Farming Advice and Folklore: Using Cooking Oil to Clean Hands, Shiny Windows and Grooming Dogs

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ILLUSTRATION: MICHAEL STORRINGS
We empty the bags of dog hair in our garden, scattering the hair throughout the plot. Since we started doing this, all the ground hogs, raccoons and other animals that used to vandalize the crops have gone elsewhere.

MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers share their farming advice, fun tips and country folklore, including a variety of ways to use cooking oil to clean your hands, shining up windows with dishwasher detergent and scattering dog hair in the garden to keep critters away

MOTHER’s Country Farming Advice and Folklore

Soft Swab

After using my string mop, I rinse the head in cold water and then soak it for an hour in a bucket of warm water into which I’ve mixed a capful of fabric softener. No more stiff and smelly mops for me.

–Amy L. Weber

  • Published on May 1, 1988
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