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Breaking down clay Is it lime you use to break down clay? |
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Surefix screws Tried to buy some 8G surefix screws in square drive. Neither Bunnings nor M10 stock them any more. What's everyone useing instead or where do you buy them from now? |
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Trying to grow Cucumbers I have been told to put milk on my cucumber plants.Has anybody done this. I don't seem to use a full bottle of milk so have quite a bit left over. would like to use it on somethong |
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Pohutukawa - flowers almost over. My Pohutukawa are almost over and it's not even December. I am in Nelson. Has anyone else noticed them blooming early? |
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Tap 'falling off' all the time and falling into the kitchen sink. It's the 'handle' bit. Have broken two dishes so far. What can I do to fix it? Many thanks |
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Tomato Leaves Curling Hi on some of my plants some leaves are beginning to curl inwards , any help appreciated |
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How wide apart studs for weatherboards? I know normally 600, but this is for a privacy wall for my deck so no council to consider. . Is 850 apart ok? Or will the weatherboards start to warp? Weatherboards are a 19mm thick. Im guessing it will be ok but just wanted others thoughts before going a... |
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Creeper wall cocering Hi all. I have a long concrete block wall that I want to cover with some sort of creeper. It needs to be self adhering and ideally fairly low maintenance. The wall is about 40-50 metres long and 2 metres high. Can anyone recommend |
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Peace Lily plant looks like its dying – help pleas I have a potted plant at work, and for some reason the leaves seem to be wilting the past few days I also noticed there are white powdery substances on the leaves What can I do to get it back up again? Wilting plant: |
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How do u make a pattern for cutting plywood Have a project caravan and am at the point now where it needs lined with ply. My question is, how do I cut the ply into all the intricate shapes around curved Windows, beds and cupboards etc without having to cut lots of little shapes (which would then ne... |
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Old paint Having lost my husband I am into a huge clean up and he has paint of all sorts and types and sizes - what can i do with them - need to get rid of them. will keep the ones for the fence and house but others I need to dispose of |
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The Vege Patch Good to see all the hard work slowing coming into fruition: Tomatoes (in pots) all have fruit on them now, types are cherry, Early bird and Super Tom, lime and lemon tree in pots, then lettuce, carrots, celery, apple cucumber, lebanese cucumbe |
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Lawn prickles, can I spray now? I've googled but not much luck. We have a massive prickle patch on our lawn. Can I spray it with prickle stuff now? Or should I have done it weeks ago? Thanks. |
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Husqvarna rideon mower Absolute rubbish 15hrs and the crank shaft broke 76 hrs and it will not start again had for 7yrs worst buy of my life. Briggs and Stratton motors are now made in china. Taking it back tomorrow will let you know the outcome. |
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Dead/dying cabbage tree One of our cabbage trees has lost all leaves and doesn't appear to be growing anymore. It had ivy growing up it fairly high which i cut out at the base and that died off but within a couple of months the tree has gone the same way. The second |
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Can I leave sweet peas in my bedroom overnight? With summer coming we have bunches of sweet pea flowers with their beautiful fragrence in our home. I remember as a child that I was told not to leave fragrent flowers in the bedroom overnight, but I don't know why? |
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Can you plant directly into Compost We’ve built a new garden bed and thrown in 7 bags of 40L of compost, but it doesn’t look like soil . can you plant directly into it or should I have got some soil too |
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Rangehood question please HI all, just have a question please. I removed an old rangehood. I then got my kitchen plastered and painted. I now would like to install the new rangehood but I have been told that the plug should be moved and put behind the flute. I didnt realise I had ... |
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Professional Wooden Floor Sanding App Cost Pls? Anyone done this recently ? and if so,can you please give me an indicative price, say per sq2m or if easier, roughly size of floor and total cost of prep, sanding and finishing. This is rimu with polis that looks like its been on yonks. orangey red and sc... |
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What is the best all round spray for Tomatoes? I put milk powder in when I planted & a piece of copper wire thru the stem. Wondering if I should give it some liquid lime. I only have 2 plants so don't want to mix up a pile of spray |
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Anyone has seen Linden Tree in Auckland PLEASE ? Hi all,anyone seen a Linden tree please in or around Auckland ? Its also called Tilia tree or Tilia cordata. Thanks |
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Ants in my pots (not my pants!) I am having trouble with ants in my pots of cuttings. Have thought of popping orange skins around the tops but have an awful lot of pots (impatiens) so wondering what would be easy and effective? |
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What size pot should I use? Have just bought 2 climbing roses that are currently in 5cm little pots. I want to grow them along my deck railings. I can't seem to find out the size pots I would need for permanent placement. I was thinking about 40-50cm? Would that be sufficient? |
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Umbrella Tree What is the name of the tree that looks and you can shape into an umbrella for shade? TIA |
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Tamarillo tree. It has got hundreds of ants under the leaves. Anyway to stop them and also get rid of the ones under the leaves. |
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