What Is This Houseplant?
It could be a pothos. Pothos leaves can be plain green. It should be kept away from direct light.
Yellow Rose (Lady Or Playboy)
Hello ! Flower production is a big business and rose production is a big part of it. The rights and interests of the producers are protected by patents and registration of trademark name. Roses varieties are patented. Lady Elsie May is the name of a patented...
Drown Ants Nesting In Potted Plants
Hello ! To take good care of the Aglaonema it is better to forget its surname Chinese evergreen. China will not make you think of the constant warmth and the very high humidity rate of the country Aglaonema comes from that is the tropical forest of South America...
Look For Two Plants In One Pot
I agree with you about people wanting an instant beautiful display and I would agree with you that garden centers could not sell so many plants and so easily if they were selling plants not yet nice to look at but that will live on for many years becoming more...
Spray Nozzle for Dish Soap Container
The first thing I do when I buy dish soap is to empty half of the bottle and save it into another bottle, then I fill the bottle up again with water. You are on a safer side because it is easier to rinse than the pure product, and it is important for your health...
What Is This Houseplant?
It is difficult to say but it looks like a sick Dieffenbachia and if it is keep it out of reach of children or pets all parts being poisonous.
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! I think it is Euonymus japonicus Luna and in this case it is an outdoor plant. But it can be a sunny star croton and in this case it is an indoor plant. Hope this helps ! Catherine
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is a pink bromeliad. It is the same family as the pineapple : the bromeliaceae family. Google its scientific name Aechmea fasciata for information about its special cares. Hope this helps Catherine
What Is This House Plant?
Hello ! It is a philodendrum and I think this one is the philodendrum xanadu. Beautiful ! Catherine
Growing an Avocado Plant?
Hello ! Dont worry an avocado is a tree and it will start new branches from its trunk. Some people pinch or cut the top of the avocado shoot at a very early stage of its growth so that it will start new branches and get stronger. You too would have had to cut...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is an Hoya, possibly Hoya carnosa. The flowers are incredibly fragrant. It can be capricious for blooming. You beautifully succeeded the growing step and I hope you will soon be rewarded with many flowers and their powerful scent that reminds chocolate...
Needle Does Not Move on Sewing Machine?
Maybe you have already checked but it is possible that the machine has been left ready to thread a bobbin. Not all machines have the same way to get the hand wheel in position to thread a bobbin and stop the movement of the needle. For some machines you have...
What Is This Garden Plant?
If you are asking about the plants in the background they are palms some are date palms others may be yuccas. If you are talking about the grass in the foreground it is not possible to tell from the picture.
Singer 449 Not Picking Up Bottom Thread?
To keep your machine working properly you must always pull out the thread of the bobbin by hand and place it with the upper thread under the foot and behind the foot before you start sewing. To catch the bobbin thread you move the hand wheel by hand to let...
What Is This Houseplant? (Ficus)
Hello ! I think it is a bunch of shoots of ficus benjamina. Cut a leave and if you see white sap it is a ficus benjamina.
Singer Sewing Machine Not Stitching Properly?
When thread is bunching underneath the fabric it is usually a problem of tension balance. The upper thread doesnt go down enough. Reduce the tension on the needle thread by putting the tension knob on an average tension level. There is also a little screw on...
Identifying a Ladybug Type Beetle?
Hello ! Indeed, it is Harmonia axyridis the asian ladybug. They do eat aphids but unfortunately they also eat the larvae of the indigenous species of ladybugs. It is now considered one of the worlds most invasive insect. They have been released to control aphids...
What Is This House Plant?
Hello ! It looks like a tradescantia. Their colours depend on how much sunlight they get.
What Is This House Plant?
It could be a spathiphyllum wallisii or an anthurium. In any case you can put a bit less water, like only up to the brown part, and add a piece of wood coal (the type you use for a barbecue) it will keep the water clear and avoid the rotting of the plant. Hope...
What Is This Houseplant? (Calathea)
It is a Calathea and this one is Calathea Rosea Picta. It is a tropical rain forest plant.
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello : It is the ZeeZee or Z Z plant. Its scientific name is Zamioculcas zamiifolia.
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is an hoya carnosa tricolor. One of the most fragrant flower when it does bloom ... Hope this helps !
