Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
29-05-2009, 12:38 AM
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 5,967
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
28-05-2009, 06:48 PM
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 5,967
hi
hi ruthy, i too love the dasies, they are everywhere at the moment and look so pretty, i wouldnt cut them down if they were in my garden.
i have a question about a plant, a bean stalk plant.
my son...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
25-05-2009, 01:16 AM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 9,730
thanks all
just wanted to say thank you all for the info and ideas.
minnie pal, loved the grid idea!
i have other small things that i could use.
my friend bro was sick of his bland table, so he ordered...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
23-05-2009, 12:33 AM
|
|
Replies: 15
Views: 9,730
Old money - any repurposing suggestions?
hi all, i have just been cleaning out my mams things and was surprised to find a jar of money.
this must have been hidden in her wardrobe for years, because i had to control her money for almost 8...
|
|
Forum: Home Improvements
03-05-2009, 12:08 AM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 6,634
revamping telephone table?
hi all,
i have a brown wooden phone table that i would like to paint in distressed cream...any ideas how i can acheive this look?
any suggestions will be welcome
Tas
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
26-02-2009, 10:12 PM
|
|
Replies: 22
Views: 13,355
hi
i totally agree with you!
i had to get cartriges for my printer and was disgusted to find that they were almost the same price as i paided for the printer.
J.A, i never realised you could have these...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
04-02-2009, 05:09 PM
|
|
Replies: 21
Views: 11,314
Farmers Market?
hi all.
i was listening to something on tv the other morning about cutting the cost of the household food budget.
they were talking about farmers markets and things like this and it got me thinking...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-12-2008, 01:35 PM
|
|
Replies: 138
Views: 76,431
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
12-12-2008, 01:17 PM
|
|
Replies: 138
Views: 76,431
cleaning products
hi all,
just wondering if any of you have tried soda crystals for cleaning?
apperently its an old fashioned way of cleaning, its been in use for over 200 years.
i seen this in the sho and laughed,...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
07-12-2008, 12:34 AM
|
|
Replies: 110
Views: 70,770
hi all
wow, u lot are a clever bunch!
i've enjoyed reading all ur ideas and i must say, it makes u stop and think about the money we spend on expensive decorations, when we could make our own.
paprika, i...
|
|
Forum: Home Improvements
01-12-2008, 08:49 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 11,717
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi all,
thanks to all who suggested how i could get rid of these tiles off the floor.
i finally got them all up HORRAY!!!!!
but i can tell u, it wasnt easy!
i feel like i need a bath and not...
|
|
Forum: Home Improvements
29-11-2008, 11:58 AM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 11,717
hi joan, it was my bro who suggested the iron,...
hi joan, it was my bro who suggested the iron, but he said brown paper!
so far i've got one tile up with the brown paper, since then every time i go to finish what i started, i get called away...
|
|
Forum: Home Improvements
27-11-2008, 11:49 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 11,717
hi
just wanted to say thanks for the ideas.
u'll laugh when u read this!
i rang my bro in a fit of stress over these tiles and he game me a suggestion.
he told me to heat my iron and place brown paper...
|
|
Forum: Home Improvements
27-11-2008, 06:17 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 11,717
removing rubber tiles? help!
hi all,
does anyway know how to remove rubber tiles from a bathroom floor before i have heartfailure trying to remove them.
i've just spent 15 mins removing one tile!
whoever put these down...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
17-11-2008, 11:08 PM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 38,495
hiya bubbles,
tipical of what a fella would...
hiya bubbles,
tipical of what a fella would do!
my hubby would do something like that lol, daft as a they come.
what made me laugh was i really thought they were blue "bottles" being giving away...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
17-11-2008, 07:29 PM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 38,495
haha
i was just about to ask for these, thinking they where those beautiful blue coloured "bottles"
jesus imagin collecting these lmao.
sorry julfren, but i had to laugh at my stupidity.
and here was...
|
|
Forum: Home Improvements
17-11-2008, 07:23 PM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 8,311
cleaning wooden floorboards
hi all,
just wondering if any of u have tips for cleaning wooden floorboards....i.e stairs/hall etc
mil asked if i would clean these for her as shes unable...jesus when the carpet was lifted i...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
11-11-2008, 03:27 PM
|
|
Replies: 119
Views: 171,069
flowers on a budget
hi all,
if ur getting married on a budget, why dont u make paper flowers....it should cost less than 70e
my aunt used to make these long before the fresh flowers came into fashion, and i must say,...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-10-2008, 07:39 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 5,479
wow, what a change!!!!!!!!!!
hi all, i'm in dublin.
today the sun was shining and it wasnt too cold, i actually had to take off my jacket while taking up a few leaves in the garden.
but right now, its bitter cold and pouring...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
30-10-2008, 04:15 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 5,479
hi
hi happyhunter.
i agree the weather of late is a bitr crazy.
i was just saying as much to my hubby on saturday, after nearly been blown away coming back from newry...my car was swaying from side to...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
16-10-2008, 11:48 PM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 6,486
great ideas !!!!!!!!!!
hi all,
love the ideas, would still welcome more if any of you would like to add them.
love the ideas of the clock and the bird bath.
at the moment i'm soaking them both pans to get all the grime...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
16-10-2008, 06:22 PM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 6,486
recycling old...and i mean old chip pan and pan
hi all,
i have an old pan and chip pan that my mum used while we were growing up.
and as she died last year i'm having a really hard time just getting rid of them.
they are really heavy..dont know...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
14-10-2008, 04:18 PM
|
|
Replies: 40
Views: 21,907
hi
my name is an old chatroom name.
used it way back when chatrooms where the thing.
so its kinda recycled, cause i'm using it again lol
love the idea of using an ancient name of ur address...soooo...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
10-10-2008, 09:47 AM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 5,622
lol at picture
hi all,
first of i want to say thank you to all who replied.
the reason my hubby bought the dishwasher wasn't to help me, he bought it because of all the arguments over who washed the dishes.
my...
|
|
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers
09-10-2008, 07:11 PM
|
|
Replies: 9
Views: 5,622
green bag info please
h all,
i have recently started recycling...but i am confused as to what can go into the green bag.
it says on the bag that plastic bottles can go into it...does this mean anything plastic can go...
|
