Poop smell
Jennie Lescault-Baker
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Comments (85)fun topic. white spirea flowering tree smells like rotting meat/sewer during peak (short) blooming season. later as it wanes and browns, not so bad since we had 'em in front of house as child. i'm lucky to live 1/2 block from 207 acre Humboldt Park in Chicago (3 miles inland from lake but park has it's 'human- made' one). coming over a rise into a hollow with a natural-fed restored 'prairie' creek, one smells the awfullest odor from a ridge across the footbridge FILLED with (too many!) white spirea. not shrubby since lower branches are trimmed off; they end up looking like very low fruit trees. soil is rich with humus and moist from creek and overhead tree canopy, so blooms are really lush and STINK right now. lilacs are great but overwhelming near windows, doors or next to heavily travelled walks etc. they should be in a corner, or out near the open away from walks and windows allowing fragrance to waft subtly. in a house, place 1-3 bunches off on a side table, ornamental table, large table, or mantle, NOT right on a small dining area or in a close room. my mother who loved them and the color lilac passed away this january... Here is a link that might be useful: myspace.com/intotheclear...See MorePoop in the Laundry!
Comments (14)I have read this post but didn't have time to post. Clean your washer! To all of those who are reading this go to your washer and check them out. My parents owned 3 laundromats when I was a kid and when these mothers would bring the diapers in, as their washers didn't work, they would just dump the entire load, with the "Loads," in the washers. It was my job to clean them! You may have to have your husband help you with this, as it is a 2 person operation. This is for top loaders, only. You will see why. If you own a Kenmore/Whirlpool, you will have the over- flow rinse where the rinse water drips from the top of the halo all around the tub. Pull the agitator towards you and see all of the crud which has built up over the years. You may need a paper clip to open the holes and then just clean up all of the lime deposits with Lime-A-Way or white vinegar and a toothbrush. You have to pull the post in every direction and that is why it is a 2 person job. Then just run an empty load with bleach. If you have a Maytag, there are no holes in the halo. You might find a button or 2 or some calcium build up. With Maytag, everyone knows to clean the filter in the top of the post. You are able to see it and you just clean it out. Leave that out and take the next section of the post out. That is the second filter and it is always clogged with lime. Just soak it in vinegar over night and scrub it wih a toothbrush and you should be good to go. Do the bleach load, also. If I had a Speed Queen, I would just buy a new washer. Unless the tub style has changed, the tub you put your wash in has another tub which surrounds it. There is space between the tubs and all of this crud sits at the bottom, and the water is being run through the crud. I bought a house where this was brand new, and gave it to a worker, as I knew, I would never use it. If anyone checks the above, I would love to read the feedback....See MoreMuddy vermicompost ==> Crumbly vermicompost?
Comments (2)My harvest nine times out of ten is soft and crumbly and sphagnum peat is used every time. First soaked in a bucket then sqeezed out by hand to where just a few drops drip out, to this I had a good portion of machine shredded paper. Also I might add a bit of coffee grounds but I dont often add cardboard only on occasion. I do from time to time go into the bin with plastic forked tool and move the mix around to help keep it aerated some plus I can also see what the worms are doing and what condition the bin is in. The amount of kitchen scraps added is in relation to how many worms are in the bin. For people who only start small with 50-100 worms you certainly should not all much food at all vs someone who might have 2000 or more worms your can add a lot more. That might be part of your problem....See MoreHow to get poop smell out of clothes
Comments (6)Because this person is in some sort of facility, I would definitely want to make sure the patient did not have c diff. The CDC recommends a 10% sodium hypochlorite (household bleach) to kill everything including spores. You might want to do a precautionary soak at that concentration for that if you can. The problem with this is that many fabrics do not tolerate bleach but this is what will kill the spores. If the patient does not have this, rinse once to remove the obvious water soluble contamination. Wash and with Persil and oxyclean and then rinse. Use hot water if fabric will tolerate that. Wash and rinse x2 with the same. I usually let this wash soak after some agitation and then reset the agitation back to the beginning. This should remove odiferous fat soluble compounds and the oxyclean should neutralize smells too. If not, you might have to wash again or go to a stronger solvent. The cost might be more than the cost of the garment. We just use the Persil Pro from WalMart....See MoreJennie Lescault-Baker
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