Archive Category: 'Household Tips'

• Grout Cleaning Tips & Recipes: Some of the recipes & cleaning solutions below contain ammonia, or bleach, or vinegar (I’ve also included other homemade cleaners that are gentler to use). There are some who claim that these items will degrade grout over time–what that amount of time is I don’t know (5 years? 50 years?) or that they may affect [...]
• Get Rid Of Gnats: Tips & Remedies: Fungus gnats are small dark flies (about 1/8″ in size) that look similar to mosquitoes and are often confused with fruit flies. They thrive in humid environments and breed in the damp soil of houseplants. The gnat larvae is what causes damage to your plants by eating the plant roots, root hairs and stems. The [...]
• 10 Easy Ways To Preserve Herbs: Enjoying a big bounty of fresh herbs from the garden this year? Fresh is best when it comes to cooking with herbs, but here are ten easy ways you can preserve them for year-round use. 10 Easy Ways To Preserve Herbs Air Dry Herbs: If you have the space and the time, you can tie small bunches [...]
• 25 Toothache Remedies For Pain Relief: If there’s one list of home remedies to keep handy–this is the one. It never fails that a major toothache hits when it’s late at night and your dentist’s office is closed. Although only a doctor can cure the source of the toothache problem, this list of treatments & pain relief remedies should get [...]
• Cleaning A Microwave: How To & Tips: Dried, crusty insides of a microwave are voila! a problem no more with these easy cleaning methods. Here are a few tips to easily clean the grunge from inside your microwave: How To Clean A Microwave Tip #1 Place a bowl of water in the microwave (with a non-metal object such as a wooden spoon or stir stick [...]
• Natural Toothpaste: Homemade Recipes: Today’s feature is from two different sources for easy to make, natural homemade toothpaste. The first is from The Thrifty Soaper with The Best Homemade Toothpaste: Okay, you’re thinking ‘homemade toothpaste?’, Come On! But, do you realize how many harmful chemicals are in standardized toothpaste? Some of these horrible chemicals are Sodium Lauryl Sulphate(SLS), Triclosan, diethanolomine [...]
• 50 Wart Home Remedies & Treatments: Warts are pretty common and aren’t indicative of a serious health problem but they are a nuisance, sometimes painful and can cause some embarrassment. arts are most common on hands and feet, but can also appear on eyelids, on the face and elsewhere on the body. They can grow in clusters or singly and have a [...]
• Get Rid Of Wasps: Traps & Tips: If you’ve ever been stung by a wasp, you know they live up to their reputation of being aggressive and having painful stings. When you regularly spot wasps in your yard, chances are there’s a wasp’s nest on your property or nearby. These are not pests that you want hanging about, especially if you have [...]
• Rose Hips: Tips & Recipes: Wild Rose Hips: Rose hips are a very rich source of Vitamin C and are free for the picking. Three average rose hips have as much Vitamin C as a medium-sized orange. strong>Collecting Rose Hips: Pick only the ripe berries that are vivid red and slightly soft. They have a much better flavor if picked after [...]
• 25 Cheap or Free Garden Gear Items: Repurposing: Today’s feature is from Better Homes And Gardens with 25 No-Cost (or Low-Cost) Garden Tools: blockquote>Any job is easier when you have the right tool. Read on for our list of the 25 best ideas for garden tools that you can buy or make in minutes — and none costs more than a pack of seeds. Ideas Include: The [...]
• Natural Pesticides: Recipes & Tips: These homemade pesticides are cheap and easy to make with many being just as effective as some commercial products on the market. No fancy ingredients required, everything you need is likely stocked in your kitchen and garden. Most of the ingredients are earth friendly and natural with the harshest being liquid dish detergent–no need to [...]
• Wasp Stings: Treatments & Home Remedies: Before trying a remedy check to see if the wasp’s stinger remained in the skin, remove it by scraping it out (to prevent releasing more venom) before treating. Wasp Sting Treatments From The Garden Marigolds: Rub the flower head of a marigold over the stung area (must be a freshly picked marigold and not dried). Basil: Roughly crush [...]