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! I think it is a Kalanchoe beharensis. In its home place it can be more than 4 meters high with a real trunk. Hope this helps ! Catherine
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! I am sure what you think is fungus is just aphids so happy to find something green to eat at this time of the year. Yes ! aphids indoors I am dealing with them at the moment. Take a magnifier and you will see that they are aphids very common on kalanchoe...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is a Rhipsalis, it is not easy to say which one from the picture but it could be a Rhipsalis cassutha or a Rhipsalis baccifera subsp. horrida. Some Rhipsalis are a bit hairy some are light green others darker green but all are incredibly resistant...
Prescription Bottles for Storing Flower Seeds
Hello ! Do you first get rid of the dessicant which is sometimes hidden in the topper of the medication container ? I always do as I fear it could dry the seeds so much that they could end up being sterile.
Can't Wind Bobbin on Kenmore Ultra Stitch 10?
I think you could try first to read the oiling the machine paragraph of the user manual and once you have oiled the machine you could ask someone else to try to hold the hand wheel while turning the clutch because maybe you do not put enough strength being...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is a philodendron monstera and if you take care of it it will be with you for many years and will become very large and spectacular. Catherine
What Are These Houseplants? (Kalanchoe)
When Denise writes thick rubbery leaves she writes about the pink flower plant. About the white flower plant she writes kind of thick leaves. Kalanchoe leaves are waxy when African violet leaves are hairy.
What Are These Houseplants? (Kalanchoe)
I dont think it can be a Gloxinia because the leaves of a Gloxinia are hairy and not thick and shiny and their flowers are very large and cup shaped. The pink flowers on the picture are not more than 3 or 4 milimiters. Gloxinia are beautiful but rarely used...
What Is This Houseplant? (Peperomia)
Hello ! The plant looks like a Peperomia incana and if thats what it is it could be loosing its leaves because it is not a climber but rather a rampant. You can cut a portion and put it to root in a vase keeping it just above the water surface the same way...
Kenmore Sewing Machine Repair Videos?
Hello ! The threading diagram you can see on this page : http://www.sewusa.com/Threading_Diagrams/Threading_Pages/Kenmore_Sewing_Machine_Threading/kenmore_ultra_stitch_6_8_12_threading_diagram.htm includes instruction diagrams to adjust top thread tension and...
Kenmore Sewing Machine Repair Videos?
Hello ! The threading instructions diagrams you can find on this page : http://www.sewusa.com/Threading_Diagrams/Threading_Pages/Kenmore_Sewing_Machine_Threading/kenmore_ultra_stitch_6_8_12_threading_diagram.htm includes the adjusting top thread tension and...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! I think it is a Peperomia obtusifolia. It should not be growing such long branches with so few leaves, it seems to be reaching for more light. You should repot it as Marty said or change the soil and you could try to move it to a window facing south...
Identifying Garden Plants and Trees?
Hello ! It is a Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). It gives orange fruits with a big shiny seed inside the fruits are juicy and refreshing not very tasty but the tree is beautiful and very resistant. Catherine
Identifying Garden Plants and Trees?
Hello ! It is a Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica). The fruits are orange juicy and refreshing, not very tasty with a big shiny seed inside but the tree is beautiful all year round and very resistant.
Cutting Styrofoam for Fitting on an Armature?
Hello ! I use hacksaw blades to cut styrofoam and it works well even when using the cheapest type of blades. If you do not have time to go and buy them you can try a sawtooth bread knife. Hope this helps ! Catherine
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is Ledebouria socialis - Scilla violacea. The leaves are more beautiful than the flowers but the flowers are a sign of its good health and they make a beautiful contrast with the leaves. I have got one but I did not take care of it and it is very...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is Ledebouria socialis - Scilla violacea. The leaves are more beautiful than the flowers but the flowers are a sign of its good health and they make a beautiful contrast with the leaves. I have got one but I did not take care of it and it is very...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! I am not sure because the leaves are not really pointed but if they are soft it could be the Dracaena fragrans 'White Stripe'. If they are thick and strong with sharp edges then Im wrong. Dracaena are usually sold as a nude trunk with a few shoots on...
What Is This Houseplant?
