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Repurposing & Upcycling: Vintage screen part two.

I took a good look with my glasses and it seems that the designs on the screen were once a green color and have quite a bit of rust. I'm wondering if I should do some restoration along ...»

Commented 3 hours ago
Frankie Laney I agree with Sia@South 47th ...»
it does look like copper. You have both solid copper and screen copper. Perhaps research the on google, how to clean the screening and the solids. You may be able to get away with a copper cleaner like brasso for the solid pieces. I know on our parliament buildings they sand blast the copper on the roof to make it look newer, but that could be expensive, and not sure you have the depth to do that, so a search may find you the best answer. It is a beautiful item - great find. Thanks for posting.

Sloped Backyard

I need ideas on how to make a nice path from the gate down into my backyard. As you can tell by this photo it slopes significantly as does the rest of my backyard. Please excuse the mess ...»

Commented 4 hours ago
Lori, you have such a great slate to work from. I have a bit of a slope in our yard leading to ...»
our vegetable garden and then to the shed. What I tried to talk my husband into was a flagstone and peagravel walkway, but he had to think about it, I even had a pic from the garden section of the newspaper! Well five years later he had an idea and put in flagstone and stone dust walkway. After he was done, I dug out the pic and it looked exactly the same LOL.
Now sedum is growing between the flagstone and it looks great. I will try to take some pics and post them here.
While there is still a lot of grunt work, it is cheap - got the stones from building sites in the area and the other supplies were not costly. Still need to dig down a bit, but probably less than building stairs and platforms.
Keep us posted with pics as to what you do. Thanks for posting.

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Bug I.D.?

When I was a kid I used to see these every fall as school was starting the kind of swarmed. Thousands of them died in the gutters when the rains started (and smelled bad). I can't remember their name, nor the folk lore that went with their appearance. Right now there are a fairly large number of them wandering around our property. Anyone know what they are and/or anything else about them?

Commented 4 hours ago
From what I could find in google, it appears to be a flat backed millipede. More infor here ...»

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2005/06/09/flat-...

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How to Build and Plant a Succulent Garden

Succulent Gardens require very little water and almost no maintenance. And they can be gorgeous!

Commented 4 hours ago
Hoosier Homemade these are ...»
gorgeous. I used clay chiminey vents for planters dug into the earth in my garden once, but over the years winters had their way with them. I am so gonna try this! It is fabulous. Thanks for sharing - I had to as well. :)

Gardening: What is the secret for carrying for Christmas cactuses?

I love the Christmas cactus but try as i may...I have never understood how to keep them healthy and alive. I have read instructions on how to water... ...»

Commented 4 hours ago
Vetsy watering only when dry is ...»
the secret. Not sure the lighting is important. I have my mother-in-law's and it is about 50 years old. I often forget to water it even when dry - it is a little stressed and then when I water it goes into bloom. It blooms a few times through the year. I have heard that stressing this plant prompts blooms, placing in a cooler place will also help.

Gardening: Vetch

Does anyone have a solution to ridding my raised beds of vetch ~ it keeps invading my perennials here in southern Maine and the more I try to remove it and its roots, the more that seems to appear. Suggestions, PLEASE!

Commented 4 hours ago
Kate, you are right, the round up will kill all other plants around it. What you can do is dig ...»
up a piece of vetch and check out the root system, then dig up you plant and remove all of the vetch roots. Pot in pots for a while and then spray the area with round up. You should be able to replant your plants in about four weeks. At least that Is what I remember from the instuctions, but read the intstructions. I worked for me in another garden with a different invasive weed. Now I just spray in the early spring before the plants emerge.

Updated little shop!

I saw an opportunity to fix up a place I was renting to turn it into a vintage home and garden shoppe. Before and after pictures!

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Landscape Undertaking in NJ!

We purchased a neglected "fixer upper" in NJ back in 2001. I envisioned an interesting space, with a unique deck that would blend into EP Henry pavers for the hardscaping, round steps ...»

Commented 2 days ago
Lorraine Edwards what a ...»
warm inviting yard. You have done a remarkable job, looks like you had a landscaper come in. You must enjoy relaxing there, but I suspect a lot of your relaxation comes from further planning and development :) Truly professional. Thanks for sharing.

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Gardening: Weed?

I have this coming up all through my flowerbed. Can anyone tell me what it is? I can't find anything online that even looks remotely close. I live in the West Central part of Oklahoma if that means anything...

Commented 3 days ago
Donna N The broad leafed plant ...»
looks to be a violet, and can also be very invasive. The other slim leafed plant could be spurge but it could also be allium ( http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.... ) I have some in my garden as well. Just finished digging all of the grass out and the young ones look quite like this. You can tell by breaking the leaf and smelling it, allium has an onion odour - flowers are wonderful, but go to seed and spread a lot. Control the spread by picking the flower before it goes to seed.

Furniture: So What Do You Think?

I have a neat garden stool that I have used both inside and outside, so now I am trying to decide where to put it. Maybe in the bathroom or back outside - ...»

Commented 3 days ago
Hi Marty O I have two of these ...»
stools, except mine are all black. I use them as end tables in the spare office/room and in the summer I bring them out to the deck as extra stools/tables. Works great. I wish I had bought the more colourful ones and then I would use them in the garden too. Could be neat with a colourful pot of annuals sitting on it. Thanks for posing the question :)

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