How big is the area affected? If it is not too big, go to the grocery market, buy some corn meal. Spread it liberaly on the affected area. The corn meal fights most lawn dieases naturaly. It is also a mild fertilizer. So this is one option for you. Spread liberaly, just don't smother the grass. Wait 2-3 weeks and you should see some improvement.

It's pretty well dried up now, and I went out today and just scraped it off the stem (scrape is kind of too intense a word...it was basically coming off with only a little help from me, and crumbling to dust). I think because I have the plastic tray around the base of the tomato plant, the mold started growing around the soil in the center of the tray (moving from the crack in the tray leading up to the center hole). I guess there are several types of this "slime mold" and this is just one type. Some look watery and goldish yellow, some are puffy and red, some are puffy and yellow (like mine), and some are clear or whitish. Pretty fascinating actually. The stem of the Tom plant looks fine, the entire plant is very healthy looking, and the mold dried up as I read that this type of slime mold does (once it isn't fed any more moisture). I read that you could put down lime, but then, it will screw up the PH your plants need. Most sites said applying anything was pretty much unnecessary. Who knows...maybe it will make my tomatoes taste better? If I keel over from eating one, you can put a Cherokee Tom on my tombstone...lol. Linda

Slime molds,are sometimes white/creamy, sometimes yellow, sometimes even lime green. These harmless molds are sometimes very wet and slimy, sometimes dry, almost powdery; sometimes smooth and moist, sometimes webby and fibrous. Know that while there is no way to prevent the formation of slime mold, niether is it something about which you need worry. Slime molds are kind of icky, but do not harm you, your worms, your pets or your plants, rather, like all molds in the system, actually aid in the decomposition of the organic matter. Now, while harmless, most people scoop the mold out or mix it back in to the bedding simply because it is less than pleasant (it is sometimes called dog puke mold...) to work around, and neither is there anything wrong with doing so! KellyS

I tried the Mr. Clean magic eraser. It helped the tile a little, but not the grout. Next will be the straight bleach. I'll try to do it tomorrow with lots of fans in the windows because guess what? no exhaust fans :( The kitchen is getting there. We've used up about 4 Mr. Clean magic erasers in there on the cabinets. Seems to work better than most of the cleaning supplies like sprays and Lysol sanitizing and disinfecting wipes. Someone needs to buy stock in those considering all of them that we've gone through! I'm going ot try the TSP solution for the walls and I will probably go over the doors and door frames again with it (if it will not hurt them). Too bad I probably can't use it on the carpets. I believe the resin stuff--everything is sticky. Or was. We've taken down all the blinds and shoved them in the attic. It's amazing how filthy the windows were. My husband found a wasps nest inside the windows :( :( :( We are soooo focused on saving lots of money and moving to our Final Destination as we've begun to call it. Selling turned into a mini-nightmare and we're not eager to repeat the experience, so we're going to be rather picky with what we buy. We already have our neighborhood targeted =D Now time to search the cooking archives for advice on using our new convection microwave. I'm not cooking in that oven, don't care how clean I get it! Well, I say that now, but you guys know I will :) The hubby spent 3 hours scrubbing 2 racks. Too bad we couldn't just put them in some dewey grass-----HOA rules would prohibit it. Thank goodness for Dawn spray! Otherwise it might've taken 6 hours.