how to repair my lawn?

Daria Verfaillie: Buy a truckload of manure, Horse or cow is best, Then buy an Iron rake and a lawn aerator. Begin by aerating, then start raking deep into the ground, do small areas at a time. Spread manure and rake again making sure to cover it in good. The apply grass seed and plenty of water. Hard work for sure, but it will pay off big. Good Luck!

Delora Struzzi: As a person who applauds "green", environmentally sound approaches, I suggest you still learn more about chemical use. Properly selected and applied, they do not present a toxic risk to you or wildlife. In effect, they are completely absorbed into the ground and the plants involved. Using the wrong thing, too much, leaving (dry partical) product all over concrete surfaces, etc., not good. At the least, I suggest using a "broad leaf" selective herbicide once, to burn down the weeds (2 4 D, or a blended product), then drop back to more organic care. It would save you huge time and frustration.Using "farm! fresh" manure or black dirt can actually bring in even more weeds, counter-productive. Instead, getting bagged "composted manure" and lawn soil (not "top soil") at a garden center is better.Oops, back at ya, not to be remiss. Plan B would be to convert the area to all-native plants and forego the "perfect" urban lawn. Nicely done, largely self-maintaining, drought resistant, and truly natural. Some places take a Very dim view on this, however, as it can, wild & free, indeed look like a "weed patch", and reseed all your neighbors with exactly what they've been trying to kill...At least look into more native grasses, perhaps like "buffalo" grass. There, that's better....Show more

August Hubbard: Fertilizer is the first step. If you don't like chemical fertilizer, manure is the way to go. Bone meal, tooThe chemicals are way cheaper though. The worms will do a lot for fertilizing the lawn. Weeds will be tough without chemicals. prying out dandelions with a weeder is a hu! ge chore. Garden places can help. Do some reading online

Russell Mckinzie: Getting rid of weeds and especially old grass is next to impossible without chemicals.. Maybe if no chemicals it`s best you consider a parking lot instead ?? Just being truthfull, no sarcasm intended .

Alexis Reyer: Plan B would be to convert the area to all-native plants and forego the "perfect" urban lawn. Nicely done, largely self-maintaining, drought resistant, and truly natural. Yay! Totally gets my vote.Turf is a terrible thing to grow... creates a biological desert!By encouraging plants that bloom, we help the disappearing pollinators.By avoiding lawn mowers and strimmers, we avoid adding to the peak oil problem, the air pollution issue, and the noise...By growing turf alternatives, we get away from throwing large quantities of drinking water on a useless crop.The fact that you have earth worms... means that nature is trying to help... valuable garden critters...It's possible to get a nice stand of native plants... by doing nothing!Everytime! I create a new garden, I find that there are plenty of natives just waiting for their chance to shine...And those native grasses are pretty!http://allthingsplants.com/thread/view_post/560913......Show more

Give me an example of baking soda toothpaste without fluoride and without SLS? Â

Give me an example of baking soda toothpaste without fluoride and without SLS?  

answers 0:I am looking for a natural toothpaste that has good amount of baking soda in it, has no fluoride and has no sodium lauryl sulfate. I switched from fluoride to xylitol as xylitol is shown to prevent cavities better than fluoride and FDA approves of this claim. Since switching to xylitol from fluoride in 2007, i have never had cavities and every dental checkup shows zero cavities. So I am convinced fluoride is not needed and can be replaced by xylitol which provides superior cavity protection. Consumption of 6 grams of xylitol a day is sufficient to prevent dental cavities per a study conducted in 2006. Since 2007, i consume 6 grams xylitol a day and i am cavity free. however, I cannot find any baking soda toothpaste without fluoride and without sodium lauryl s! ulfate. Please give me one example of such paste. The paste must be made in USA or Canada. Not China, India, Mexico, or similar...Show moreanswers 1:right now i am using squiggle fluoride and SLS free which has lot of xylitol. http://www.squigle.com/toothbuilder.htmlbut it lacks baking sodaanswers 2:I suggest you just sprinkle some baking soda on your Squiggle, this way you get everything you're looking for.answers 3:arm and hammer is most well known baking soda toothpaste company but they are all loaded with SLS and fluoride. Tom's natural toothpaste is fluoride free and has baking soda, but it also has SLS along with it and the baking soda it has is in very small quantity. I can't find any other

Backyard deck construction: What are the best no maintenance materials to use?

Norine Lomonte: I've got a deck that was built almost two years ago. The no maintenance part is built of the new composite material, that is part wood and part plastic. This was used for the decking, and the top rails on the stairs and surround. This is not recommended for the supports or ballisters. Everything else is pressure treated. The deck is not completely "no maintenance", as we put wood preservative on the pressure treated, and will have to repeat this about every two years. The composite, doesn't have to be treated, and about all that we have done, is to wash off any stains from it, from where something was dropped, or bird droppings. The easiest way to put the wood preservative on it, is with a pump type garden sprayer ( about $20.00 at Home Depot)....Show more

Christiane Cattano: If you are going to use wood, use either ceder, or pressure treated wood. Ceder is the most expensive, but pressure treated has a bad habit of warping. One more thing, pr! essure treated is treated with cyanide, and one should wear a dust mast of some sort when cutting the wood.