• Kitchen Organizing Tip: Steamer Storage: Today’s feature is a clever tip from Martha Stewart with Steamer Storage: blockquote>Bamboo steamers have holes that let air in and out to cook food uniformly. For just that reason, these containers are also well suited to storing onions, garlic, and shallots, which require ventilation and should not be refrigerated. Place all three in a single [...]
• How To Get Rid Of Fruit Flies: Fruit flies are tiny, pesky flies that are brown and appear to have no fear of people (often it seems they’re trying to fly up your nose and in your mouth) but they’re mostly just clumsy fliers. The good news is that getting rid of and killing fruit flies is not difficult, you just need [...]
• Want Greener Grass? Try Epsom Salts: Everyone wants their lawn to look as lush and green as possible, it’s one of the least expensive methods for giving your home nice curb appeal (whereas brown, patchy grass is one of the first things that can downgrade your property value). ere’s a tip to help give your lawn a boost: Epsom Salts can be [...]
• How To Make A Tire Swing: DIY Project: Today’s feature is from My Mommy’s Place with this DIY tutorial How To Make A Tire Swing: blockquote>Items Needed: A tire. A strong rope. A tree. Oh the memories! Swinging on one of these was always something to look forward to in the summer. Is it possible to find anything in the stores nowadays that provides more [...]
• How To Clean Cat Spray: Recipes & Tips: If you’ve ever had a tomcat stroll by and spray around your basement window or front door, you know what a stink that is! at spray is pretty potent stuff and the smell is not something that dissipates easily. The quicker you clean it up, the better chance you have of avoiding a repeat performance (the [...]
• Homemade Ant Killers: Recipes & Tips: When trying to get rid of ants, it’s helpful to first have a basic understanding how ants live and thrive: Ants live in colonies and one class of ant within the colony is the worker/gatherer/forager. Worker ants make up approximately 10% of the colony and it’s their job to go out, find and collect food then [...]
• 21 Things To Do If You Get Laid Off: Today’s feature is from Bohemian Revolution with 21 Tips For What To Do If You Get Laid Off: blockquote>It feels like companies are laying off employees right and left in this horrific economy where there aren’t nearly enough jobs to go around. Some of the layoffs are due to the economy, but even companies that are [...]
• Homemade Weed Killer Recipes & Tips: Pulling weeds by hand is not always easy or practical, they’re pesky and determined to pop back up and spread in no time. If you’re looking for more natural ways to control weeds that don’t include harsh chemicals and are safer for children and pets (bonus: most are pretty frugal too), here is a list [...]
• Build A Potting Bench: DIY Project: Today’s feature is from Vegetable Gardener with these free plans to Build a Potting Bench: blockquote>In the heart of every gardener grows the desire for a potting bench. It is form and function, ornament and tool. It’s a place where you work with your hands, a place where you let your mind run on. It can [...]
• How To Wash A Feather Duster: Did you know that handy little gadget you use for dusting can easily be washed, over and over again? Good quality ostrich feather dusters hold up to washings better than the cheapies, but if your duster is this-close to being tossed because it’s worn down and heavy from all the dirt buildup, give a quick [...]
• Old-Time Tips For Flowers & Plants: Timeless Wisdom: These snippets of quick tips come from a household booklet published in 1947 and features advice given for handling plants, cut flowers and a couple gardening related tips. he Timeless Wisdom collection is a regular feature on Tipnut where we take a look back at the advice and techniques used decades ago in household management, many [...]
• Dusting: Tips, Tools & Prevention: Now that the weather is nice, windows and doors are kept wide open so we can enjoy all the lovely fresh air that we’ve been missing over the past winter–the downside to this is that with so many openings into the home, dust and dirt accumulate throughout the house quicker than ever. ust buildup is one [...]
• Lattice Screen How-To: Garden Trick: Today’s feature is from Canadian Gardening with this nifty idea for hiding ugly air conditioner units, compost bins, and other eye-sore yard items with this Easy-To-Build Lattice Screen: blockquote> Hide an air conditioner or composter with this easy outdoor screen The gardener’s never-ending quest for more garden beds often means plantings have to share real estate with outdoor [...]