by Rena Cook | Mar 5, 2014 | Household Tips, Tips
You love fresh flowers in your vases, but they don’t seem to last long. To keep your cut flowers looking fresh for longer periods of time, all you have to do is to add two tablespoonfuls sugar and two tablespoonfuls white vinegar to the water in the vase. Stir well to...
by Rena Cook | Feb 12, 2014 | Household Tips, Tips
Do you like to keep flowers from your garden for longer, or perhaps flowers you gather in the countryside? You can dry all sorts of flowers and keep them for a very long time. There are many ways to dry flowers, but this one is really easy and inexpensive. Cover the...
by Rena Cook | Feb 3, 2014 | Household Tips, Tips
An easy and cheap way to clean your wooden furniture and liven up your wooden floors. Boil about 10 used tea bags. You can use the water to mop your wooden floors. You can also dip a soft cloth in the tea water, rinse it and clean the surfaces of your...
by Rena Cook | Feb 3, 2014 | Household Tips, Tips
Is there an ardent fisherman in your family but then you have to clean up the fish and cook them? Some fish are really hard to descale and it is a real battle. This is a tip that can help make this job much easier. Soak the fish in salt water for a while. Your job...
by Rena Cook | Jan 22, 2014 | Household Tips, Tips
Does your zipper refuse to close or open smoothly and you have to battle with it whenever you wish to wear your favorite jeans? Here is an easy way to overcome this problem. Run a bar of soap on the closed zipper, then open it and run the bar of soap over the exposed...
by Rena Cook | Jan 22, 2014 | Household Tips, Tips
White cotton socks tend to get very dirty and grimy. All you have to do to keep your socks snow-white, is to boil them in water where you have added a couple of lemon slices.
