Tips and Tricks
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- Cleaning a leather Lazy Boy chair
- Clean leather Lazy Boy chair with Orange Glo, It really works...
- How to remove the mildew smell from a dryer
- I had the same problem when I retrieved an un-used dryer from my niece. I was afraid to use the dryer because it had a musty smell to it, and when I finally did use it, the smell hung in the air throughout the house.....
- Harvest chives all season
- Pat, you can clip chives throughout the growing season. We clip them as we need them. I do believe they are most potent before flowering however I really can't tell the difference. You can also use the flowers as for sal...
- bug repellent
- I've had little trouble with bugs in my small apartment herb garden. But...I once had a bunch of black caterpillars that almost stripped my bee balm and a few others to the ground. I added about 1 teaspoon cayenne and ...
- Claening glass oven door
- To clean your oven door sprinkle some Biological washing powder onto the glass, add a little water and work into a paste. Spread evenly and leave for an hour or so. Remove with warm water and gentle rubbing with a scouri...
- Green Bamboo / Lucky Bamboo Warnings
- my husband and son got very sick from green bamboo,when they handled it. I advise you wash your hand good or wear gloves if handling it. A Note from Betsy at Recipelink.com: Hi Barbara, Thank you for posting the ...
- How to Get Rid of Gnats
- I learned that gnats eggs are in the soil of house plants which begin hatching in the spring. Purchase an environment friendly insecticide for house plants. Water the plants according to the directions. You will need to ...
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- George Foreman Grill Cleaning Sponge
- I just found something to end the hassle and worry about clean up of my GFG at Bed, Bath, and Beyond! Comes in a box of 3. Its a sponge on one side and the other side is black non-stick safe scrubbie. Both sides are cut ...
- Growing a pineapple plant/pineapple
- I, too, planted the top of a pineapple in our sunroom garden a couple of years ago. It has a pineapple about 10 inches long. I am so excited and my grandchildren can't wait to eat it. It has a new pinapple started clo...
- cheap fabric softener for dryer
- You can use 3/4 cup white vinegar for a liquid fabric softener. I do this for 3 loads, then use regular once, then 3 w/vinegar, etc. It works very well and stretches the store-bought...
- cut worm barrier
- Use of Jiffy pots, 1 1/4 inch (6 cm) along with 9 oz. sweetheart cold cups is a nice combo. Simply cut the bottom off of the cup (between the R & T along the weld)and the pot slips just the right distance into the cup, ...
- kill germs in sponge
- Simply put the sponge in microwave on high for a minute it kills the germs and all bad...
- Clean Silver with Kitchen Ingredients
- I stumbled across a wonderful, and CHEAP way of effectively cleaning silver. At the time I discovered this, I had managed to turn a sterling silver claddaugh ring black that my husband had got me for an anniversary pres...
- Starting a pineapple, David Friend Sarasota,FL
- I cut the top off and put it in potting soil. I have 2 growing at the moment. I keep them with my pot plants outside under the trees and picked a pineapple last...
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- How To Remove Ink Stain From Your Skin
- If you're talking ballpoint ink, pure lemon extract works....
- Laundry day
- About a year ago, I decided that I didn't like the way my clothes were smelling. It wasn't a moldy smell, but rather some perfume smell that my nose is already sensitive to. Musk & vanilla are especially offensive to m...
- How to Remove Mildew odor in the quilts
- Also, if you already know you can put them into the washing machine on gentle, using cold wash and rinse, instead of laundry detergent, use a box of baking soda for each quilt. Let it agitate for half the wash time, turn...
- Dents in the carpet
- I do this for dents in the carpet. Lay an ice cube in the dent.....It disappears as the ice cube melts. That's all! ...
- Lucky Bamboo Growing Tips - Chinese Water Bamboo is dying...... the research that i did...
- My bamboo is dying... after thriving for 3 years in water & growing to over 3 times its original height, its stalks and leaves are now turning yellow & for the first time the water smells bad & feels slimy. I normally ch...
- Gnat Removal Solution - Thank You
- I had tried everthing...even smelly sprays...you rock for sharing this with everyone!!. My kitchen and dining room are now bug free, finally I can enjoy my...
- Dryer Sheet Substitute - Cream rinse in the dryer
- Hello, I have used Suave Hair Conditioner as an emergency when I ran out of dryer sheets. Simply pour about 1 Tbsp onto a wash cloth, rub in and throw into the dryer. Works great! Happy Cheap...
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- Kitchen Purge/Kitchen Clutter Intervention - Excerpt from The Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook
- KITCHEN PURGE Excerpted from The Itty Bitty Kitchen Handbook by Justin Spring One of the most surprising things about presiding over a functional small kitchen is discovering how few things you actually need in order...
- cut worm barrier
- I use toilet paper tubes...cut in three...place at planting...
- Mildew Odor Removal
- I have tried this with an old (1930's old) chest-of-drawers, fireplaces, washing machines, and closets before and it works great. The only concern I have is that I have NOT tried it on fabrics. This could be time cons...
- Removing Ink stains
- This original question is quite old, and I'm not sure my reply will be helpful to you anymore, but... On leather (and a LOT of other surfaces), a wonderful invention that would probably work to remove the ink from the...
- Growing a Pineapple Plant/Pineapple
- I have a pineapple plant, which I have grown from a pineapple that I purchased from a grocery store. The plant is 2-3 years of age, and has a beautiful pineapple which is aproximately 5 months old now. It has not reache...
- Here is how I cleaned my wall
- Here is how I cleaned my...
- Removing Musty Smell
- I have been washing over and over a lovely little wallet I bought at a second hand shop. To get rid of the musty smell. I just read a good article that suggest you wash with baking soda and this should help. I think a ...
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- How to Trim Spirea Bushes
- Hi Kathy, According to my gardening books, spirea bushes, if trimming is needed, it should be done in the Fall for flowers in Spring. I have a beautiful Spirea bush at my Georgia home and I trim in the Fall for sho...
- Laundry Solutions - it must be Coke
- I live in an industrial area coal mining and oil mining.. so there is lots of greasy clothes one thing you can do is put a can of coke a cola in the wash with it and your clothes should come out clean... it must be the a...