Wash Water Irrigation?
Chad Ratliff irrigates his garden with washing machine water; Amy Ceader beats stains with a baking soda/detergent/salt mixture; L.B. Felton keeps his feet clean while tromping by placing newspaper bags over his shoes; Selena Simonoff shares a recipe for play dough; Amy Fiorilla catches flies and bees in milk jugs; S.A. Daynard adds seaweed to her compost pile; S.A. Lennon paints garden hoses like snakes and leaves them in the garden to deter animals; Alice Davis blows up fire ants by sprinkling grits on the ground and waiting for the kernels to expands; Joseph Kay paints clothespins yellow so he can find them on the ground; JoAnne Lawson removes skunk odor with lemon and adds salt to detergent to give clothes longer lives.
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My father-in-law and I put in a garden every year, but as
anyone living in Kansas knows, our summers can get pretty
hot. We had a drought last summer and had trouble
conserving water and watering the garden. So we went to the
hardware store and bought some PVC pipe which we hooked up
to the drain on the washing machine. While washing the
clothes, I also irrigated the garden so that all the crops
could profit from this rig. The soap (which is
biodegradable) also helped keep the bugs off the plants.
—Chad Ratliff
Fort Scott, KS
Homemade Stain Remover
To clean tough household stains, store this mix for future
use in a large glass jar.
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup powdered
detergent
1/4 cup salt
—Amy Ceader
Danville, IL
Insider Garden Galoshes
I save the bags that my newspaper is delivered in. Whenever
I go out to work on "my little acre" I slip a pair of these
little bags on over my socks, then put on my work shoes.
This keeps both my feet and socks clean when I'm finished
with a day's gardening and yard work.
—L. B. Felton
Chesapeake, VA
Homemade Play Dough & Paints
Here is a recipe for play dough for parents or caregivers
who don't wish to pay the ridiculously high price for such
a product. I have also included a cheap, fun recipe for
finger paints.
Play Dough:
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
2 cups of water
1/4 cup of oil
1 tablespoon of cream of tartar
1 package (small) of Kool-Aid or flavored drink crystals
and corresponding food coloring.
Mix all ingredients over medium-high heat until they are
dough-like. Remember to stir constantly throughout the
process. Add drink crystals and food coloring until you get
the color you want. Knead and store in an airtight
container. The drink crystals will give the dough a
delightful smell (of the flavor) as well as color. It will
keep for about one to two weeks if you store it in an
airtight container when you're not playing with it.
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