This is a great DIY dustpan cleaning hack you can make in a pinch! Simply find a large, empty plastic container to up-cycle. It can be a plastic gallon milk container or any large plastic container that has a handle and flat side. All you need is the container, scissors or knife (I used both) and a marker to outline around the handle and flat side. You want create a useful flat shovel-like tool that you can easily sweep your pile of dirt into.
How to Grow a Potato Tower
Learn how to grow a potato tower, it’s a great garden space saver! Instead of growing them in horizontal rows, grow potatoes vertically. It is possible to grow 100 lbs of taters in a 4×4 area of your garden. For the perimeter you will need chicken wire or big-holed wire (tires or wooden boards also work), as well as dirt, hay and seed potatoes.
Build a circular or square fence in the shape you would like your tower, fill the first row with hay, then create a hole or divot in the center of the hay, fill with dirt, approximately 6″, then seed potatoes, 6″ of dirt, then drench tower with water. Potatoes love water! Plant your potatoes around the edges of your tower four to six inches apart. You can also plant 1-3 in the center as long your spacing is consistent. Allow the first layer to sprout leaves, do not build your tower all at once. Once you see the sprouted leaves repeat the layers, allow to sprout, repeat layers. I suggest up to four layers of potatoes, but wait until previous layer sprouts. Once the leaves turn brown and fall off, wait a week then harvest.
Recycled Water Bottle Plastic Earrings
I found these recycled water bottle plastic earrings at Happy Family Art. It’s hard to believe are made from recycled water bottles! All you need to create the colorful dangles is an empty water bottle, scissors, a candle and magic markers! Follow the link to the Happy Family Art tutorial for step by step instructions.
Headphone Jack Lint Remover Hack
It’s sort of amazing how much lint and dirt gets into your smartphone’s headphone jack. No worries, its nothing this headphone jack lint remover hack can’t cure. All you need to do this simple hack is a paper clip and scotch tape. Unbend the paper clip then wrap a piece of tape, sticky side out, around the end, finally just insert into your headphone jack. Not only does this work for smartphones, it also works on tablets and computers with headphone jacks.
Remove Gum from Carpet Hack
Learn this remove gum from carpet hack from YouTube’s CupRockTV. If you have ever had the misfortune of finding a wad of gum stuck to your carpet then you’ll appreciate this hack. The materials required include ice cubes, rubbing alcohol, gum stuck to carpet and a brush. As a bonus you will also learn how to remove gum from clothes and hair as well.
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