Its scientific name is Saintpaulias more often called African violet and I agree with Judy, drops of water on the leaves specially if it is cold water will damage the leaves. The plant doesnt like changes of temperature. It needs warmth, bright light but no...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! The leaves seam too thick to be an echeveria, but it is difficult to tell because the shape and the colours of the succulent family members depend a lot on the light they receive but as the plant seam to try to grow upwards I think it could be a sedum...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! Your boss could be right. The leaves look like the ones of a Sambac jasmine also called Arabian jasmine I hope you will succeed saving it as its bloom is incredibly fragrant. I have got one and it has some bad times here in my flat with a weather which...
What Is This Houseplant?
Me again ! Is it snow I see on the picture ? If it is it means that the days are short at the moment in your place so the Sambac is having a rest. It is not the time to water it and you should be careful with draft or the plant being too close to a cold window...
What Is This Houseplant?
I live in the northern suburb of Paris at 49° North, winter is not as cold as in your region but the days are very short with only 8 hours of daylight in december and the sky is very often cloudy. I had to keep the light on all day long today. My Sambac is...
Intercropping in a Maize Field?
Beans and gourds can be grown with maize, beans provide nitrogen to the two others plants, beans climb up the maize and gourd provides shade at the foot of the two others which will then need less watering. The shadow provided by the gourd will also prevent...
Growing Cucumbers in Hanging Milk Jugs?
Hello ! I think the quantity of soil will not be a problem but the type of soil could be. Cucumbers need very rich and moistured soil and more water than beans. Beans enjoy full sun when parts of cucumber plant are protected from sun light by its own leaves...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello Dona Taormina ! I try a wild guess : Radermachera or some sort of wild clematis. Whatever the plant is the drying of the end of its leaves may be due to the dryness of the air. After all it could be an outdoor plant. You can try to put it away from heaters...
Building a Turtle Home in Your Garden
Are you looking for an excuse to keep this animal ? You said your turtle is a land turtle. No land turtle destroys rivers. The one turtle which is forbidden on the French territory, French Polynesia included, is an aquatic and carnivorous turtle, it is the...
Using Selective Weed Killers
The best weed killer is the weed killer that will not slowly kill the gardener nor his friends : birds, insects, toads, lizards...The best and safest weed killer is the gardener himself with his strenght to root out weeds once he has checked that they are not...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is a Plectranthus. I just had to move mine closer to the ceiling because its smell is so strong it is unbearable. My Plectranthus is a Plectranthus neochilus with beautiful pink and blue flowers but a terrible smell all year round. Unfortunately...
What Type of Hoya Is This?
Hello ! You will have to wait for the first flowers to be sure but there is a good chance that it is an hoya carnosa. If your local nursery is not an hoya specialist it is quite sure that it is an hoya carnosa. It is not because it doesnt have the little silvery...
What Is This Flower Called?
Hello ! It is very difficult to tell from such a close-up photo. It could be a blue crocuce. Hope this helps !
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! You could brush the soil a little bit to see what is at the foot of each plant. I think it looks like a plant grown from a pit. If you find what is left of the pit maybe you could identify it. Peach tree leaves have a natural tendency to curl. Hope...
What Is This Houseplant? (Cordyline)
Hello ! Its a Cordyline , maybe Cordyline fructosa, it is often mistaken with a Dracaena but its roots are white when the Dracaena rooots are deep yellow or orange. As you put it in a place where its receiving plenty of light the beautiful red an pink shades...
Singer Sewing Machine Needle Won't Move?
Sorry if my answer is a bit too simple but the motor runs and the needle doesnt move when you thread a bobbin so maybe you left the machine in that special position, usually it is a special position of the handwheel. Hope this helps !
Singer Makes Noise When Winding Bobbin?
I agree with DCA, if the device is still under warranty , return it and you do not have to say that the noise started soon after the purchase. I would not put liquid oil in a modern sewing machine which is nearly entirely made of plastic and needs special solid...
What Is This Garden Plant?
Hello ! Because of the purple thorns and the orange berries I am sure it is a Solanum but which one I cant tell. There is a good chance that it is a Solanum Quitoense. You have to make sure which can of Solanum it is as the Solanaceae is a tricky family like...
