If you need to remove screws and then replace them, getting them lost among the other loose materials is all too easy. Avoid lost screws by pushing them into a piece of duct tape and taping them to your screw gun or project.
Improvised Measuring Tape Notepad
Stick masking tape on the side of your measuring tape to write down measurements so you don’t forget.
Use Pot in Pot Planting to Swap Vegetables and Flowers in Your Landscape
Dig a hole for a pot just slightly larger than the planted pot you’ll be using. Make sure both pots have adequate drainage holes. For enhanced drainage, apply a layer of gravel below the in-ground outer pot. Using several of these enables you to quickly change your landscaping, for veggies, flowers and other plants.
How to Regrow Your Own Spring Onions, Leeks, or Scallions
Like little onion-ish stuff, but don’t want to actually buy it at a nursery? Turn your grocery store into an impromptu nursery. Simply place the root end of spring onions, leeks, or scallions in a mason jar of fresh water and you’ll be sprouting roots and growing your own food in no time!
Grow Your Own Pineapple and Live the Tropical Dream
If your a fan of exotic and tropical-looking bromeliad plants, you might already know that pineapple is just another bromeliad. Granted, it’s a delicious bromeliad though. Taking the leafy crown off a store-bought pineapple is all you really need to grow your own. Just make sure to remove any fruit that might still be attached to the crown (it can cause rotting). Plant it in rich, well-drained soil and water regularly, tapering watering to weekly once the plant is established. Be patient, your first harvest is likely a couple years off.
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