Household tips to save you time and money and make your life a little easier. Organizing, kitchen tips, cleaning recipes, and laundry tips.
We talk about working with cast iron, non-toxic pest control, stain and odor removal, time savers, and organization tips.
If you have pets, at some point you’ll likely have fleas. Most commercial flea treatments are toxic and expensive. We’ll discuss how fleas affect pets and people, the flea life cycle, and how to use non-toxic methods to get rid of fleas.
Mosquitoes can ruin time outside and transmit disease. In this post, we’ll discuss what attracts mosquitoes, natural mosquito repellents (including mosquito spray recipes), plants that repel mosquitoes, mosquito control tips for your yard, and ways to avoid getting bit. If by chance you find this post after you’ve already been bit, check out “15 Home…
Whether you are using a flashlight, cordless power tools or cellphone, battery powered tech makes life easier. But what happens to batteries when they reach the end of their lives? We’ll explain safe battery recycling – where, how, and why you should. This is extremely important, because some batteries can explode or catch fire if…
Window collisions are usually worse in spring and fall during migration, with birds flying through less familiar territory, but can happen any time of year. I’ve put together a list of quick fixes to stop birds hitting windows.
Our dining room set is over 20 years old, so it’s not too surprising that some of the wooden chair backs have come loose over time. Recently, two of the backs got to the point where they moved if someone leaned back. We assigned our sons to chair repair duty, and asked them to record…