Judith B
Gretna, LARecent Activity
Gardening: cilantro
When Home Depot had its 5/$10 vegs and herbs last week I bought a variety. I like cilantro
and wanted to grow my own. When I got home the cilantro was aready wilting. I gave it ...»
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CommentedIt was a Bonnie plant which means you plant the whole thing, no plastic pot ...»
Gardening: raised garden beds
I want a raised bed for my vegetables and herbs. I need something really simple to put together or an idea of a product already out there. I'm along the gulf coast so the plants will get
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Windows & Doors: door hardware
How do you keep the brass toned finish from wearing off doorknobs? We just got replacements for our storm door and the last ones looked terrible. Probably doesnt help that we live along the gulf coast with the heat and humidity
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CommentedHe just bought new hardware from them. I thought the same thing about the warranty but we ...»
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Gardening: Son wants to put Christmas lights at the base of our crepe myrtles so the lights shine up onto the branches.
We were thinking of something to go around the trees but cannot come up with any good workable ideas. I've googled planters and benches but nothing practical or affordable or not take a
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CommentedThe plan is to use small led Christmas lights to shine up on the leaves
How do I hang Christmas lights on gutters with gutter guards?
now that I can no longer clip hangers to my gutters, how do I hang the lights?
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CommentedActually we do have cup hooks on the fascia. And it works if you don't mind the storm door ...»
Gardening: how do I help my gardenia
Isaac came through here and besides stripping my crepe myrtles, it partially uprooted my tall gardenia I have had for 25 years. We have tried to upright it and tied it to one of the
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Walter will it help any to cut it back some to help stabilize the top and decrease the amount ...»
Gardening: I'm trying to dig up a dead Azalea
I thought the roots didnt run deep but I can't dig it up. Even after a heavy rain I can't get
a spade in.
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You are right DH. For a general bed amendment out here, I use all three. Our soils are quite ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: We have 2 bedrooms on the same circuit and there are problems in one room.
My son has things plugged into a ups and sometimes it will start beeping. Nothing new plugged in, it just starts and its sporadic. It was suggested the outlets be checked to see if
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Hi Judith, A UPS unit will "beep" for several reasons. Inconsistent AC voltage is one and ...»
Gardening: how do I handle Crepe myrtle suckers? My 4 trees are almost 25 years old (3 healthy - 1
dying down). I cannot find sucker stop anywhere around here. I was wondering if stump and vine killer would work? I have dug down around the base of the trees and cut back as much of
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Thanks for that info about the winter pruning.
they chose plain concrete so looks like something under construction, but with the right choice of stone it could add a lot of character to the yard.
They look like 2'X2' stones - 2 wide and 4 long. You could add these one at a time to assess how many you want.
Found these sites as well - stone bed
http://www.houzz.com/photos/808087/G-Residen...
This site uses cement blocks
http://www.almanac.com/blog/gardening-blog/r...
and this site too
http://www.ehow.com/how_12035285_build-simpl...
No attraction to termites.
Do post a pic of what you do. Thanks for posting :)