Help my home has been taken over by nearly invisible jumping bugs!
Ann Collette
3 years ago
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my worm bin has Massive pil bugs how to remove?
Comments (16)Just bumping this up to add a plea - any other information here? I don't mind pill bugs in general. They are good for the bin, they don't squick me out when I open the bin or anything. But I have THOUSANDS of them. THOUSANDS and THOUSANDS. And they don't stay IN the bin. My bin is in a guest room closet. For the last few months everytime I go into the room for something there are a few hundred dead pill bugs all over the floor of the entire room. Yuck! My boyfriend is moving in here with me in a week. I have got to get the damn bug population down, or the worms are going to get banashed outside and they will never live through a South Florida summer. Can anyone assist? More water? Less water? More acid? Less acid? Anything to just get the population down to managable numbers? Help? --Lisa...See MoreHelp, my house is invisible to buyers!
Comments (27)Our house is on a corner lot and the backyard doesn't offer much privacy. That confirmed my thought we need to plant a wall of privacy Evergreens all around the backyard perimeter. Not sure I would bother putting plants in, depends. I'm a plant person but wouldn't want bushes lining my property. Depending on how you plant, how big they are; they could be a safety issue at some point. People around here have taken bushes down because kids can slide through them & hide in the yard. Same for small animals. I'd rather have a fence, one that I can plant in front of if I choose. Pretty sure you have fencing all the way around, dress it up some, make a small garden on the left (right if you are looking out the back door), where the patio meets the fence, start on the fence, then bring it to the patio a few feet. My best planting, you can see photos here (1st 4); I used a climbing rose & 2 clematis plus 3 fence posts. You could get ones that match your fence. Next, keep one long, cut 2 down a few feet, put them in the ground as a V, one where the patio & fence meet, one to the left one to the right. Plant the rose, then bend the canes around the posts, securing with a twist tie and staples. This will give you some interest in that corner, maybe pick up a cute little statue from Walmart to go in front. Plant a few perennials in front of it. Veronica is nice and blooms a lot. You can then put a few other perennials & annuals in, giving the back some color. I strongly recommend seat cushions in a BRIGHT, cheerful color. Think primary colors...you know, the ones the doctor told you to show your kids as babies to stimulate them. Primary colors create life. On the wall, opposite your kitchen island (to the right of the D/W)...something kitcheny should be there. I suggest an inexpensive set of BRIGHT mixing bowls. The bright color will attract people's eyes & act as a "stop" so they take a couple seconds longer to actually see what a great kitchen it is. Been thinking about the suede brown & mustard. What did you pack up? I'm having a few visions here, I can see a dusty blue, some pinks and greens. I can also see a few vibrant colors, like going to Target, they have brown with teal. I looked at the photo tour, while at 1st I wondered about the walls, I could now see my stuff matching it. I think if you brought some stuff back in, others will see their stuff can go with it too. What are the colors people use to decorate with there? You may want to play on that. Linens & Things has a few large wall pieces for $100, they usually have a 20% coupon. JC Penney also has art, you can get it 1/2 off. I've also been looking on ebay for floral art, although I haven't bought yet, I've found a few nice pieces. Depending on what you have in storage, you may decide to bring it back out or go to Target, walk over by the bedding / housewares. You may find something that will do the trick....See MoreHouzz has taken over GardenWeb
Comments (22)My first reaction is that it's a good fit. There's a lot of cross traffic among some GW members and Houzz. Additionally, social streams are proven ways of keeping people involved with a site after a particular interest has been filled. I'm only guessing, but I'd think Houzz would want the forums, and want to keep them intact for that reason. It's not whether they have cooking, it's whether bringing in the CF to talk about cooking is of complementary interest to the people who frequent Houzz. There's the whole urban foraging movement, and Williams-Sonoma selling Yuppie chicken coops. I'm sure the Harvest Forum will find traction with the backyard-to-table crowd. They'd be best served by leaving clunky old Gardenweb alone. I've said this before, but the format where most recent reply, rather than most recent thread start or most popular is on top, and old threads fall off the bottom, is most conducive to lively and always fresh daily discussions. There's nothing duller than a forum where the members expect a newbie to wade through 3000 pages of past content to "get up to speed" on that which has been discussed before. Each discussion is a little different, and (nearly) each new person each thread attracts has something interesting to add. This past year there must have been half a dozen discussions of how to make spaghetti sauce! How great is that! It's also great that we're mostly self policing, and members feel free to throw in personal news, minor tangents, etc., without having the topic police editing them. Another great thing is all the white space. Jasdip is spot on about the avatars, animated signatures, etc., that choke most message boards nowadays. The good sized and scalable fonts make it easier to read GW as well. Summary: GW is great as is. :) My big question is was GW spun off or was Houzz acquired by NBC?...See MoreHelp!! What in the world has taken over my plant?
Comments (6)Gypsy, scale insects have fooled a lot of uninformed people, you are not alone! The kinds that likes woody plants can be especially difficult to notice, unless you know what to look for. I think that your attitude about what to do is one hundred percent right! No plant is worth the kind of fight you'll have to wage to get rid of the insects, if ever you can! Some people are willing to use systemic pesticides for indoor plants, but that's not something I would recommend. And your infestation looks to be too far gone for that, anyway. In the future, inspect any plant at the garden center before purchasing. Look carefully all along the stems, twigs, and leaves. Even if the plant looks pest free, there are precautions you can take....See MoreJuneKnow
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