One of my gifts from God is: He gave me good troubleshooting skills. I am able to fix things and find solutions to problems and issues that I face. I post videos here to help others. I don't do fancy editing. Most of my videos are very basic. I just want to get the information posted, so others can see it, with the hope that it helps you too.
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The problem with mulch is when you trim hedges, you have to hand pick your cuttings or leave them to decompose. Same problem exists with light weight stone. You can blow or vac them. So I went with a heavier stone. Now I can blow the cuttings into a pile without disturbing my stones.
Hello. I'm with you! I spread 4 old bed sheets on the ground all the way around a plant first. That catches a lot of the clippings. I carefully fold the sheets inward, dump the clippings in my trailer, and then put the sheets down around the next plant. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thank you Sir I’m in Plano Tx. Having problems with Swallows nesting above my front main door, droppings in front of main door,should I try the blue bag formula?
Hello. You’re welcome. Absolutely! Let me know how it goes. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thanks!! We noticed this problem on our new machine recently; I’ll try the vinegar. God Bless!
Hi Sarah. You’re welcome. Please read all the information in my description. I've added a lot more information since I did this video. There are some very important points to know in there. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Six cubic yards..two 5 gallon buckets at a time? That is ALOT OF WORK my man.. Good Job!
Thank you. It certainly was. But that's how I do things. I will spend hours, or days, changing something or doing something one time so I don't have to do it year, after year, after year, after year. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
@@rickstid-bits I call that a form of 'preventive' maintenance. Doing something 1 time, in just the right way, in the hope of eliminating more frequent maintenance.
How about cleaing out the lint screen before pulling dry clothes out of dryer. Problem solved. I have the same basic dryer from 2016.
Retired ABE w/ 21 years of service. Was stationed on 4 Aircraft Carriers. This was the best job I ever had!
Hi Steve. Thank you for serving! And thank you for serving an entire career! Rick
After 6 years we have a sea of weeds. Fabric degrades after a couple years, and if it didn't, new dirt blows in every year, and eventually you'll have 3 inches of dirt on top of your fabric. I simply don't believe you.
Ripped all my landscaping and put down river rock, killed all the weeds before hand with the weed guard,, never going back! Now have big pots with the plants i want on top of the rocks. Looks great!
Sounds good! Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
I have some bad news for you. Organic matter drifts into the rock area. weed seeds drift in and take roof. You will be back to pulling weeds in a year or two. Landscape fabric is an expensive fraud.
Hello. Most of what you said is correct. But your last sentence is not. But it is still definitely worth doing. I want to keep any information on here accurate for others that read it. I did this same thing at our last house 20 years ago. I did all the little details that I mention in this video. We left that house 3 years ago. During the entire 17 years we lived there, with these rocks in place, not a single weed came from the soil underneath the fabric, and through the fabric. Not one. Did a very few weed seeds blow into that area from somewhere else and try to grow? Yes. But because they started to grow in rocks, that had no soil, so the roots never had soil to bury into, they were very easy to simply hand pull out and toss away. Rick
@@user-hm5zb1qn6g There is nothing for the seeds to take root in. Dirt>weed guard/fabric/river rock. Nada. And even if a few made their way they’d be easy enough to pull. I douse the weeds with salt and vinegar and bye bye.
What about layering the ground with pieces of cardboard boxes.
Hello. I don't have any experience with that. Some other people have made that comment also. My thoughts: Cardboard would block all rain and water from passing through it. If there are any plants in the bed . . . they need water. Cardboard would also block the soil below from getting any air and breathing. Landscape fabric does all that. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
When we moved to Key West , FL, I noticed that many older houses had the cieling of their porches painted sky blue. I was told that it was done to discurage birds, wasps , and bugs from nesting under the porch cielings . When we moved to the Texas Hiill country, I painted our porch cieling blue. In 40 years, we never had bird nest or wasps build a hive on that porch.
Thanks! I hear pinwheels work!
Hello. You're welcome. It's certainly worth a try. Let me know how it goes. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Read that they spray wd-40 on Statue of Liberty. If you can withstand the smell, spray onto your mailbox. Pigeons hate it.
Looks nice. You do lose the benefits of mulch for plants but still, easy maintenance. Only thing I would say is the rock is a bit dull sorta like faded mulch. I would prefer a more colorful rock if there is one (NOT LAVA ROCK). Also if you ever wanted to plant something else it would be a nightmare.
ROCKS. FORGETABOUTIT. THE LAZY MAN'S DECOR. SHEESH
I honestly can't believe hyundai doesnt do an over the air update to their settings to allow you to turn this off by default. With all the attention to detail they put into the car itself and how usable the software is i really dont get it. Will try this on my 2023 and let you know!
Hi Tony, Since it's a Hyundai, it should work. If it's a Palisade, I know it will work. Please come back and let me know. Rick
You say "chemical" is calcium a chemical or a mineral?
I’m team Rocks & team Rubber mulch. I love the little to no maintenance, and no weeds. I could care less about moisture control or benefits to plants, I want my beds clean-clean & to not have to keep replenishing year after year.
Well done! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Lonny. Thank you for the kind words. You’re welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thorough and very informative. I was able to bring one back to life - works great!
