Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

Save empty egg cartons to start your spring seedlings in.

Mix a little cold tea, used tea leaves, or coffee grounds with plant soil to aerate it and feed the plants. This mixture is good for ferns. The water from boiling eggs is also nutritious for plants.

Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

Save plastic containers from cottage cheese, yogurt, margarine etc. and use as containers when freezing food.

Give stainless-steel pans a good shine by rubbing with flour. Remove heat marks with a scouring pad and lemon juice.

Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

Save empty plastic bread bags for storing other foods.

To save space on lines, hang pairs of socks on a hanger. This will also enable you to remove the socks quickly if it rains.

Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

Cut off the sides and fronts from empty cereal boxes, tissue boxes, dress boxes etc. and save. These clean, firm surfaces are great for children to use for drawing on. It's much cheaper than buying expensive scrapbooks and drawing paper. 

Store small citrus fruits (lemons and limes) in an egg carton in the refrigerator. 

Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

Stop electric waste-disposal units from becoming smelly by grinding citrus peels in them. Clear food debris by pouring a bucket of hot water with a handful of washing soda down them from time to time.

Window boxes won't splatter windows if you put a shallow layer of gravel over the dirt.

Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

Store flower bulbs over the winter in discarded nylon stockings. Hang the bulb-filled stockings in a dry place so the air can circulate through them and prevent the bulbs from molding.

To prevent string from tangling, store it in a screw-top jar. Punch a hole in the lid, and pull the end of the string through this.

Household Hints - Save time, save money, save energy

When you receive junk mail which includes return envelopes, use the envelopes to store small items such as seeds, pictures etc. 

Wipe tar spots on cars with a little linseed oil or eucalyptus oil. Let the oil soak until the tar softens, then wipe it off with a paper towel moistened in some fresh oil.