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Help please choosing pipe/concrete tank Hi; we have a empty 5000 gallon concrete water tank, at least 30years old, presently doing nothing, (we didn't even know its was there when we bought the place.(so much ivy/growing covering it).Its within a 2.5 meter distance of easily harvestable rai... |
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Heavy clay very little topsoil Hi have moved to house on a slope, heavy clay that is cracking at the moment in the heat; how do i establish gardends here there are some largish dips around the house and I am wondering how to fill and tidy these areas for planting in the future, is sand... |
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Strawberry plant question Do you cut the runners off and plant them now for next summer! or do i do that later in the year!Also i got bugger all of my strawberry plants this year and they are a couple of years old. So should i even bother with the runners or just bin t |
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Cluster flies Any ideas on how to get rid of them please! |
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My house smells- how can i fix it had the carpet cleaned when I moved in with a rug doctor and rug doctor solution. the house smelt fine for a few days but then the smell came back. I have tried air freshner, carpet deoderisors, burning incense. the house seems to smell in the later part ... |
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Gas Fire make & model recomendations. .we are doing an extension and are wanting to install a gas fireplace (we don't currently have any gas so will need to run it from external bottles) any recommendations of makes / models and a fair price for ducked types! Any advice on what brands are... |
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Whats Yr DIY Project This Weekend? Im painting fences. 3 days worth. oh joy! Tell me someone else is suffering too! |
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Im planting tomato plants, have a few questions Can I use soil thats mixed with old bark chips! we had weed mat but have removed it. Also, I have a compost pile which has been covered in weeds for years. Will there be any nutriennts left in this soil! am thinking about using it for the tomatoes |
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Making shower floor and walls out of vinyl I need to install a shower that has no big step to get into it. I was thinking of laying new vinyl over the whole bathroom floor (which is tiny). andsloping the vinyl towards the shower outlet. There's no room to install a conventional sho |
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Has anyone ever purchased seeds from www.flowerseeds.co.nz!I would like to buy some things from their but have never heard of them so just wanted to know if anyone has any opinions of them! :) Thanks! |
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Old coal range Does anybody know where I can get my Shacklock 501 restored in Ch.Ch. area.It is wetback and I use it all the time in winter but getting house restored over coming months & would like coal range fully restored &re-enamelled as well. IncidentlyI ru... |
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Chinese toon Ten months ago I pulled out a Chinese toon and got in a stump grinder we re-lay the lawn now in the last few weeks suckers are coming up all over the lawn how do I kill them brush with strate roundup! |
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Dry shade "lawn" cover Any suggestions for what I could sow to simulate lawn in an area of fairly deep shade under a large tree! Even moss doesn't like it much, as the tree sucks up most of any moisture that gets there. |
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Seeds When you sow seeds, the packet flowers, some seeds are big but some are so tiny. My question is, with the tiny ones do you just place 1 seed in each hole or a few! |
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Please help: Fast growing trees along fenceline? Our neighbours have done a fantastic job of clearing shrubs and cutting down trees on their section, which has left us naked, bare and exposed along the back of our place, which now includes a full view from their backyard into our bedroom window. Does an... |
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Painting a 1940's Brick House I am busy scrapping and sanding back the old paint on a 1940's brick house at the moment and would like to know how how much undercoat I should buy before I apply a topcoat. I am doing ALL the wood that the house has. Eves, facial, windows, lentils an... |
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New lawn any reason why a newlawncant be sownnow. I will obviously have to water it like crazy |
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Where can you recycle off cut woods in Auckland yeah, but its treated so i didnt think it was good for kids to play with |
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Putting in new kitchen want gas hobbs is it legal Have had all types of cook top. Now have induction and would not go back to any of the others. Induction = clean and quick. |
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Sheds close to boundry Can I build a wood shed up against my boundry fence! What about a tin shed! |
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Woodfire smoke in house Our metro euro ped is installed with a Eco flue kit and a Eco option kit, ever since we had it when u open the door smoke pours into the room. We have done everything tried just about every type of cowl, extended the flue nothing helps, and u can't ha... |
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Carport.clever lowcost Ideas plse ? Husband thinks massive shade sail! |
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What do Watties do to peaches to make them so watery and insipid! Our golden queens are at that ready-to-bottle stage so I stewed a few for dessert tonight and what a difference from the tasteless things they put in tins nowadays. I was beginning to think my tastebuds were dying but n... |
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Cracks in my concrete driveway I have large slabs of aggregate concrete in my driveway and leading into my garage. It has a slight slope and is ina sunny position. Long cracks have appeared recentlyon some of them and I suspect the ground underneath with the long hot dry has caused the... |
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Controling weeds in space between hedge and fence? Howdy all, could do with some advise please. We have a 8m long hedge and the 600mm or so between it and the fence running parallel with it is bare dirt.This is quite hard to access and remove the bidi bidi, thistle etc that accumulates this ti |
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