Tipnut’s Hit List – August 2009 – Popular Tips

If you’re new to Tipnut or wish to revisit a few of the goodies, here is a list of popular tips from last month (based on page views) that you won’t want to miss. They’re in no particular order.

The next set has a thank you and introduction to a few bloggers that shared Tipnut with their readers, I think you’ll like them too.

Tipnut’s Popular Tips – August 2009

1. Tips For Cleaning Laminate Floors: Although laminate is much easier to care for than real wood flooring and I’ve had it for years in other parts of the house, I want to maintain the high gloss that this laminate has (it would be a shame for it to dull over time or be plagued with streaks from washing). Here are his tips for cleaning it.
2. How To Cook Lots Of Hard Boiled Eggs At Once: Here’s a tip sent in by Barb for making big batches of hard boiled eggs at once. Actually, they’re not boiled at all so maybe “hard-cooked” eggs is a more appropriate title.
3. How To Dry Apples (Apple Chips): It’s easy to make your own dried apple chips and pieces, they can be added to cereals, homemade granola, baked goods (such as muffins and cakes), yogurt or they’re tasty as a treat all by themselves.
4. 12 Heartburn Remedies Plus Causes & Prevention Tips: Everybody’s different so what works for one may not work for another. Once you’ve found a remedy that works for you–stick with it.
5. Dry & Cracked Heels: Skin Treatment Tip: Here’s a home remedy treatment that can help soothe and moisturize your feet to repair dry skin.
6. 35 Banana Bread Recipes To Try: Yum!: A few are the basic banana breads with traditional ingredients that promise to be deliciously moist & dense, others kick things up a notch with ingredient additions such as Cherries, Lemon, Mango, Peanut Butter, Ginger, Coconut, Chocolate, Coffee and more.
7. Home Canning: Signs of Spoilage: Canning produce from the garden is an excellent way to preserve food and save money on groceries, but you do have to take care and watch for signs of spoilage or contamination before eating the food you canned. Here’s a handy list of spoilage signs to watch for.
8. Charming Kitchen Plants From The Garden: Flowers and house plants are not the only types of greenery which will enhance the appearance of the home. Vegetable arrangements are attractive and original. A vegetable plant placed on a sunny window ledge will last for months. The best way to grow vegetable plants is in water.
9. How To Store Seeds: Storing garden seeds in optimum conditions can keep most varieties viable for several years, following the steps below can increase the chances of a good germination rate for next year’s garden.
10. How To Dry Figs: If you’re lucky enough to have a fig tree or if you’ve come across a good deal on fresh figs at the local market, here’s an easy way to preserve them by drying.

Thank You! Blogger Appreciation

Each month I randomly select three different blogs to thank for sharing Tipnut with their readers, I truly appreciate everyone who’s done so! Here are three bloggers who mentioned Tipnut in August, thanks a bunch!

• Wise Bread
• The Idea Room
• Apron Girls

If you’d like to see what was popular each month, here’s the section that you can browse through: Tipnut’s Monthly Hits (this section was started about a year after Tipnut launched). For the hottest of the hot, you’ll find them here: Tipnut’s Most Popular.

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