Home & Garden

Boiling water kills weeds!  I heated up my electric tea kettle in the garage, using the garden hose to fill it several times with water.  Viola!  I poured the boiling water on the weed growing in

This link is great for solving everyday problems using ordinary household items. I discovered it because I usually double knot my tennis shoes so they don't become untied while I'm walking. Somehow

Going green for Halloween isn't hard or expensive.  In fact, with a little creative thinking, you can actually SAVE some money.  Here are my tips: Decorate with nature! Gourds, pumpkins, corn, hay

I have been using old fabric softener sheets for cleaning the static dust off the tv for a long time, but I never realized they could be used for so many other things. So on a slow day I googled fabric

Our next door neighbor is going out of town for a few days so they asked if we'd pick up any papers, etc. that might be delivered while they're gone. That got me to thinking of other common sense things

Mothball Alternative: A better idea than using mothballs is to take your leftover soap slivers and put them in a vented plastic bag. You place the bag with seasonal clothes before packing them away. Not only

I don't know why this works, but if you include a few (clean) tennis balls in each dryer cycle. The tennis balls not only cut drying time by 25% - 50%, but also fluff the clothes to a delicate softness, and

If you've ever used steel wool on pots & pans, you'll recognize how quickly they turn to rust.  An easy way to avoid steel wool rust is, that when you are finished with it - store it in a small

Great idea I read online: Funding Next Year's Garden I love to vegetable garden. I always have more than I can use. I take my produce into the office and have a "Take Some and Leave a Quarter" cup

I was at the hardware store the other day and the checkout person asked me if I'd like to try this new cleaning product.  I don't generally go for that - but it was on sale so I said what the heck