Covering an Old Stove-pipe Hole
Hello ! I know very well what it is like to live with cold drafts in a house, but Sandy do be careful ! Obstructing a pipe hole can cost you a lot more than the money you think you will save on the heating of your house. I made this mistake once and still regret...
Lip Balm
You can save yourself the risks of heating the coconut oil on fire. Coconut oil melts at very very low temperature if left in a kitchen or just next to a heater. Actually just holding a glass container of coconut oil in your hand makes the coconut oil melt...
What Is This House Plant?
Epiphyllum Oxypetalum called Queen of the Night because its flowers open at night, beautiful flowers, magical scent, if you succeed to make it bloom as the Queen is capricious. Watch it flowering here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXxFdpT7CZA
What Is This Plant?
I agree it is an orchidea and I am quite sure it is a phalaenopsis. It is one of the easy to grow Orchidea but QUICK ! take it out of the water or it will die ! You will find all the info to take care of it here. http://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=217
What Is This House Plant?
I think it is an Iresine Herbstii but that it is not getting enough light. Compare here : http://www.colorfulnature.com/picture.jsp?lang=en_US&category=flowers&picGroupId=Iresine_Herbstii-m
Overwintering a Musa Red Rowe Banana?
I think you will find interesting videos and information given by the Midwest Bananas Farms on youtube, the place is 40 miles northeast of Cincinnati, Ohio and there are pictures of their banana trees in the snow. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgs7_pIKSH_nyncR0YRMcbQ...
Gluing Glass to Glass?
Clear silicon sealent like Bison Poly Max if you need the glue to be transparent or some aquarium glue.
Georgia State University Cross Stitch Pattern?
Hello ! If you cant find the cross stitch pattern of the Blue Panther you can google Pounce the Blue Panther using the image only option of Google search. Select the image you want and download it to the image file of your computer. You then open this site...
Peace Lily Leaves Curling?
Maybe the air is too dry and you could try to mister or water spray the plant regularly and check that it is not too close to a heat source but do not overwater it as it is very drought tolerant and should be watered only once a week and only if needed. You...
Making Fusion Lamp Oil?
Hello ! Essential oils shouldnt be burnt but only diffused and not all essential oils should be diffused. Fragrance oils can be made with chemical products but a product marked essential oils should be made from plant only. Each essential oil has its usage...
What Type of Bush Is This?
I think it is a member of the very large family of the holly possibly Ilex opaca, American holly. If you want to see the different types of holly, just googled its latin name : ilex
What Type of Bush Is This?
Sorry ! I had not seen the spines on the trunk ! I thought it was on the leaves ! I believe it could be a Crataegus and possibly Crataegus crus galli.
What Is This House Plant?
I agree it is the Wandering Jew also called Purple Hart. Its latin name is Tradescantia pallida member of the very large Tradescantia family. It is a mexican plant and it is easy to grow. its flowers are pink it does not like cold water and when watering the...
Toxicity of the Moonflower Vine (Ipomoea Alba)
Hello ! Rabbits and many other animals are not a reference as far as toxic food is concerned! In my country, we are great fans of mushrooms. We go and collect them in the fields or the forests and one of the first rules we learn is to do not consider a mushroom...
Blessing Bags
Good idea from even better people ! May I suggest, a map of the town, sometimes homeless people are given adresses where they could get some help but they dont know where it is nor how to go there and also if you can afford it : nail clippers. Keeping healthy...
Blessing Bags
You are right Donna but for homeless people it is easier to be given from hand to hand just with a smile for explanation than having to go and ask for help anywhere. Anyone can become homeless from one day to another and all the easy things you were doing everyday...
Are These Tomato Plants?
I agree it is Lily of the Valley (convallaria majalis) and it is extremely toxic, all parts of the plant, at all stages of growth, even just the water of the vase where the flowers have stayed is toxic. The flowers are the most toxic parts but they are also...
What Is This Plant?
Hello Kelly ! Spider plant leaves are green or green with white stripes depending on how much sun light they receive. In full sun light they are white and green indoors they are green.
Growing a Cherry Tree from a Pit?
Sometimes leaves become white if a plant was exposed to too strong sunlight or too suddenly after growing in shade or half-shade. If this is the problem you should protect the plant from direct sunlight. Hope this helps !
What Is This Houseplant?