Hi Tamara. Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad I could help. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
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Hello, No. I'm sorry. I don't have any complete motors for sale. Rick
My hose never comes out easily. It's very very hard. My container (reel) moves along with the hose. Any idea why?
Hi Kathleen. Please make sure you are following all the tips at the beginning of this video. Please make sure the guide is aligned correctly as I explain at timehack 14:35. Make sure the arm is not in Rewind when you are pulling the hose out. Have the water turned off also. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Great job
Thank you. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
My back porch has all blue furniture on it. The birds in California must like the color. They have left their droppings all over the cushions and the backs of the blue chairs. What now?
Hi Carol. They loved the side mirrors on my blue car also! I can't explain why this works in so many situations - but other blue items don't seem to phase them. Rick
Thanks for your explanation. What is skim that you recommend as “Do Not Skim”?
Hi Kolby. You’re welcome. I'm sorry I wasn't clear there. I said skimp. I don't remember where I said that. If I said that about the landscape fabric: It means don't buy cheap fabric. Spend the money on good quality, contractor grade fabric. Don't buy what they have at a hardware store. If I said that about the depth of the rocks: It means don't simply put down a thin layer of rocks. Put it down 2-3" deep. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
@@rickstid-bits Thank you Rick. I did subscribe the channel too
Hi Rick. We love birds. We invite them to our home because we feed them with several bird feeders and water fountains. We enjoy watching the birds. Problem we have is we have electrical lines that stream across our driveway where we park our cars. Birds sit on the wires and poop on my car constantly. Do you have any ideas to remedy this problem?
Hi Linda. I'm sorry. I don't know what you could do about that situation. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
My dryer is very old and it has a lint trap cover.
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Im SICK of mulch...def try this bec i spend a fortune every yr and like he said it looks like total crap in a few weeks. PLUS...i found out the red colored mulch i buy seeps that artidical color into the soil. Mulch also attracts termites. . Don't bel it? Leave an unopened bag in your yard fir abt a yr....somehow termites get in there and breed (out in the yard not near the house). Tryin this....thx u!!!
Hi b. You’re welcome. Please let me know how it goes. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Can you figure a similar easy fix for the other animal problems like cats. They’re driving me out of my garden
Hello. I wish I could. I really wish I could find the answer to keeping deer from eating my plants and moles out of my yard! Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Don’t have blue bags in my area. I’ll try to find something sky blue. Thanks for the tip.
Hi Tiff & Dretv. Some people are reporting that light blue fabric, ribbon, or something similar is working for them. You could also go to a dollar store and look for a small box of blue, small trash bags, and try them. Our stores carry Glad “Beachside Breeze,” small, 4 gallon trash bags. They are about the same color light blue as the bags I use. If you try the trash bags - please come back let me know if they work for you. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thank you sir. This is exactly what I was looking for. Do you remember the brand/model of the fabric you used? It definitely did it's job! Love the rocks you selected.
Hello. Thank you for the kind words. This is the fabric I used. I did not research or purposely get this brand. This is what our local landscape supply company had. The extremely important point is to use a top quality fabric: Something you buy at a landscape supply store. Don’t get it from a hardware store. www.dewittcompany.com/product/dewitt-contractors-select-plus-landscape-fabric-grey/ Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
@@rickstid-bits Thank you! Yes, I think the quality of the fabric is huge. I see some complaining about weeds, but I question their prep and fabric. If done correctly, it shouldn't happen. If we can put a man on the moon, this is definitely possible 😅
What stores have blue bags?
Hi Kathryn. Our grocery stores use them. Some people are reporting that light blue fabric, ribbon, or something similar is working for them. You could also go to a dollar store and look for a small box of blue, small trash bags, and try them. Our stores carry Glad “Beachside Breeze,” small, 4 gallon trash bags. They are about the same color light blue as the bags I use. If you try the trash bags - please come back let me know if they work for you. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thanks Rick, like you I have/a wreath on my front door and a robin was obsessed with it, either to build her nest or or pluck at the twigs, have been looking for a small snake but think I will try your blue bag trick, thanks very much from Canada. I also have a problem with my hostas being eaten I wonder if the blue bag which work with rabbits?
