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Dick C

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Gardening: A friend sent a post from another site about killing weeds with vinegar. I'm posting the pix and part of the text from

that. This result happened in only one day. I brushed Roundup on some liriope volunteers over two weeks ago and they're just now puny and can be easily pulled out of the ground, but none are truly DEAD like in this photo. Will this be safe, do you think, if I put it on liriope volunteers and other weeds in my front yard? The yard has tree mulch, no grass, but lots of hostas, some hellebores, ferns, azaleas and other things. Guess I'd need to spray directly onto the potential victims, or brush it on with a sponge brush?

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Louise Norcross, GA
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    Commented on Apr 22, 2012
    the reason weeds do not die instantly is that the vinegar or round up is absorbed thru the ...»
    leaves and takes a while to get to the roots.

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  • after some ASCP magic 3
  • before some repaires and a new paint job 1
  • Aubusson Blue and dark wax
  • really brought out the pretty details
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before some repaires and a new paint job

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    Commented on Feb 07, 2012
    I saw one of these turned into a vanity with a bathboom sink in the top. Made for a very ...»
    classy bathroom.

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    Commented on Feb 04, 2012
    I barely have space for one car in a 2 car garage. Going to erect a 10'x16' Lowes metal shed ...»
    on back of property for riding mower, wheelbarrow, garden wagon, turkey cooker and propane tanks, weed eater, chain saw and garden tools and chemicals. Maybe she will then let me put my p/u in the garage too :>)

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  • The walls had been somewhat primed and the paper stippable.
  • The remains that would not peel off.
  • Scratch up the vinyl surface so when you wet it, the water will soak in.
  • Using a garden sprayer with hot water will speed up the process.  Spray it repeatedly in rounds also loosens up the invisible glue.
  • After a couple of rounds of hot water, the leftover paper peels like a banana.
  • Lastly, with a nice sponge and a big bucket of hot water go over the walls two or three times until your water is staying clean.
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As far as removing the wallpaper, this was an easier one. Best, Charles

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Peace Painting Co., Inc. Alpharetta, GA
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    Commented on Feb 03, 2012
    My wife attempted to remove the wallpaper in our guest bathroom ---scratched the ...»
    surface,sprayed it with remover and started removing 30 yrs of paper( 4 layers ) only to discovered that the wallboard was not sealed before the original layer. As she peeled paper large portions of wallboard gray surface paper came also---down to the thin brown wallbd paper. I thot I could skim-coat it but the water in the "mud" bubbled the brwn paper. So I gave the wall 3 coats of Shellac to seal it from moisture. Since the wall had such an uneven surface, I applied a wallboard mud(thinned w/ water to the consistancy of very thick paint) with a textured roller and a brush (for the corners and edges-stippling it on) We got a soft stippled surface that covered up all the missteps. Painted it and receive many compliments on the unique look.

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Gardening: Anyone care to guess what shrub this might be?

hmmm?
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Donna Dixson Buford, GA
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    Commented on Jan 28, 2012
    Erica--is there a book that tells us how to pronounce Latin names--like Fine Gardening ...»
    magazine does each month?

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I have an area in my front yard ive worked on for a while i would like to find some ground cover or plants that do good

in this area that like full shade,and wet red clay any suggestions?I want to plant these on either side of the bridge.Ive got azaleas in part of this area but they are growing very slow.
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Marvin R Sanford, NC
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    Commented on Jan 26, 2012
    Native ferns along the creek. Dead nettle (lamium maculatum) is a great ground cover--spreads ...»
    with underground stolens--can be invasive down here in the south but Round-up easily controls it. My two favorite var. are "Beacon Silver"(leaf is silv.grey w/green margins or "Anna Greenway"(green & chartreuse leaves).

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Gardening: what can i do in my tomato bed this fall/winter to help next year.

My tomatoes have to be planted in the same place every year. How can I plan ahead? Maggie-Jonesboro
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Margaret H Jonesboro, GA
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    Commented on Dec 22, 2011
    Have the soil tested thru your local Ga. Extension Office to see if you need lime which will ...»
    help prevent "blossom end rot" . Lime needs to be in the ground 4 or 5 months to be effective.

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Gardening: I've been scratching my head over why so many mushrooms have popped up in a certain area of my zoysia lawn and planting

beds.. After some research I realized its the result of decomposing roots from a problem maple tree I removed almost three years ago. The mushrooms are good for the lawn because they're helping decompose all of the old roots but yes, bad for kids and pets if the mushrooms are poisonous.
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Joe Washington Marietta, GA
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    Commented on Dec 16, 2011
    Use them for 5-iron practice !
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Gardening: I have a tree with a split in the trunk that I want to cut down.

The only thing that is stopping me is, there is a nest in the top of it. Is there anything I should be worried about?
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Roy
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    Commented on Dec 16, 2011
    If it is made of leaves. it is probably a squirrel's nest otherwise it is a birds nest and ...»
    won't be reused until spring if at all. Most bird's rebuild each spring. Take the tree down now.

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