Re: Bugs/"Circle of Death" My father-in-law has one of those old time Bernz-o-Matic propane bug foggers...you know: the kind you light with a match and it sends out a "James Bond" smoke screen of bug killer? MAN! is that thing fun to use!!! If you let it warm up REAL GOOD (HOT!) before you pull the spray trigger it will send out enough fog to make the house disappear from view from the street. On a calm night it's like something from a 1950's horror movie. GREAT toy!

I like the "natural element that is there, but would like more "wild Flowers" amongst it...needless to say, with the thickness of the grass at this point, I doubt the seeds would take...I do not want formal at all, just more flowers in the already established meadow area...I guess....I have been collecting seed and throwing it out back...and this fall, we did have more flowers pop up...so I guess nature is actuall taking care of itself... But I thing I may still have the DH burn small patches to establesh some seeds come wintertime....I'm looking for mainly natives...

It may not be what you want to hear, but I would have it checked by a professional as well. You can not be too cautious in a situation such as this. As far as the smell in the clothes their are some things you can do to help that. Baking soda is useful, but in my experience, not up for heavy duty smells. I would run a clean tub. You can use affresh tablets or bleach. For a lot of mold or just build up it may take a few clean tub cycles ( or the longest, hotest, extra water cycle you can run) to clean up the machine. I have heard some people use a Lysol concentrate, in a brown bottle for laundry disinfecting and odors. I have not tried that though. For odors in laundry I have had good success with oxygen bleach, borax, ammonia, and OdoBan. Use the hottest water you can for the fabric, and along with a good quality detergent ( this does make a difference) just add in something for odors. Odoban can be bought from home depot for $10 a gallon, and you just add in ½-1 cup. This has always worked for me. Borax can be bought at target for $4, you can add ½-1 cup per load. You can also soak them in a borax/detergent solution, sometimes the extra time really helps with odors. Oxygen bleach like oxiclean, oxymagic, etc. Also helps with odors as well. My sister does her laundry at my house sometimes, she works in food service. Her clothes reek!!! After reading some posts here, I decided to try ammonia in her load of clothes, ½ cup. Works every time, no oil stains, no horrible smells, just clean fresh clothes. I never would have thought to use ammonia, it smells bad, but works. Just NEVER combine bleach and ammonia, or you literally risk your life. Good luck, and let us know how everything works out.

While Grass-B-Gon may work for this exact situation, a lot depends on the type of grass it is and some other conditions. I'm no expert in grass eradicating chemicals, but have seen some situations that are extremely difficult. If a chemical turns out not to work, sometimes the best way is to remove ALL plants and their roots from the bed and, once clean, re-install the desired plant, which usually re-establishes quickly since it is coming from a plentiful supply. Fortunately, the bed is only 16 s.f. so it would not be an impossible task. If the grass is Bermuda, good luck.