~ Save That Leaky Hose -- Don't throw that leaking hose away. Simply add more holes and you'll have a sprinkler or soaker hose for your lawn...
~ Fingers stained from gardening or kitchen chores get clean when you rub them with a piece of raw potato
~ Put a coffee filter in the bottom of pots before adding potting soil. Keeps soil from coming out the holes when you water the plants.
~ Use dryer sheets in the bottom of plant pots keep soil from washing through
~ to start seedlings inside using a "greenhouse" effect you can use the bottoms cut off of plastic drink bottles. Just fill your container with potting soil...pop your seeds in, water, then cover with the "saran quick covers". Place in a warm spot. In a few days your seedlings will sprout. Perfect for people without much gardening space. After your seedling sprouts....you can transplant to a regular planting container as soon as weather permits
~ Flies or bees bothering you? Spray them with hairspray and they
will take a quick dive.
~ To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, try applying soap on the
area and you will experience instant relief.
~ Ants, ants, ants everywhere ... Well, they are said to never
cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the
floor or wherever ants tend to march.
~ When stung by a bee, DO NOT PULL the stinger out. This squeezes the venom into the wound. Scrape across the stinger with your fingernail or a credit card. The sting will be much less severe.
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