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Today we are becoming more conscious of how our actions impact on the environment and future generations. Some of the information about maintaining our home and environs came about because you might ask “Dad, How do I…?”

How to treat a jellyfish sting

Sometimes beaches that are popular swimming spots get invaded by jellyfish in the summer. The stings can be quite painful.  To deal with jellyfish stings: …Read more

removing warts

Trish asked how to get rid of warts on hands.

There are many ideas on how to get rid of warts.  We’ve had three suggestions  for you to try. …Read more

How to remove rust from oven trays

Riana has asked how to remove rust from oven trays.

I’ve pointed her to this link which uses ammonia and baking soda and no hard rubbing.  I haven’t tried this so it would be great if you could let me know if you’ve used this and how it worked. Or what other method you’ve used to clean rust from your oven trays.

Home-made cleaning products

If you think about it, there are a number of commercial cleaning products on the market that include these ingredients eg household cleaner with baking soda or lemon (citric) along with the slogans clean and whiten or cut grease.  Well it’s because they have woken up to the power of green advertising.  But they just add these natural ingredients to the chemicals in the product, they don’t  replace the chemicals, unless they are selling eco-friendly products.

So go for it make your own.  It only takes a few minutes – and check out the size of your supermarket bill. …Read more

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