Daniel Warner uses an air pump to separate meat from the bone in hunted animals; Doug Quail throws chicken feed around fencing to let the fowl pick weeds for him; Eileen Jingo recycles sunflower stalks to support string beans; Badger Stator reports sunflower stalks make great shepherds' staffs in Christmas pageants; Linda Biracial grows seaweed to feed to her goldfish; Mrs. Dennis Austin plans city travel by laminating a map and drawing her route with a grease pencil; D. Leverets says a dry ballpoint pen works well on carbon paper; David Ennis shares a honey candy recipe; Gale Flag uses a cotton cloth and liquid lecithin instead of no stick spray; Charles Craig makes his own reflective pet collars; Nancy Perry uses rocks to support fence posts; wine vinegar can be used to eliminate tobacco and other household odors according to Shirley McHenry; Tom Kennedy finds vinegar handy when patching concrete; Billie Durham dashes vegetables with vinegar instead of butter and salt; tire inner tubes can be recycled as water hoses, gaskets and a variety of other purposes; Fran Beckon saves money by having everyone in the family use the same natural shampoo; Every Love grows tomatoes upside down in a bucket; Zen Colterjohn wraps fragile gifts in disposable diapers for shipping; Nancy Piccioni-Hann found masonry wire supports make excellent frames for beans and grapes in the garden; Joseph J. Stearn drops an alcohol/vinegar mixture in his ears to prevent infection after swimming; Dixie McCullough trades her worn vegetable peeler to a friend who uses the opposite hand; Ray Anderson rubs crushed garlic on his feet to keep them dry; David Byrd sprinkles borax in his shoes to prevent athlete's foot; Janis Simmons traps fleas in petroleum jelly; Dennis and Donna Cheathem bath their dogs in crushed pennyroyal leaves to prevent fleas; Emma Minors keeps her plants healthy by pouring water leftover from boiling eggs in the pots; Patricia Vought brews tea in the sun in two-gallon glass condiment jars she gathers from restaurants.
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