--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300037 Date: 12/02/97 From: JUDITH HEATWOLE Time: 05:46pm \/To: RITA BUSSELL (Read 1 times) Subj: Rust stains Quoting Rita Bussell (Sun 30 Nov 1997 13:14) to All: RB> Is there any way to remove the so-called rust stains that RB> seem to appear out of nowhere from a white cotton/poly RB> blouse? Yeah, there is/was, but unfortunately I can't remember the name of it. It was in a dark rust-colored tube, which was in a same-colored box (about 5-6 inches long) and made for the purpose of removing small rust stains from clothing, etc. And it worked fine. The druggist (People's Drug Store in Langley Park, MD) used to keep it in the salve drawer, lacking any other comparable category. They haven't carried it in some time, or else nobody knows where to look. I think that I got the hint from Heloise about 30 years ago. I have searched a couple of her books to no avail. If anybody knows what I'm referring to, PLEASE post info. Thanks. P.S. I've tried ZUD for same purpose but no luck. Judy-- --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: * MyNight Zone * Baltimore MD * USA * (1:261/1191.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300038 Date: 12/02/97 From: JUDITH HEATWOLE Time: 05:58pm \/To: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES (Read 1 times) Subj: Worm bins Quoting Christopher Greaves (Mon 01 Dec 1997 15:54) to All: CG> THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY CG> For $24 I can get a 10-foot length of six-inch diameter PVC CG> sewer pipe from the builders-supply store. Being as I am, CG> vertically challenged by nature I could saw it into three CG> equal lengths and stand it vertically, well-bolted to the CG> sides of a bin, with a gap of about four inches between the CG> floor of the bin and the bottom of the 3'3" tube. --cut-- CG> I've not actually *done* this yet, you understand, but I'm CG> starting to think that if I lived on the 2nd floor and was CG> very friendly with the tenant on the first floor, we could CG> rig up a super-tall vertical continuous feed composter. CG> Maybe tomorrow. Wild! Go for it. Better yet, market it. Judy-- --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: * MyNight Zone * Baltimore MD * USA * (1:261/1191.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300039 Date: 12/02/97 From: BIRDMAN Time: 01:59pm \/To: RITA BUSSELL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Rust stains RB> Is there any way to remove the so-called rust stains that seem to RB> appear out of nowhere from a white cotton/poly blouse? We have well water with a high mineral content, including iron. We therefore get reddish stains in our sinks toilets and other appliances that use water. We use a product called "Iron Out," commercially available, to help remove those stains. Once a month, we run an empty dishwasher with some of this in it. We also put it in the toilet tank and let it set over night. The package brags that you can put it in your wash to remove stains and, although we've never tried it, I have enough faith in and experience with the product to believe that it would work. Byrd Mann ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.1c * Origin: The Playhouse TC's Gaming BBS/www.phouse.com/698.3748 (1:282/4059) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300040 Date: 12/03/97 From: HOLLY SULLIVAN Time: 9:54 am \/To: SUSAN MERCER (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: A second use .... I think I saw Susan Mercer say to Christopher Greaves on 26 Nov 97 13:35:00: > I've replaced the chair once more. Winter is here and my poor clematis > never got the chance to grow very tall. I wonder what will happen come > spring? Maybe you could find some scrap wood at the dump to rig a screen or support (like a simple arbor maybe) right behind where the chair would go, so that the clematis has something to climb onto.. then when the next chair gets sold :-) the clematis is still climbing.. :-) --- DLG2000 v1.2.4/DLGMail v2.71 * Origin: Techno-Mages Guild * ==> (619) 549-0278 <== * (1:202/720) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300041 Date: 12/03/97 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 02:29pm \/To: BARBARA HAZEN (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: A second use .... BH>Just a quick question since I am short on time this morning. You said ... and isn't it just those mornings when we are short of time that we find that YESTERDAY we used the last of the coffee from the 1KG tin, and have to open a new tin before we can get our morning dose .... Which leaves us staring at the circular tin-plated seal that we've cut from the top of the can. So now you want to know what's a second use for that, eh? Simple: it's a base for candles when making tree candles. Turn the circular metal plate so that the slightly-raised rim sits facing downwards, the centre of the plate is dimpled upwards. Drop a few globs of molten wax onto the centre of the plate and establish a