Hi Genevieve, You’re welcome. Please let me know how it goes. I'm afraid I can't help you with the rabbits. The deer kept eating my hostas. I had to finally give up on them. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thanks so much for this idea! Had just told my husband that the front stoop of our new house had bird poop all over it. He was going to go over and look at it tomorrow and see what he could do. Now all we have to do is find blue bags somewhere. Have not seen them in AZ. Thanks again! 😊
Hi Beth. Looks like I caught him just in time! 🙂 Some people are reporting that light blue fabric, ribbon, or something similar is working for them. You could also go to a dollar store and look for a small box of blue, small trash bags, and try them. Our stores carry Glad “Beachside Breeze,” small, 4 gallon trash bags. They are about the same color light blue as the bags I use. If you try the trash bags - please come back let me know if they work for you. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
I live in NE Florida. I did my whole front yard in 2-4" river rock about 12 years ago. No grass. I do have many plants around the yard. But, the rock gets hot as hell (not kidding) and weeds do grow in it and attach to the weed fabric quickly. Everyday when I get the mail, I walk the front yard weed and pick up whatever. The yard always looks nice, especially in the winter. But I have to be careful about what I plant. Any plant with flowers or ones that drops seeds needs to be cleaned up or vacuumed. I stay away from them. I have a few beds with concrete border blocks with a large shrub and mulch. I do have a large Chinese Fan Palm that drops a million of olive sized seeds. I can no longer keep up with that. I used to cut the large stalks with the seeds but can no longer reach them with a pole saw. I will have to sort through all the stones around the tree and move the stones back past the tree drip line. Right now I'm in the process of moving stones to make a large bed near the street and driveway which will be mulched and will have many shrubs and flowers. Also using a blower does not remove all the weed seeds that come in from the air. Blowing forces many of them down between the stones. After all of this - I'd still take the stones over all mulched beds and grass! It seems a lot of work, but only once in a while. It's rewarding to go out for the mail when it is 97* and my friend across the street is dying mowing his grass. I do the 5 minute walk around the yard, pick a few weeds and yell over to him "Scott, I'm done"!
Hi Henry. It sounds like you have quite a unique situation. I only have to pick out a few weeds that blew in or the birds dropped in the beds a few times each year. And I'll gladly take that over having mulch! Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Yah. Sure thing. Your "rocks" show nothing but how ineffective you are as a gardner. The lazyman's landscape. It sucks. Its ugly. And its a NO GO for me. PERIOD. FULL STOP.
Yeah I have a question I watched another video with a man that put down Riverstone rocks. And he did an experiment and said if you dig down 4 to 5 inches and put river rock on top of it instead of 2 to 3 inches you will never need to put down any fabric and weeks will not grow back. He did another experiment with 2 inches and a few weeds started growing back so he said if you do at least 4 inches you won't have a problem what are your thoughts on that?
Hi Carrie. I really can't comment on that. I only know that the way I did it 20 years ago at our last house, and again recently at this house, works. Rick
Id like to do the same with my 2023 Hyundais auto door lock feature. Drives me crazy. Locked the doors with the key faub inside last week. Planning on door panel removal and unplug this weekend. There is no option to disable. Only on with shift or speed.
Hello. Which auto lock are you referring to? When you out the car in Drive? Or is it locking on its own after you get out of the car? Rick
Clever trick for cutting back. Thanks for sharing. I’m always tickled how different parts of the country pronounce plants differently or have different names for the same plant. Where I’m from, that plant is pronounced with four syllables: Lore-rye-a-pee.
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I was pleasantly surprised! This really worked🙂. Thanks so much.
Hi Daphne. You're welcome. Thank you for letting me know. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Great video, looks great, TY for sharing.
Hi Emilia. Thank you for the kind words. You’re welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Perfect! Cut up a blue plastic recycle bag.. I started hanging strips around the trees, shrubs all around the property as they were increasing at a mad rate and super territorial. Their constant staccato screech nearly drove me mad. As if an Invisible wall pushed them back they withdrew immediately. They still have some nests high up in some trees but they make a detour to stay well away from my property. It is remarkable how well it works. Thanks for passing on the info. 🧐😁
Hi Olga. You’re welcome. I'm glad it's working for you too. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
What area of the nation are you? Some birds ,cardinals are not in my area, do you have any other ideas other than blue bags especially for robins?
Hi Kathleen. I am near Richmond, VA. We have a lot of Robins nests on my property. This keeps them out of my door wreaths and the light fixture in my lean-to. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Rick thank you! I had my unit for 3 years and the handle finally broke for the 3rd time today. I managed to fix it with the baking soda and superglue hack and the handle seems stable and strong. I disassembled and greased the value. It seems better than new.!
Hi David. You’re welcome. What is your superglue hack? I've never had success using superglue for anything. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Thanks Rick. Mixing baking soda with super glue can create a stronger bond that cures faster. The bicarbonate molecules in baking soda react with the cyanoacrylate to create a reactive ion that bonds more easily with other cyanoacrylate molecules. Great for repairing cracked plastic abd hardening super glue into a plastic form.
Thank you! Rick
Rick, thanks so much that was super useful. I’ve never been too sure about how to open those Diet Coke containers. I’m currently working on opening an eight pack of Lacroix, but I have no idea where to start. The handle looks suspiciously like some sort of opening but I don’t know.
Hi Elvis, You’re welcome. It's so simple - right? 🙂 I'm sorry. I don't have any suggestions for opening that container. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
This was a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Diana, You’re welcome. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
Had this problem for years and started takin 800I.U. of vitamin E and no longer have the issue. Takes about 6 mos. but works.
Hi George, That's great to know. Thank you for adding that information. Thank you for leaving a comment. Please click on the words “Rick’s Tid-Bits” underneath the video to go to my KZread channel. I think you’ll find some helpful and unique tips in my How to Make Life Easier or Better section. kzread.info/dron/c-IuUFzC2Tyv06KzJyBESg.html Rick
The car literally feels as though it’s stalling at a stop light 😆.
Hi Nikki. Did you try this fix? Rick