It is a palm tree but it is a bit too young to know which one it is just from a picture. It could be an Areca Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens) or a Kentia palm (Howea forsteriana). You could use the forum of the I.P.S. the International Palm Society https...
What Is This Houseplant?
Hello ! It is a palm tree but it is a bit young to tell which one, just from a picture. It may be a Kentia. You could get an answer from the International Palm Society at : https://www.palms.org/ or from others associations at : http://www.palms.org/ Your palm...
What Is This Garden Flower?
I agree with Babette, your plant is an Amaranth. You can make the difference between the Love Lies Bleeding plant (Amaranthus) and the Chenille flower also called Red Cattails plant (Acalypha hispida) by the flowers and the leaves. Acalypha hispida flowers...
What Is This Garden Plant? (Datura)
Hello ! The plant is a Datura. Although the strenght of the toxins it contains depends on its age and condition of growth, consider all parts as extremely toxic, the seeds and the flowers being the most poisonous parts of the plant. It is an annual plant or...
The Persevering Purslane
The plant that European gardeners considered as invading and with no ornemental value is Portulaca oleacera or Portulaca sativa. The leaves can be eaten in salads and it is, today, used in phytotherapy. Portulaca oleacera has insignificant tiny yellow flowers...
The Persevering Purslane
It is just that, I thought that european gardeners could seem a bit stupid throwing away such beautiful flowers or giving them to pigs. I thought that you could not be writing about the same plant and believe that you got the period of times the wrong way round...
What Is This Great Smelling Plant?
Hello! Very very wild guess : Pogostemon heyneanus or Pogostemon cablin. If it is a Pogostemon, it could not just appear, it would have been planted as the plant originates from India and Sri lanka. The leaves of a Pogostemon are more hairy than the ones on...
What Is This Plant?
Hello! It is a member of the very large Senecio family and I think because of its typical blue colour that it is a Senecio mandraliscae. It is a succulent and rots if overwatered. It grows upright for a while and goes back to its true nature, as in the wild...
What Is This Plant?
I agree, it looks like a Kalanchoe. It also looks like a Kalanchoe that could do with much more light. Hope this help !
What Is This Plant?
Hello ! The two plants are members of the Tradescantia family. The hairy one is Tradescantia sillamontana, the purple one is Setcreasea pallida. They tend to drop leaves while their branches grow longer. This is a natural phenomena as they are crawling plants...
Making Glass Birdbaths?
Before using any plastic for food or water, for your own use, or for animals, be well informed of the classification of plastics, that is the official code number ranging from 1 to 7, printed in the middle of the chasing arrows symbol that should appear on...
Strange Watermelon Vines
Hello ! The Lilly of the Valleys always tries to grow in the direction of the North. Water melons tries to grow to the South and if given anything to climb on, it will climb on it, trying to receive the maximum light. Lilly of the Valleys needs shade thats...
Moonflower vs Moonflower Vine
Hello! There is another good reason to use the botanical names of plants that is to do not pay a lot of money for a plant which is only an annual. Datura is an annual plant with flowers facing upwards and spiny fruits. Brugmansia is a perrenial woody shrub...
Moonflower vs Moonflower Vine
Datura versus Brugmantsia war went on for 168 years. Datura was named by actual father of taxonomy Carl von Linné in 1753. The name is a sanskrit name as the plant was cultivated in India it was included in the solanaceae family which many plants members have...
Locking Hand Wheel on Singer Machine?
Hello ! Usually the hand wheel is locked and unlocked by moving its central part of the hand wheel. The central part acts like a knob and locks and unlocks the hand wheel when moved from back to front. With some models you may have to first pull the knob to...
Car Air Freshener
From the first look at your picture I thought it was a spacecraft lifting away a pyramid ! Very good idea ! and so much better for your health than the chemical products you could buy.
Oak Tree Is Dripping Sap?
I think you should first check if the liquid falling from your oak tree is sticky or not, if it is sticky it could come from aphids, check if you can see many ants climbing along the tree trunk. If it is not sticky it could be only water. In a hot summer an...
Getting Rid of Blackberry Sprouts?
Hello! Blackberries are pruned in the winter by cutting to the ground all the branches that have born fruits and keeping only 5 or 6 new branches. These new branches should be pruned to less than 2 meters (the longest the branches will grow the less fruits...
