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Trimming an exterior door I have a couple of old wood and glass exterior doors to replace with solid timber type. Hanging them is no problem but what is the best tool to trim them with. I need to take about 4 mm off a couple of sides then there is the undercut in the bottem for th... |
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Planting beetroot and carrots in Auckland? Do they grow successfully over winter and when is the best time to plant? We had a great crop over summer and wondered if we could plant more now? |
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Rose ID please Lovely old fashioned? heavily scented, fuchsia dark pink coloured 5 petaled flower, grows like a weed, Trunk like a tree with long suckers https://tr |
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Identifying a weed Can anyone identify this weed (in foreground) It can grow as tall as a person, has skinny stem, tiny white flowers and tough tap root. Has an unpleasant herby smell. A big one is very difficult to heave out of the ground. Tried Googling, but couldn't find... |
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Plastic film on kitset garden sheds what is a quick way to remove plastic film on kitset garden sheds, a couple of brands of kitset garden sheds available in NZ have a protective plastic film to protect the parts while being transported, they seem to be mainly Chinese made kitsets, I have j... |
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Building a small room/loft in the roof Hey guys, i'm wanting to build a small room in the roof space as storage with walk in attic stairs, does anyone know if generally i would need consent for such a thing? TIA |
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Plant with orange flowers I had a skinny looking plant in my garden with bright orange flowers on it. Actually thought it was a weed, but it looked pretty, so left it there. Today I notice it has been stripped bare, no leaves, or flowers, and monarch catterpillers by t |
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What is the name of the plant That exists on the roadsides in the country. It has orange flowers in summer, a bulb. It seems to expand its presence quite rapidly. I'd like some for my garden, shouldn't take much looking after. |
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Rejuveneating a lawn - much success ? I am try to re-rejuvenate my small lawn, hand weeding and fertilizing etc. This is my first summer at it. I wondered if many of you have ever had much success over a few years, rejuvenating a tired weed over grown lawn. I rea |
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Fejoa Tree experts, fruit on new tree So I planted 2 trees at the start of winter last year (Mammoth & Triumph variety) and the Triumph tree flowered at Christmas and has fruited 4 fejoas. Should I remove the fejoas due to it being a reasonably new tree/to encourage more growth? (have googled... |
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Fixing a Hole I have a large egg sized hole in my lounge wall courtesy of the previous owner who used handyman skills in bringing a telephone wire through from the next room. How to fix it please? Phone's been relocated! I have some bits of gib but can't work out |
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Digging around ponga tree I'm wanting to dig a fish pond close to a 4m tall ponga, and thinking of digging the pond around a third to half of the tree, to a depth of about 1.5 foot. I imagine this will cut through a fair amount of the trees shallower roots, and before beginning wo... |
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Sorrel Is there a quick way of getting rid of it? It has come into my garden with a pottle of bought plants from a garden centre, not too happy about that |
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What causes cherry tomatoes to split? If I leave them till they are nice and red they mostly split and the only way to avoid this is to pick them orangey/red. Is this normal or is there a reason for it? I give a lot of my produce away and like to have things looking nice. |
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Birds eating our fruit What is the BEST way to stop these damn birds eating our fruit? |
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Old double school desk - how to restore? I have a lovely old kiddies desk, a double seater, and I want to tidy it up I thought I would sand it back to tidy it and then apply some sort of coating. Not sure what to use though. Should it be some sort of oil? Shellac? I want it to be how it wo |
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Help with pants for new house please. We have just moved into our first home. Gardens are empty worth just bark on them. I brought a few plants but the ground is so dry and sandy that they haven't really thrived at all even with a water in the morning and a good soak in the afternoon. Out the... |
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Gardening websites? I am in the process of fixing up a laptop for a friend, who likes to do gardening. She is a complete newbie to computers and the internet and so I am making a folder of links to various websites she might like, to give her some ideas and help get st |
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Cleaning brick work with 30 seconds Hi guys- I've got some brick work which has moss and mould on it- pretty slimy. I have scrubbed and washed it with sugar soap and that's taken away some of the black stuff. Just used 30 seconds and left it on for 15 minutes and hosed it down. Can you leav... |
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Help Please about Derris Dust My late husband was a keen gardener and I am trying to continue his garden. I have lovely tomatoes but a lot of them have small green caterpillars burrowing into them which I think they are white butterfly caterpillars as I have seen a lot of them around ... |
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Landscaping. Help, Ideas. Dunedin. New home, large, almost unformed section. Paving, drive way, planting ideas, help? Owner quite capable of building, laying pavers etc., help maybe needed with plants, shrubs. Frightening price from a Co in this business, could have added rooms for less! |
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This Oz Fruit Fly There has been a lot of publicity, via TV + newspaper, but I've never seen a good close-up photo of the thing, does anyone have a clear photo? |
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Giant Bamboo Does anyone know where I can buy any giant bamboo plants. cheers |
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Purchasing a property with no ccc good evening my daughter is looking at a property that has no ccc, do you know what the procedure and costs would be involved to obtain a ccc. thanks. |
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Help me catch a thief. The block of flats where I live has a well supplied common laundry facility. There are shelves in place, and for a while now, like other residents I've left my laundry powder and pegs close to where I use them. Just recently my laundry powder has been goi... |
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