candle in that small pool of wax. Then build the tree. The metal plate makes an ideal flat heat-sink for your candles. christopher.greaves@ablelink.org www.interlog.com/~cgreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300042 Date: 12/03/97 From: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT Time: 09:58am \/To: JERRYL EVANEE (Read 1 times) Subj: Christmas cactus buds -=> Quoting Jerryl Evanee to Doris Dignard <=- JE> I just bought one with a few dozen blooms - gorgeous. They JE> had not opened. I got the little plant home, and though JE> one or two opened,the rest fell off. JE> Any ideas what happened there? I've had that happened, the change in conditions seem to do that. I guess temps and humidity, maybe even the light. But I guess temps is the big one. I live in Florida so I always have kept mine out on the patio, whenever I bring them in the house they've immediately rewarded me by dropping all their blooms. :( Marilyn ... Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#10000) * Origin: Space Coast REACT, Melbourne FL <407> 255-9069 (1:374/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300043 Date: 12/03/97 From: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT Time: 09:58am \/To: DORIS DIGNARD (Read 1 times) Subj: Soil -=> Quoting Doris Dignard to Wl-ski <=- DD> Thanks very much for this information. I had a difference of opinion DD> with Chris Greaves re sand/silica. I am not the person that is having DD> trouble with clay soil. Although we are in a hard clay area, my DD> husband has gradually added compost and peat moss to our gardens. He DD> removes the soil from our tomato garden and replaces it with soil from DD> elsewhere in the gardens as we have only one spot to grow tomatoes. I DD> might add that we have been very fortunate in having pretty good crops DD> each year..some years, of course are better than others. I am interested in your comment about moving the soil in your tomato garden. I've been trying to "downsize" my garden since it's hard to keep up with the weeding etc in a bigger one. But tomatoes can shade other plants so it's hard to rotate them. How deep does he dig the soil when he moves it? That sounds like that might be a good solution for me. Marilyn ... Microsoft.The malfunction goes in before the name goes on ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#10000) * Origin: Space Coast REACT, Melbourne FL <407> 255-9069 (1:374/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300044 Date: 12/03/97 From: SHARON MCCORMICK Time: 10:58am \/To: BARBARA HAZEN (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: A second use .... BH> Just a quick question since I am short on time this morning. You said BH> you would give suggestions on "the second use" to anyone. Well what do BH> I do with the leftover Christmas paper after it has been opened and BH> shreded? Well, any of it that has pictures on it, or glittery things, can be cut out and pasted on cardboard to make a nice collage, or on paper to become home made Christmas cards. Or it can be shredded further and used as packing material. --- GAPNet Enhanced * Origin: QUACKERS BBS - Cleveland, Ohio (1:157/443.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300045 Date: 12/03/97 From: WL-SKI Time: 10:38pm \/To: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT (Read 1 times) Subj: Canning/preserving -=>> Quoting Wl-ski to Marilyn Boissoneault <=- MB>> I think you are talking about what I call kale maybe. Wl>> ... "Savoy cabbage" ... Kale ... MB> Oh I know the difference between those 2, ... been trying to figure which ... MB> Marie is growing. (Oh... one of the dangers of trying to enter a conversation, mid-stream :/ ***much very good "greens" info, deleted*** MB> ... mustard with curly leaves also. Exactly... That family is *so* extensive, embracing many "greens" that sound as tho they could be... (and if the seeds have been "saved", they may produce plants that aren't exactly what they started out as). I know that we've had (and even valued) some of those "hybrids" in our family :) cheers, WL Sakowski --- * Origin: gn3.gratisnet.com (1:170/302.10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: EG300046 Date: 12/03/97 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 06:34pm \/To: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT (Read 1 times) Subj: bake-sterilising soil MB>Are you talking about baking the soil in your oven? I've heard MB>that is an extremely smelly job. It's usually recommended to do It wasn't too bad. I set the stove-top venting fan on high for the half-hour it took. An earlier suggestion was using solar power by enclosing the tray in black plastic. That might work if my balcony faced the sun. If I were *very* clever, I might build me a soil-pasteurising oven spliced into the exhaust duct from my clothes dryer, but that would probably void the building's insurance policy. christopher.greaves@ablelink.org www.interlog.com/~cgreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710)