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    Garden full of leaves - Should I have to pay to dispose of them?

    Use the leaves to make [broken link removed], which is useful for conditioning soil and retaining moisture. Black bin bags and time is all that is required.
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    How to kill buttercups!

    Improve drainage, fertilise regularly, apply lime, rake, Ensure you have a well sealed grass box on your mower. Just a few of the organic or cultural control methods. Then of course there are the chemical options. It seems to be such a problem here that idedicated a whole article to creeping...
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    ageing concrete with yogurt ??

    I've been following this thread with interest. Ye might be interest in an article I wrote on the subject a few years ago........ Lichen, add some to your garden with a lichen slurry mix.
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    How can I camoflage unsightly container

    Try to include a few plants in a bed to the fore of the container which are supple and have movement in even the slightest breeze. Bamboo for example. This will help break the outline of the container, as I find just creating a wall of climbers and creepers can some times just look like a...
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    shower temp varying

    staunton, I had the exact same problem as you. But I found a solution, which I posted in this thread. http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=35675&highlight=shower I have to do it once or twice a year, but at least it saves me jumping around the shower like a blue-arsed fly.
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    Time of year to spray roundup?

    You might want to avoid the salt if you intend planting/sowing into the soil later.
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    How to remove moss growing on tarmac drive

    Hold on! Do not attempt to spray or spread sulphate of iron onto tarmacadam unless you want your blacktop to become browntop. It will leave a stain similar to that which a pice of rusty metal would leave if left on the tarmac for a few months. [broken link removed]
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    To kill a tree...

    Not so. Read this...... Tree laws in Ireland-- Legal requirements for tree felling.
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    My pc sounds like the cargo-loader from aliens.

    My pc sounds like the cargo-loader from aliens. Hello all. My home office sounds like the loading bay of the spaceship Sulaco. You see, my Dell Vostro 400 has been causing me some concern with the sounds it is making while it is...
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    Key Post Trees

    Re: Key Post: Trees I take it you are talking about pollen not sap. Pollen, the yellow often dust produced by the male part of the flowering tree. Sap, the fluid that travels through the tissues of the tree.
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    Key Post Trees

    Re: Key Post: Trees Tell me more about this "sap".
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    To kill a tree...

    A word of warning though, beware of planting next to stumps as Honey fungus may begin to thrive as your stumps rot.
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    To kill a tree...

    The 'poison' is usually applied after the tree is cut down to kill the root. No point in poisoning a massive tree before cutting it down, as it may drop branches etc. before you get around to cutting it down completely. Two article you should read before you take action......... Tree laws in...
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    Moths

    Any wood turners near you? Cedar balls, close enough? [broken link removed]
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    Moths

    "Throw your nasty mothballs away and replace them with a small net bag of juniper parings, as their scent has been found to keep the munching moths away from your clothes drawers or wardrobes." Taken from here....... [broken link removed]
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    Weeds coming through v fast

    After grading the soil the weeds should be allowed to grow, this is called leaving a fallow period. They are then sprayed, hoed or solarised off before final cultivation and sowing your lawn seed. Think what it would have been like if you had sown your grass seed straight away only to see it...
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    rotavator help?

    Sounds like a problem with the choke possibly. Personally I would pack the rotovating in for the day. Be warned, do not work the soil while it is wet, this will destroy the soils structure leading to poor drainage.
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    composting

    Depends if you have a blight problem or fear a blight attack in the garden next season. Management of the blight problem organically. 1. When digging your potatoes each year, you should be scrupulous in clearing your soil of all potato tubers, even those as small as pebble. Ensure that there...
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    Rabbits and Shrubs

    We are on the right road with chicken wire alright, constructing something like this [broken link removed]
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    Decking boards starting to rot after 6yrs

    Damp soil will speed up the degradation of wood, treated or not. This will be your decking installers wiggle-room.
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