RE: [BlindHandyMan] hot water to frig

2010-07-19 Thread Cy Selfridge
Hi Dale, They still use hot (really hot) water to resurface the ice rinks. You are correct, it is so that the ice will melt some and there will be a firm bond with the new surface. My son works at a sports complex and the work they do for that rink is amazing. The complex happens to be where the

Re: [BlindHandyMan] New Bed?

2010-07-19 Thread Alan Paganelli
Yeah we ditched the water bed too. It was a zero wave but I noticed it was sinking through the floor. Ut-oh! datza no good! It was a water bed that sat on a reinforced standard bed frame. I've still got the frame but the water bed got pitched at least 10 years ago. Alan Please click on:

Re: [BlindHandyMan] ants knest in my compost bin

2010-07-19 Thread Dale Leavens
there are ant poisons which contain boric acid I believe suspended in a liquid sweet syrup. You put a few drops on something like a bit of wood or plastic lid preferably protected a little from the weather but open so the ants can get to it. They take it to their nest as a source of food

[BlindHandyMan] worm container

2010-07-19 Thread Geno
I don't know about the worm container inside, but, bought a small box of 200 night crawlers for my back then New yard and each time I build a new raised bed, buy a box of night crawlers and my son Erik was totally surprised at the number of worms I have almost anywhere in my raised beds and lawn!!