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Preserved Flowers (tips)
Dear Polly – Recently I received a beautiful corsage of carnations in a 4 – H club style show. I wanted to save it, so I used pure borax sprinkled around the flowers and between the...
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Rose Petal Beads
A large, paper grocery bag full of fresh petals will make about 100 beads. Once a day for about 10 days grind the rose petals in a food chopper, small blade, saving any juice to stay with the...
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Soap (Hand – Made)
Soap produced by hand at Aleppo, Syria. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Cacti cleaner soap for 5 gallons. 1 Gallon Boiling Water. Dissolve 3 Large Bars Of Ivory Soap in another gallon of boiling water...
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Spray for Lice or Bugs on Plants
First. Hot Soap Suds With Kerosene, use equal parts, stir well together then Add 15 Times As Much Water. Apply cold on flowers as a spray to get rid of bugs. Related articles...
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Termites (Control Tips)
English: Sleeper damaged by termites (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 1 Gallon Paint Thinner ¼ Choradine Mix Paint all around posts and foundation to get rid of termites. Related articles Termite...
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The Rag
Rags being sold at Chor bazaar (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m nothing but a lonely RAG Living a life forlorn, Stuffed away in a paper bag Old and tattered and torn. But wait! I could be useful still....
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To Clean Paint
To Clean & Destroy (Photo credit: Simon Lieschke) 1 Tsp. Ammonia in A Quart Of Moderate Hot Water. Use a flannel cloth wiping the solid wood work with this solution no scrubbing is necessary....
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To Starch Crochet Baskets
3 Tbsp. Water To 1 C. Sugar Or Dissolve ¼ C. Starch In ½ C. Cold Water. Boil slowly over a low flame, and as it thickens, stir in gradually about 1 ¼ C. Cold Water, boil and stir in cornstarch. Boil...
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Whiten Yellow Nylons in a New Safe Way
Look to Du Pont — “Better Things For Better Living…Through Chemistry” .. Nylon – Fast Drying (1948) …Lessons from the spin cycle. (June 12, 2012 / 22 Sivan 5772) … (Photo credit: marsmet545) Add 2...
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Woodwork Cleaner
Shave ½ Bar Of Good White Soap into 4 Qts. Boiling Water; Add ½ C. Salt, 1 C. Ammonia, 1 C. Rubbing Alcohol. Dip cloth into this solution and wring dry, rub wood work real good and hard. Follow up...
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