Forum: Support Forum
08-03-2012, 10:25 AM
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
18-07-2010, 08:26 PM
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Wasps
The wasps will all die over the winter except for the queen, I believe. You could wait until then, then squirt a little ant dust into the opening of the hive and any queen that smells the hive when...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
26-06-2010, 09:48 AM
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Wildlife - Foxy
Thought you might like to see Foxy. Taken this morning while he was taking some air.
PS. Following a visit to the vet, it was deemed that Foxy had suffered too much brain damage to survive with any...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
25-06-2010, 05:42 PM
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Fox cub
Great news Jters
Foxy is now trying to walk and has just wolfed down a portion of mushed up cat food (a challenge for me as a veggie!).
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-06-2010, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 10
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Wildlife info
Just to let all those JT animal lovers about a brilliant new website:
http://irishwildlifematters.ie/
I am in currently looking after a poorly fox cub and the site is a wealth of information about...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-05-2010, 06:23 PM
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new covers
Have a look at the Ikea web site and see if any of their loose cover sofas are similar to yours. Then you could buy a set, for a lot less than €1200. Put it on your cushions etc inside out, pin and...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-03-2010, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 9
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anti slip
This might help.
http://www.upkeepers.co.uk/Product/H8600
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-01-2010, 07:08 PM
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Brushed cotton sheets
I think either Aldi or Lidl had sheet sets recently with fitted sheet and flat sheet pack. I bring the cosy to another level. I put a duvet under the mattress protector so you get that snuggly...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-12-2009, 05:05 PM
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keeping carpet clean
One thing you could do which is free is to get in the habit of taking your shoes off at the door so you don't walk any muck in from outside. Another would be to use get a carpet or rug second hand...
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Forum: Home Improvements
07-11-2009, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 9
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diggerman!
I would definitely ask my neighbours. People are surprisingly happy to help. See if you can trade off some other service, babysitting, some home baking. In my experience, all you have to do is ask,...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
19-09-2009, 08:21 PM
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old cds
I glue them together so that it's shiny sides out. Then I hang them from my gutters to not only reflect the light back into the house (my kids call them twinkles) but also to deter birds from flying...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-07-2009, 03:54 PM
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whiten silk dresses
I found the following online, in my experience most things are washable!
If you are going to store silk or any delicate clothes again, it's worth buying or making cotton covers instead of using the...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
08-06-2009, 09:20 PM
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Beans
Easily covered the tripods and then trailed all over the place too. But come the first frost...all disappears. I'd take it outside, you could have a triffid experience indoors!
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
08-06-2009, 07:58 PM
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Beanstalk
Your posting made me laugh out loud. A couple of years ago my hubby thought it would be a great idea to have a few runnerbeans. He planted a number of them and eight grew on. We trailed them up and...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-05-2009, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 14
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cat gifts
Jeez..this group is hardcore. You might try feeding him less. He may eat the prey before delivering to you. Benefit - less cat food expense?
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-05-2009, 02:23 PM
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-04-2009, 08:10 PM
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tin foil behind rads
You can make one so easily yourself. Just buy some foil and get a large piece of cardboard, even stick some bits together to fit behind a long rad.
Then just wrap the foil around the cardboard. I...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
06-04-2009, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 5
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cleaning leather sofas
Hi there
Saddle soap will definitely help. You use a damp sponge and make a lather with the soap, then rub the leather. Try not to leave the suds on, use another slightly damp cloth to wipe them...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-02-2009, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 11
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Trees
This is nursery near me. I am pretty sure the prices would reflect what is nearer you.
Call your nearest Coillte office and ask.
http://www.nonesohardy.ie/catalogue.htm
We have even bought trees by...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-02-2009, 07:42 PM
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land
You could do what we did. Planted it with various types of alder and ash to create our very own source of timber for the wood burning stove that heats our house and water. In about eight years time...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
14-01-2009, 07:49 PM
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To hoard or not to hoard
When clearing stuff out I always try to think of stuff as a commodity and whether the space left by its removal is a more valuable commodity. Inevitably the space is more valuable. Even if you do...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
01-01-2009, 05:56 PM
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heating a house
There shouldn't be any draught around a double glazed window. Try moving a candle around the perimeter of the window and see if the flame moves. There could be something wrong with the seals....
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Forum: Home Improvements
17-11-2008, 09:09 PM
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filthy floors
I would give them a good scrub with sugar soap diluted in hot water. A good hard bristle new yard brush will get the job done quickly and a firm bristled scrubbing brush for edges and corners....
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
04-11-2008, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 31
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sponges
The same sort of sponges are in Aldi too, in a pink box if I recall. I saw them fairly recently. I found them great for things like propolis which my beekeeping hubby walked into the vinyl flooring!...
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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
04-11-2008, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 14,103
dehumidifier
Hi there, A dehumidifier would help but another JTer put me onto an amazing product that makes paint insulate. You just add it to any paint and it creates a layer of insulation that dramatically...
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