What Is This House Plant?
Hello ! I completely agree with Abigail. The botanical name of the plant is : Hypoestes phyllostachya.
Getting Rid of Tecomaria Capensis Vine (Cape Honeysuckle)?
Round up doesnt kill things only it also kills people. Check on current trial Dewayne Johnson vs Monsanto.
Don't Waste Anything
Hello ! You can keep lettuce on your grocery list. When parts of salads like the french endive or the Iceberg lettuce turn first slightly pink and then orange there is no need to cut off these parts has they keep the same taste as the rest of the salad. If...
Pathos Plant Dying?
I think you should first take a cutting of your Pothos and put it in a glass recipient filled with water where it will grow roots just in case you cant save the mother plant. If your plants problem appeared suddenly and spread quickly with many leaves turning...
Repairing a Tree That Split in Wind?
Hello! I think that until you take a decision, you should in the meantime empty the well that holds the rain and try to get it dry. If you cant do it with a pump you can try to take a piece of cotton material and put one end in the water of the well and let...
Vinegar Life Hacks
Hello! I agree with the apple cider marinade but not just for killing bacteria, for the taste ! You can use it when cooking a turkey or a chicken. You can either marinade the meat with apple cider, unpeeled garlic cloves, slices of onion, thyme and a leaf of...
Growing a Wisteria Vine from Cuttings?
Hello ! I have tried many times to propagate a Wisteria from cuttings, from sofwood cuttings or hardwood cuttings and I never succeeded so I think you could try more than one method of propagation to have more chances of success.The other methods are very well...
What Are These Plant Cuttings?
Hello Ali! The plant on the right of your picture is a Purple Tradescantia even if the purple is only very pale because it needs a lot of light. You can grow it in water only. The one on the left is a kalanchoe and possibly Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi from the Crassula...
Recycled Photophore
Hello Melissa! When this type of air fresheners is displayed in the shops you cant see the pattern because the plastic film is hiding it. I must admit that its only after buying one and pulling off the plastic film that I thought of turning it into a photophore...
Water Absorbing Crystals from Diapers for Garden
Crystals is a beautiful name, but what is used inside diapers is in fact sodium polyacrylate. In Europe, since 1985 it is forbidden to use sodium polyacrylate in tampons. it is also known as an irritant for the skin, the eyes, and the respiratory tract and...
Smiling Goat
Let me introduce you to the one your smiling goat is dreaming of! We meet him every year at an autumn fair. He sometimes is a bit smelly but he has such a good sens of humor! Pity you cant see its huge horns on this picture.
Removing New Paint Odor?
Put plates in the painted room with either . slides of raw onions . baker yeast (not chemical yeast) . charcoal You can also burn a candle and use a ventilator with the windows opened. Hope this helps! Catherine
Tomato Plant Not Setting Fruit?
Sorry if I do not understand your question but the fruits are not independant from the flowers. Tomato flowers become fruits just like strawberry flowers become strawberries. If your tomato plant is loaded with flowers you just have to wait. Just cut off the...
Cats Peeing on Everything?
Hello! I have 3 female cats and 1 male living indoors. The only cat that sometimes pee anywhere is the female cat that was neutralized when she was already 2 years old. The 2 female cats that were neutralized when just 8 month old are always using the litter...
Thrifty Souvenirs
One of my good friends brought me back from her holidays in Brasil a plastic fish she had found on the beach. I love it ! it is hanged on my entrance door handle. If I had been there on that beach I would have picked up that fish and brought it back home. I...
Identifying Houseplants?
I am quite sure that the two of them are Hoyas. The hoya family is a very large one and they are more easy to identify by their incredibly beautiful and fragrant flowers. They need plenty of light but no direct sun. You will find many sites of Hoya lovers on...
Uses for Castor Oil
Even if it is obvious to the majority of its users, I think it is important to say, that Castor oil has nothing to do anymore with the animal called castor or beaver but that it is made from the oil of the seeds of a plant called Ricinus communis and that this...
Protecting Hummingbird Feeders
Actually the death rate of honeybees is such that you should be feeding bees more than humingbirds. 80% of the plants we eat depend on pollination by bees to survive. How about multiplying the feeders or hanging fruits for bees and wasps, like pears or apples...
