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Francine P

Houston, TX
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  • Reuse an old TV cabinet for a customized dog bed.

Doggie Bed

Use an old TV cabinet for a small doggie bed!✌ Peace! ☮

This is an awesome reuse project. Create a dog bed out of an old TV console case. Easy to do, with just a few supplies. Use your own creative imagination to customize for your dog !

Hollphi@originsoregon
Hollphi@originsoregon Lake Oswego, OR
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  • taken from my back flowerbed looking toward the street
  • taken from the front looking back. My home is on the right

Home Maintenance & Repairs: Rainfull lake

This lake forms with each rain in varying degrees. It lies between ours and the neighbor's yard and over the years has been leaving our yard growing larger in the neighbor's. We ...»
approached them about putting in a drainage system and were told they did that 20 years ago and weren't about to do it again. This happens up and down our street between houses and as a group we had gone before the village council with complaints. This past summer street work was done which included larger piping and grates being installed. We were told the problem was fixed.

This is the reason our sump pumps work so hard and never seem to last. Does anyone have any ideas? I am open to all suggestions except moving.

Dee W
Dee W Rock Creek, OH
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  • Francine P
    Commented on Dec 10, 2012
    Dig a trench and install a french drain covered with a fabric sleeve and cover with bull rock, ...»
    Dig your trench and extra 1/8 of an inch for every 10 feet or fill with fill dirt

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  • Tree this year - has dried up even more since this picture.  This is the "full" side.....
  • What it should look like at this time of summer.
  • Picture from fall.

Please help me save my tree!!!!

I don't have a picture of how bad it really is but maybe these will give you an idea. We had an early spring, then 3 or 4 hard freezes. Lots of maples here burned, but my tree had very ...»
few leaves so didn't seem to get damaged. About half of the tree never leafed out and now it is slowly but surely drying up. I have used an organic fertilizer once and it gets plenty of water. HELP HELP HELP. this tree is practically unreplaceable.

Somewhat Quirky
Somewhat Quirky Grosse Pointe, MI
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    Commented on Jul 12, 2012
    I live in Texas and lost my maple that I grew from a twig after 4 years. The drought took ...»
    mine. All I know is it is not good to fertilize trees when they are stressed out. Try trimming the dead branches and give it some shade with the the sail. Mulch the roots and keep it watered. Good luck. I have bought another to replace mine but I'm taking my time moving it around the yard to find that perfect happy planting spot.

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  • Pond & flagstone patio finished. The pond is 9x16 and we needed an excavation machine to dig it out. So he dug and graded it for me and I did the building. 6
  • my husband did the center and border for me on the patio..
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flagstone patio with stonedust

We got this flagstone from a property being cleared (with permission). There was enough to do a patio off the deck and a pond with a patio. Here is the finish. That is polymeric sand in ...»
the joints. Now it needs to be sealed, wet look or just a glaze? We are not sure. What is best? We did the flagstone pond w/ patio last summer. That is stone dust in between the joints at the pond.

Jane A
Jane A Spotsylvania, VA
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  • Francine P
    Commented on Jun 12, 2012
    where did you get your bridge. Have been looking and the shipping charges on reasonably priced ...»
    ones are crazy. Great job.

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Tile that looks like hardwood-Do you have to grout?

I saw this tile that looks like hardwood in Lowes. Really nice looking product. Does anyone have experience with it and if so how do you handle grout (if at all)?
Home Repair Tutor
Home Repair Tutor Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Francine P
    Commented on May 07, 2012
    Usually they grout it with black or brown grout.
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What is this?

Cindy M
Cindy M Seminary, MS
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  • Francine P
    Commented on May 05, 2012
    can't see clearly but it may be foxglove.
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Gardening: What are they and what to do with them?

Hi! We have a dozen of these ? , each is at least 8' tall and growing. When we moved in last year, we asked the neighbors what they were and got several different answers. (Previous ...»
owners also didn't know) The only flower (see picture) appears (I think) in the Spring and that's it. We would like to keep them under control. Any assistance, greatly appreciated.

Alex
Alex Orlando, FL
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  • Francine P
    Commented on May 04, 2012
    It is a ligustrum. very good shrub to shape and make into poodle bushes or hedges. remove ...»
    bottom branches and cut down to the size you want. Do not remove more than 1/3 of the leaves.

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Anyone know what this plant is?

Jane P
Jane P Fishers, IN
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  • Francine P
    Commented on May 04, 2012
    weed
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Our penny kitchen floor.

Amanda E
Amanda E Cape Elizabeth, ME
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  • Francine P
    Commented on Apr 21, 2012
    I imagine a clear coat has been applied to this floor in order to mop it. If you ever want to ...»
    remove the tarnish, try hot sauce. Then plain water.

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