Best Wishes During the Holidays

You know how Wikipedia often has links to other web sites at the bottom? One of the links was about mealybugs. I figured I would read that and see what it said about killing mealybugs with denatured alcohol.
Posted by Steve in Orchid Group 17 years ago 
still going

all of the worm bins inside are chugging along -- right now they are finishing up the last of the apple cores from the two car loads of apples we processed. there was no way i could get all of those through the bins.
Posted by songbird in Fruit and Vegetable Gardening 12 years ago 
Lutron Dimmer Burned Out?

There are different dimmers for reactive/non-reactive/non-inductive loads. Dimmers designed for incandescent lighting don't work well with CFLs.
Posted by Meat Plow in Home Repair 19 years ago 
Urgent Boiler Condensate Question

replace a simple, reliable non-condensing boiler with a complex, expensive, unreliable boiler and run it in non-condensing mode.
Posted by dennis in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 16 years ago 
Electricity contract renewal - fixed or variable?

On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:25:58 +0100, Andy Burns snipped-for-privacy@andyburns.uk wrote: Mine used to be Ebico but when Robin Hood Energy went into administration Ebico ceased supplying and customers were transferred to BG.
Posted by Scott in UK Do-It-Yourself Forum 4 years ago 
Solar water heating system..

If a 4'x12' tank cover collects 90% of the sun that enters the glazing (91.4K Btu, with the help of 2'x12' of Big Fins on the south tank wall) in Tw F water and loses 6h(Tw-Tg)1.5x6x12 = 648(Tw-Tg), Q = 305(352-Tw). Tw = 140 F makes Q = 64.5K Btu (19 kWh) per day, ...
Posted by nicksanspam in Home Repair 20 years ago 
first frost last night

i have been working here for years to increase my populations of these worms and am breeding them inside in some of my worm bins too (with mostly the dirt/clay and not so much organic materials like i use in the rest of the worm bins for worm composting).
Posted by songbird in Fruit and Vegetable Gardening 9 years ago 
Tool Thieves

Our annual costs were decreased by over $15,000 by this simple act and it stopped the "neighbors" from tossing non-recycleables into the recycle bins (you really don't want to have to interact with the custodian after he has had to dig someone else's garbage out of his recycle bin due ...
Posted by Dave Hall in Woodworking Forum 21 years ago 
Should I DIM?

Visit why you think you should remove the linoleum. Do you also plan to remove the paint on the walls? Absent a compelling reason to do otherwise, overlay the existing floor.
Posted by JerryMouse in Home Repair 22 years ago 
OT - The harassing calls

If so, a visit to his home by you and a half-dozen of your friends may educate him as to socially-acceptable behavior.
Posted by HeyBub in Home Repair 14 years ago