Emilie Santmyer: You asked for the best.There is a recycled plastic material ( a couple of different brand names ) that is extremely low maintaince (like none) and pretty much lasts forever. It even comes in colors. you won't even need to stain it the first time. It is more expensive but it is the best.

Jerrod Guilfoil: Recycled plastic "lumber" costs about 10 times as much as good treated deck wood. If you have an unlimited supply of money, plastic lumber is best, if not, pressure treated wood with a nice redwood stain is great.

Comment activer les connexions à distance SQL 2008 Express SQL Express

Comment activer les connexions à distance SQL 2008 Express SQL Express

Cliquez sur Appliquer, puis revenez à l’onglet Connexion et cliquez sur Démarrer, puis sur Ok.

Sous l’ongletService, passez du mode Démarrage au mode Automatique.

C’est tout simplement cela, une fois que TCP/IP est activé et que le navigateur SQL est en cours d’exécution, vous pourrez voir l’instance à partir d’autres machines sur votre réseau.

OpenSQL Server Configuration Manager dans le menu Démarrer et sélectionnez Services SQL Server

Comme SQL 2008 Express s’installe par défaut avec le service SQL Browser et SQL Agent désactivés et que le service de navigateur écoute les requêtes entrantes pour les ressources Microsoft SQL Server et fournit également des informations sur les instances disponibles pour le réseau, nous! devons l’activer et le démarrer.

Cliquez avec le bouton droit de la souris surSQL Server Browser et sélectionnez Propriétés

Whats an elimination period in insurance, particularly how might it work in dental insurance? Â

Whats an elimination period in insurance, particularly how might it work in dental insurance?  

answers 0:I'm taking another jab at this for a good answer, prefer answers from insurance professionals but all answers welcomeanswers 1:An elimination period is like a time-period deductible...your coverage will not be in effect until after the elimination period ends. This prevents someone with no insurance who knows they have a cavity from getting dental insurance right before they have a dentists appointment...in insurnance lingo it prevents "moral hazard" or "adverse selection"....answers 2:It's probably a "waiting period" that applies to your major services on the dental plan. Elimination period usually refers to disability insurance. They are both actually "waiting periods", but the terminology is different. I hope this helps you.

The Secret Garden?

Fermin Tara: A hero is somebody that is Independent Willing to challenge Adaptable in order to cope with the new situations Resourceful haha I cannot think =)...Show more

Clifford Gombos: If by hero you mean the central character, then I would say that she is. She is the link between Dickon and Master Colin. It is her spirit and tenacity that drives them to create the Secret Garden and also helping Colin walk.

Comment émuler Windows sur un Mac

Comment émuler Windows sur un Mac

Ouvrez ensuite Boot Camp Assistant et choisissez « Graver un CD de pilotes Macintosh maintenant » après avoir inséré un disque vierge.

Choisissez la taille des partitions pour votre système d’exploitation respectif et cliquez sur partition.

Suivez les instructions du programme d’installation et attendez que Boot Camp s’installe (si vous y êtes invité, « Boot Camp Assistant ne peut pas être utilisé, quittez et téléchargez la mise à jour du firmware de votre système à partir de la page de téléchargement du support Apple.

Allez sur Apple.com et téléchargez Boot Camp. Ce logiciel vous permettra d’installer Windows afin de pouvoir démarrer deux fois.

Allez à « A propos de ce mac » et voyez si votre mac a un processeur Intel. Les macs Power PC G4 et G5 ne fonctionneront pas avec le logiciel d’émulation suivant.

Félici! tations, vous pouvez maintenant exécuter Windows nativement sur votre Mac.

Cliquez pour redémarrer votre ordinateur lorsque l’assistant vous le demande et si votre ordinateur redémarre directement sous Windows, votre installation est réussie.

Ejectez votre disque Windows après le redémarrage de votre ordinateur, puis insérez le CD de pilotes Mac que nous avons gravé précédemment.

Suivez les invites données par l’assistant d’installation et lorsqu’on vous demande les paramètres pour le nouveau matériel, acceptez simplement ceux par défaut.

Maintenez la touche OPTION enfoncée et vous obtiendrez un écran de sélection de l’OS à démarrer.

Insérez le système d’exploitation Windows de votre choix et cliquez sur « Démarrer l’installation ». (Vous devrez acheter une copie du système d’exploitation Windows pour remplir ce formulaire légalement).

Double-cliquez sur le fichier.dmg et ouvrez bootcampassistan! t.pkg.

Appuyez sur Entrée ou Retour, sur l’écran ble! u, puis choisissez Partition C (celle-ci doit correspondre aux tailles que vous avez choisies pour chaque OS), puis choisissez le format de partition FAT pour le moment.