Protecting Hummingbird Feeders
The insects on your pictures are not wasps but bees. Very useful insects helping every flower to turn into a fruit. Very endangered species. Insect envolved in the growing and fructification of everything you eat ! Protect the bees ! Ants : only insect able...
Doubling Your Tomato Crop
Good idea ! I will try it ! It should work well because the wild plants discovered in South America from which originate the todays tomato plants were and still are creeping vines. We force the plant to grow upwards but it is in fact a creeper not a climber...
Health Effects of Using Ammonia for Cleaning?
Hello ! Maybe you will find the information you need at this net address: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/PHS/PHS.asp?id=9&tid=2 or: https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/emergency/chemical_terrorism/ammonia_tech.htm You can check also on the internet site of the...
We Went to Paris for $20
There is a very simple way to visit Paris for a lower price. Paris is one of the smallest capital in the world (from north to south Paris is less than 5 miles and a bit more than 7 miles from east to west). The town and its region have a good network of, metro...
Ants Are Beneficial in the Garden
I live in Europe and we only have nice ants, little black, little red ones, and big black ones with very big nests in the forest. I use the little black ones that live somewhere near my window. I dont do aphid checking I just watch for ants and when i see black...
Ants Are Beneficial in the Garden
Are you as fast with flies or even butterflies ? You know on what kind of dirty things flies and butterflies land when ants just dont ?
String Cheese Witch Brooms
It looks very good and would do for any diner as appetizers. I would use celery sticks instead of cheese or radishes and carrots...
Making Plastic Spoon Flowers?
Hello! You could try holding the plastic spoon close to the side of the flame and not on top of the flame or try boiling water or a heat gun or even a hair dryer if the plastic is soft enough. Hope this help!
Will Bromeliad Tall Spike Bloom?
Hello I think whether it is going to produce a flower or not it is beautiful anyway and you should keep it this way! On the first plant if the spike is that much tall it could be because it tries to catch more sunlight. Maybe you should move it to the face...
Uses for Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth
You should be extra care full when using Diatomacious Earth as it is a very dangerous product for human or animal health when it is inhaled. It is as dangerous as asbestos or silice for the lungs and produces the same effects. Use masks when using the product...
Finding Someone to Cut Trees for the Lumber?
Sometimes even only one tree can be very valuable. It depends on the age of the tree the size and the shape of its trunk or its biggest branches. Last year, out of the total of the 3000 that will be needed to rebuilt the roof of the church Notre Dame de Paris...
Sewing Machine Tension Knob Won't Turn?
Usually you have to push it forward (or press it) and then turn it to the right position.
Gerbera Daisy Leaves Shriveled?
Salt burns the leaves and if the salt is carried into the soil by the water it will kill the plant. If it is in a pot put the pot in a bucket of water. Shower the leaves as well. Let it stay in the water for 30 then take it out to wash off the salt from the...
Buds Falling Off Christmas Cactus?
The causes could be: turning the pot as the buds will try to bend to one side to receive more light and fall off, leaves with petiole can follow the light but buds have no petiole and will fall off. Watering too soon. It is better to wait until the buds turn...
Growing Chrysanthemums?
The Chrysanthemums you buy in october have been forced to bloom by using artificial light, warmth and a lot of fertilizer. This makes the plant extremely weak.The soil it is grown in is not proper soil either it is only peat and polystyrene. To save your Chrysanthemum...
Getting Rid of Mosquitoes in a Pond?
If winters are not too cold in your region you could use fishes called mosquito fish to control the mosquito larvae in your pond as they eat the larvae.
Growing a Hydrangea in a Copper Pot?
As far as I know the problem is not only with copper but with any metal. It has something to do with the electrical phenomenom created by the metal, the water and the mineral salt. I dont know what the effect is but I never succeeded growing plant in metal...
No Luck with Moth Balls
Mothballs are not dangerous just for animals they should not be used at all - outdoors or indoors! Mothballs diffuses naphthalene and para-dichlorobenzene both highly carcinogenic substances and also highly flammable. Along with the risk of cancer, prolonged...
