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Farm Barn

Is there an organization to donate paint to my historic barn?

We have an old historic barn on our farm that needs to be reconstructed. Currently we are in need of repairing it and we need lots of paint for it. Can anybody help me?

Contact your local historical society they should be able to help-or [...]

House Garden

Terrace Garden on my duplex house?

Hi all,
I have moved recently into my duplex house. I have a 800 sqft terrace area, where I am planning for a garden. Can someone direct me for information related to this online. I live in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Any information related to Terrace Gardening can be of help [...]

Home Outdoor

What can I do to change or alter the color of outdoor/all weather paint for the outside of my home?

I have some outdoor paint I got from home depot but its the wrong color and I don’t have time to take it back. Its a greyish color but I would like to make it [...]

Wildflower Mix

How to improve topsoil?

Last year I tried to plant a raised garden in topsoil that came from a bag. I bought the cheapest stuff the store sold, mistakenly thinking, “Dirt is dirt.” I planted watermelons in one bed and wildflowers in another, and nothing would grow. What can I mix into [...]

Susan Cut

I have blackeyed susans and shasta daisies in my garden. Do I cut them back now or wait until spring?

The flowers are pretty dead now. Do I have to let them alone so the seeds will fall, or can I cut them back so the bed looks nicer?

Cut them back! Shasta’s and [...]

Nylon Clips

Ever feel like your worst enemy?

Man, I needed to service our Ranger pick up last week. I bought the filters and fluids and got started. I got the transmission drained and the filter in and grabbed the fuel filter line to change the fuel filter. Always before, there was a hairpin clip at the [...]

Lloyd Wright

Where can I get more information on the structural properties of Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings?

Online? Library? Barnes and Noble?
I’m looking for his work that shows the type of steels or timbers used with its properties such as stress and strain, as well as the concretes placed with it’s concrete properties as well.
I want the [...]

Frangipani Flowers

Can i change the colour of my Frangipani flower?

i was wondering if there is ANY way to change my yellow and white frangipani flowers, off my frangipani tree to a different flower colour. Now i have heard rumors that you can do this by changing the pH of the soil, if so what can [...]

Station Wooden

what thomas the tank trains are recalled?

our local news station said various wooden thomas the tank trains have been recalled for having lead based paint. i searched the news station website but cant find which trains are recalled. anyone else heard about this?

RC2 Corp., the maker of Thomas the Tank Engine toys, [...]

Bushes Blooms

Why rose bushes are blooming?
Its summer time here and my rose bushes produce little or no buds. I have to water them constantly. Whether they are at rest, and because the heat? … or is it something I doing wrong? Thank you! They have not been fertilized in a few months, because the [...]