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Help needed - gutters/spouting-suggestions please Morena all. I had my gutters replaced last year, and I wasn't onsite when it was done. The team put in an extra down pipe where there wasn't one before. It was down to a drain grate in the concrete driveway that hadn't previously had a down pipe connected... |
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Berries on potato plants Anyone else have them this summer? Mr Google tells me they don't affect the spuds. I've grown early crop spuds for decades, but this time also planted a few main crop ones - and it's these that are both flowering and fruiting. Never happened |
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Growing sunflower plants i would like to know the best way to grow sunflower plants and what time of year should you do this. have also been told there are many varieties but one that was mentioned was Russian giant or something like that . any help would be great ful |
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Orchid help please Hello there I have been gifted a beautiful orchid. However, it is very large and has been trained into an upside down j shape. It currently has five blooms on it. The pot is way too small, and it seems very top heavy to me. I'm wanting to cut it bac |
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Plant ID Can anybody identify this lily for me? Bulb is very large, does not multiply just gets bigger. I am intrigued by the petal shape and formation as different from any other hippeastrum I have seen. |
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Weeds taking over vege garden. Cranked up our 'small' vege garden & is coming on nicely with regular watering but the weeds are showing everywhere. Only small, mostly too small to pull out just yet but is there a spray or an easy cure that won't kill the plants. Tomatoes are tall enoug... |
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Can one buy aluminium security windows Does anyone know if there are aluminium security window you can buy simalar to the security doors ? |
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Cheap and easy garden filler - foliage I have just moved into a rental and the flower beds are pretty bare. I would like to fill them up, but don't have the time or money for anything too fancy. Agapanthus could work, but I'd like other ideas if anyone has recommendations. Thanks a |
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Glyphosate, how long is itgood for After adding water thanks |
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Replacing kitchen drawer fronts re sizes?` Hi, Are sizes still the same as when this 70's+ style was in? Can we just replace the drawer fronts? Or might the dimensions or how they are fitted have changed? Here's a picture on my google drive: |
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Building Consent Statutory Timeframe 20 days Is it unrealistic to expect the council to process my application within this time period? Obviously different councils will have higher or lower workloads, but is it common for them to go well over the 20 days? Thanks. |
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Power into the hot water cylinder, hot Switch Hi Crew, Please can you give me a clue to help me troubleshoot or understand a possible issue. We have a hot water cylinder which my wife thinks has started smelling today, I can't smell it, and we still have hot water, but my nose is not that |
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Best Spider Spray / Barrier Hi, We have quite a few spiders around the place. Generally I am fine with that, but recently have been getting quite a few angry white tails also. Can anyone recommend a good long lasting spray for these? I have looked at Miss Muf |
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Green Tomatoes I have plenty of tomatoes but they are still green and showing little sign of ripening. Plants are healthy, watered everyday. Any suggestions. |
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What is this fruit? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/708822541.jpg I was given it yesterday and have cut it. It has white flesh |
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Electric lawnmower question I have an electric lawnmower (a green Viking ME 400) It has been working well for years but recently the blade stopped turning, however the motor hums. I think it may be a loose connection as I undid the housing and wiggled some wire connections, put hous... |
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What are your monthly winter heating costs?! Have heard some horror stories about how much some are paying to keep warm in the Central Otago area during winter. One family brought their recently deceased mothers home and found that her monthly power bills were up to $1500! That quite sim |
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Replacement cord for sash windows? Auckland I thought I'd just pop along a buy some from Bungalow & Villa, but they no longer have a store! Where would you suggest I buy it from, and how can I ensure I have the right stuff? |
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Fridge freezing ideas please I have an older Active Smart fridge with a freezer underneath. Over the last 3 or 4 weeks I have noticed that veges put in the fridge itself, rather than the vege bin are freezing. I do know that the top seal on the fridge door is very much in need of rep... |
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Cos lettuces how do i get a "Heart" in them like the bought ones - beautiful dark green ones at present need to Hearten up. thanks in advance |
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Need to ID a grass weed Long shot here but there is a grass weed I have and want to ID. Not sure how to describe seed head accurately, but it is very much like summer grass but the plant is huge, almost a metre across, flat, it has softish leaf and looks like summer grass. But i... |
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Peaches Noticed tiny pinhole marks on fruit and on cutting found small grub. Would this be guava moth? How to treat, such a pity with fruit looking so good |
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Wasp nest erradication whats the most effective method to get rid of wasps nesting in the bottom of an old tree .You can get puffer pack (Dust ) or Spray bottle or Spray can from hardware centres or nurseries . Keen to here you comments on best method. |
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Mixer tap part This fell out of the spout of our kitchen mixer tap: https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/713168948.jpg What is |
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Is this a tobacco plant? https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/713200142.jpg Thank you |
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