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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're going to need one of these:

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nick wrote:
You're going to need one of these:

http://modelsteam.myfreeforum.org...t10236.html&highlight=burglar


what I need is a motion tripped voice system that asks them what their names are thatll keep them confused until morning
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

done the trench now I have to decide how Im going to get rid of the grass on the outer edge





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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

why do you need to get rid of it??
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Les Marsh wrote:
why do you need to get rid of it??


because a section off grass that small would be very difficult to mow and I want to put gravel down and plant it up
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Use a strimmer!
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or shears.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or nail scissors  
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

could I please borrow one of your sheep to do it

I want people to go into the garden and say what a great garden and suddenly notice theres a railway there thats why I want to plant it up

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spray it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Spray it.


with what water

I dont really want to use any chemicals because after Iv gotten rid of the grass I want to be able to plant it up and I wont if I put plant poison down
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Round-up works good and fast.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Round-up works good and fast.
but would I be able to plant it up after.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I sprayed an area of my yard with roundup, after the grass died, I dug it up and planted a garden. It worked for me, but you might want to research it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nick wrote:
I sprayed an area of my yard with roundup, after the grass died, I dug it up and planted a garden. It worked for me, but you might want to research it.


think Ill just do it the hard way to many might and might nots with this round up stuff besides me parents wouldnt be to happy if I turned their garden into a barren waste land by mistake
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