Any rug experts out there? I'd love to have some info on THIS rug.
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any avacado experts out there?
Comments (4)A...there are a couple of factors you need to understand about fruiting avocado trees. These factors may give you hope. Firstly, many avocado varieties are strong alternate bearers. Because one year is bad...do not lose hope. Secondly, even in a good fruiting year...many small avocados drop. Often this drop occurs a second time in June. As for what you can do...avos love water. Make sure there is moisture (especially during heat spells) in the root zone. Avoid standing water. Of course, fertilizing with an avocado/citrus fertilizer never hurts. Hang in there....you may have a winner....See MoreAny Ant Experts Out There?
Comments (2)These ants are medium small and dark brown I think. I never looked at them up close. I have firewood stacked about two feet from the garden shed and ended throwing about half the firewood into the woods next our property. The ants had eggs under the bark of the wood and they got into the inside of some of the pieces! I wasn't going to bring that into the house. And in the shed I threw out two garbage bags full of stored straw cause they set up nets in both bags! They're awful! I don't know how to describe them. I think they are the same ants that get into the house and love sugar, but I can't be positive about that. They're about the same size as those I find in the garden shed. They're elsewhere in the garden too. They are usually busy running around in long lines on the sidewalk in the backyard, moving their nests from place to place. Wish I could give you more info. If anyone else knows what kind of an ant this is that makes it's home in dry material, I'd sure appreciate hearing from you. Thanks much....See MoreAny Cut-Out Cookie Experts Out There?
Comments (11)I'm not an expert, but the Monkey Princess, Bruvver and I always bake cookies. This is the recipe I usually use, although the kids like a different recipe that's "puffier". It's harder to frost the cookies, though, if they are puffy, and they don't hold their shape as well. These rise, so they don't hold indentations and such as well as a cookie with less leavening, but they have a nice flavor: Sour Cream Sugar Cookies 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1. Combine baking soda and sour cream. 2. Cream butter and sugar. 3. Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each. 4. Blend in vanilla. 5. Blend in sour cream and baking soda. 6. Combine baking powder and flour and add to sour cream mixture. 7. Refrigerate until easy to handle, usually at least an hour. 8. Roll out dough about 1/2 inch thick and cut into shapes. 9. Bake at 325º for 8-10 minutes, or until light brown. I just use a powdered sugar type icing for decorating with the kids, but if I wanted something very precise I'd go with a royal icing so I could pipe an outline and then fill it in. Good luck, those cookies in that link are very cute. I can't imagine doing all the writing on that "accepted" letter, though! Annie...See MoreFabric experts? I'd like some input
Comments (32)OK, several points need to be addressed. (And as a former upholsterer and slipcover maker, I feel capable of pontificating, LOL.) I'm delighted you washed a sample and kept the records of how and where it shrank, and how much. Go you! It washed well, didn't bleed, and shrank minimally. It sounds great for a slipcover. However, you can't simply dump 18 yards of fabric in a home washer. You can't dump that much fabric in a commercial washer either! That's an enormous amount of fabric! Were I you, I would cut oversized pieces for each of the slipcover sections, serge or zigzag the edges and wash those smaller pieces. If you think the fabric will bleed at all, put a Shout Color-Catcher in with the pieces. Then have the slipcover constructed. Do give it a boost with some more Scotchguard, after it's completed, if you're worried about stains. Some have said to contact the manufacturer about the "washability" of the fabric, and the durability of the stain protection. It will not happen! If you choose to wash a fabric labeled for dry- or solvent- type cleaning, you void ALL warranties for the fabric. Sure, it IS washable. Cotton is washable. Linen is washable. So is the silk blouse you may have. All of these are washable, but the manufacturer is NOT going to warrant against shrinkage or fading or bleeding. IF you choose to wash that silk blouse or your 18 yards of slipcover fabrics, you're on your own. I would still do it for myself....See Morenicole___
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