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Homemade Jetdry

Homemade Jetdry

While you don’t have to use Jet-dry at all it does make your dishes sparkle and leave your glasses streak free. To save some money we tried 2 different solutions.  First up we have one of our favorites, white distilled vinegar. While this works fine for many some have voiced concerns about the acid in […]

Keep Bananas fresh longer

Keep Bananas fresh longer

So your bananas are going brown before you get a chance to eat them? Well here’s a trick. First of all when your bananas are the color you like it’s time to slow down the ripping process being caused by the release of ethylene gas. First thing is to break them apart. The gases released […]

Kale Chips

Kale Chips

Use your Air Fryer to make Kale Chips Kale is high in Vitamin C and Vitamin A along with several other Nutrients. This makes for a healthy snack. Consider trying these instead of going for those potato chips. Making Kale chips is so easy. They are surprisingly good too.  You need kale, olive oil and […]

Make Paper Mache

Make Paper Mache

Mix one part flour with one part water.  Mix until smooth, add a little bit more water if too thick, or more flour if too thin. You can store in the refrigerator for 2-3 days. Let the projects begin!

Remove odors

Remove odors

Use Vinegar This works great for smoke and other odors! Take a small bowel and put some vinegar in it. Set it in the room that has the odor. You might want several small bowls depending upon how bad the it is. Both white distilled and apple cider vinegar work well. You can also use […]

Don’t let your Gas go bad

Don’t let your Gas go bad

With gas powered cars, lawn mowers, chainsaws, motorcycles, atv’s it pretty inevitable that at some time your going to get bad gas. Gas starts to go bad in as little as 30 days. After 60 days it begins to effect your equipment.  How much it effects it depends upon the equipment and how sensitive it […]

Kill Tree Stumps

Kill Tree Stumps

Prevent Growth from Tree Stumps Have you ever cut down a tree only to have it grow back? If so, then this is for you.  First thing to do is drill 2 or 3 holes into the stump. Next you need to put some rock salt into the holes.  Your done. The salt will gradually […]

Fire Starters

Fire Starters

Easy fire starting Sawdust, egg cartons and wax make excellent fire starters.  I use an old frying pan and do this on the grill outside. Some of the candles have scents that are pretty strong that you might not want in the kitchen.  While egg cartons make for nice storage containers for small things, sawdust […]

Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous Earth

Pet safe way to keep bugs out While used for years by farmers you might not know what this stuff is.  Let’s go over that and some of it’s best uses. Best of all it’s cheap! (I paid 22.00 for a 40 lbs!)  Basically it’s fossils, really small, but to creepy crawlies, it’s like glass. […]

Make your own pepper sauce

Make your own pepper sauce

Easy Hot Sauce Easy Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe: About 3 dozen Cayenne peppers (Tabasco peppers work well too!) 1-1/2 cups of Vinegar 4 Tbs of garlic 3 tsp of salt Cut the peppers up length wise so the vinegar can get into them easier. Mix all of the ingredients together in a pot, bring to […]