Removing the Odor of Rotten Meat?
Put a number of charcoal briquettes in an open container in the freezer and close the door. The number of briquettes will depend on the size of the freezer. Leave for several days and then check for any lingering smell. If there is still a smell, leave and...
Cherimoya Tree Not Producing Fruit?
I believe you have to hand-pollinate the flowers. I was once based on a ranch in California where they were experimenting with Cherimoya as a crop. The first couple of years there were several people who used small paint brushes to pull pollen off of the flowers...
Finding Free Flower Bulbs?
Several bulbs reproduce via new bulbs. Daffodils (boy, DO THEY!), bluebells, grape hyacinth, hyacinth, etc. Iris and lily of the valley rhizomes add new rhizomes at the edges of old rhizomes. Gladiolus, crocus, and freesia produce new corms much like new bulbs...
Making a Screen for Reclaiming Landscape Stone?
Im going through the same situation myself. I happened on my solution by accident. Id gotten a couple of flats of annuals this year. I dumped some of my reclaimed rock onto one of the empty plastic flats. When I watered the garden much of the dirt washed off...
Saving Money on Bicycles?
REGARDING BIKE HELMETS (or other safety helmets) -- Dont get too thrifty! Get new helmets, or make sure used helmets are undamaged. Once a helmet has been damaged it looses its shock-absorbing effectiveness -- kind of like the new car bumpers that crumple on...
