that is about 5 years old and has been sitting outside had thoughts about mixing some in with the soil in new garden plots. Know chicken manure is very strong, keen to hear from people that have used... |
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Shrub ID Hi folks sorry don't have photos, this shrub is approx 2.5m high by 3m wide multi-stemmed and deciduous. The leaves are almost identical to flowering current but the flowers are flat and white ( look like cornus at a distance ) but have 5 petals and appro... |
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Attaching flashing to Linea board I have a pergola attached to an existing building and want to attach flashing to the gap. I have searched the Hardie tech sheets but can only find info on attaching under when installing the boards. I can't see where the original nailing points are to use... |
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Para Pool Liner - replacement. We have an above ground para pool which seems to be leaking in a couple of places. Not a huge amount but still a concern. Has anyone replaced the pool liner themselves? Or is it easier to pay a professional to do it? Any idea of the cost to get it done fo... |
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Rooting hormone product Looking at taking some cuttings to start lavender, buxes and roses at this stage any thoughts on a good rooting product. Many thanks |
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Painting ceramic wall tiles Has anyone painted ceramic wall tiles in a kitchen, if so, how successful was it, are you happy with how it turned out. Any Tips. |
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Pleaching hedge assistance! Help, does anyone have any thoughts on the below trees for a pleaching hedge? Ficus Tuffi/hilli / Evergreen Alder / Titoki I'm getting confused - we are in central Auckland |
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Flower ID please sorry no photo have had a huge display of these flowers in our garden same shape as a fresia with more blooms on each stem and petals are bright orange with white and black stripes, also pink petals with white and pale lemon stripes any help would be grea... |
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Anyone have an indoor flowering Hoya? I do and it amazing. |
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How to solve a cat problem - $5! Finally have stopped a persistent cat coming onto our section and stalking the birds and digging up the garden. There were 2 entry points he had by jumping over a lower portion of our fence. Just under $5 solved the problem. A couple of length |
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What are these weeds Can anyone tell me what weeds these are and what do I use to get rid of them. They are taking over my lawns. The first two photos are of the same plant. |
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Are Solo garden sprayers worth the extra? After spending an amount of time spraying the lawn with our cheap old garden sprayer I got to considering purchasing something better with a wide spray tip and that has others for spot spraying and the like. There is so much choice but what stands o |
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Do Dahlia's. Revert back? I bought a very pretty one called Art Deco from trademe 2 years ago. Was such a pretty purple/blue and white. Flowered first time last spring, BUT this time in they are just a boring ole plain purply colour? Any suggestions please, many thank... |
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Plant ID help please Can anyone identify this plant please? It grows in a thick clump under some large trees, has ribbed 'rough' leaves, and a 'flower' on a long stem. |
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Keeping birds out of my grapevine My vine is on a fence. Last year tried the black netting, but came home one day and found a thrush strangled in it. Don't want to kill them just scare them away. Have a blackbird here at the moment that chases our cat. He thinks he owns our garden. |
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Dutch Irises not flowering I shifted several of them because those long LONG leaves were so annoying and I kept tripping over them. now they are round the back of the house in lovely compost but possibly not enough sun. they still have those infuriatingly long leaves. I have pulled... |
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Soggy compost I use a large black plastic compost bin with a lid, the ones you can buy and I put in a good mix.but. it's always too wet, Is that because of condensation from the plastic lid being on. I have to tip it all out and turn it sometimes.Its not as tho the rai... |
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