Trumpet Vine is an Invasive Weed
Hello ! I dont think it is a lady bird larva, lady bug larvae are big larvae. They are nearly 1 cm long, longer than the future lady bird beetle they will become. They are black with orange spots. It would be interesting to find out which larva it is because...
Shamrock Tortilla Chips
I would hide one with four leaves among the others for good luck to the guest who will find it.
Harvesting Iceberg Lettuce?
Hello! The problem is that if you have planted all the seeds at the same time all the lettuces are ready at the same time, so next time plant every week or every 2 weeks as many seeds as you would eat salad per week. If your iceberg lettuces are already half...
Clematis Not Flowering?
Maybe your clematis has enjoyed the fertilizer too much and will produce only foliage this year. You should use rose-tree fertilizer before spring and after summer. To help your clematis produce more flowers next year just prune it. Pruning time depends on...
Organizing for a Disability
My grandmother had her leg amputated but she was an all-time crafter and she immediately used that skill to make her life easier. Here are two examples of things she worked out herself. She had to exercise walking with her artificial leg a few hours each day...
Growing an Azalea Rhododendron Hybrid?
Hello ! Do you believe it ? The Ohio State University is providing you with a full page of information. Titled of the page is Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas in Ohio and it is here : http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1078.html What more do you need ? Maybe...
Honeysuckle Vine Wilted and Partially Died?
Hello! If the plant is covered with aphids treat it quickly with a pesticide. Ants can also signal a scale invasion. Take a look at the bark of the honeysuckle. What you believe to be a crusty bark can be hundreds of scales infesting your plant. Take a toothpick...
Weeping Cherry Tree Looks Sick?
Your tree is damaged by a very common disease called tree canker. Very often it is due to a fungus. This disease has to be treated very quickly and it could be a bit too late as your tree already shows a lot of damages and it is a disease easier to prevent...
Water Your Plants With Ice Cubes
Watering with ice cubles could save your furniture but will surely damage the plant if not kill it. The temperature of water when watering a plant must be the same as the room temperarure and in any case higher than 50 ° F ( 10° C). A plant can die from hydrocution...
Growing Onions from Root Cuttings?
Hello! I know that you can grow onion in water indoors in the same way you grow Hyacinths in water. It is very nice in the winter.You cut the green stalks to use in salad and they grow again. I dont know if you can start onion from cuttings of the rooted bottom...
Making Lavender Water?
Hello! Proceed just like for making tea. Use 200 ml of mineral water and a handful of dried lavender flowers. Infuse for 5 minutes and put in a vial. The lavender water you obtain can be kept in a refrigerator for 10 days. Hope this help!
Setting Fabric Dye?
Hello! The dye is probably indigo same dying as for the jeans. You can try to soak your tablecloth in white vinegar when you rinse it. Hope this helps.
Mice Eating Houseplants?
Hello! Digging to eat the roots is more the doing of fieldmouse or of voles than mice. Usualy they do not come into the houses unless they are trapped in or if they are very hungry! Oil castor plant products are very good repellents but you should take advice...
Red Hydrangea Turned Purple?
Hello! The change of shade is natural but traveling is not something plants really enjoy so maybe it aged the flower a bit quicker than usual. Anyway with maturity the red flowers of hydrangea fade to shades of purple. They always do. All you have to do now...
Removing Rust and Reconditioning Sewing Machine Needles?
Hello! Do not try to scratch the needles ! Especially with sandpaper !Otherwise the needles will become rough and will not be able to go softly along or into the threads of the textile. From the softest to the most agressive, here are 3 methods : 1 . Let the...
Keeping Bananas From Turning Black?
This is something I learned from a friend who was an electrician on board of cargos and his nightmare was the transport of bananas. It could make one laugh but transportation of bananas is not just difficult, it is very dangerous. Bananas are transported 40...
Growing Cucumbers?
Hello! Cucumbers want long warm days and water in a well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter and nutrient elements. You should prepare well in advance their future place in your garden by mixing well-rotted manure or rich compost with the existing soil...
Sewing Machine Feeding Fabric in Wrong Direction?
I am not able to give you an answer but If your sewing machine is feeding fabric in the wrong direction, isnt it the same problem as a machine stuck in reverse ? And in this case, there is a Thriftyfun guide about this problem. I hope it will help you. Catherine
