What is This Flower? (Morning Glory?)
Ive never seen anything like it. If it were white with pink-blush centers, I would say the shape and the size of the flowers look like bindweed; but the color looks like trumpet vine. Need more info to make an identification with any degree of certainty. Can...
What is This Flower? (Morning Glory?)
By the way, Kansas bindweed is called (or looks a lot like) wild morning glory in Utah, and tie vine in Texas. All have lovely blossoms, on pernicious strangling vines with roots that go to China. :P I have pink and purple morning glory growing up my porch...
Growing Grapes?
Theyre perennials, but some varieties are hardier than others. Ive grown Concord grapes in Salt Lake City, but thats too cold, I think, for most varieties. Wasshrunk is right, talk to your local nursery, if possible, or check your zone in a nursery catalog...
Growing Red Onions?
I plant them with the top of the bulb just below the surface, 1/4 or so. Dont know if thats optimum, but they seem happy. Actually, I havent been able to work in the garden (for health reasons) since the summer of 05. So most of the onions went unharvested...
Fall Planting Ideas?
I would suggest your closest agricultural college, rather than your closest university. And yes, your extension agent will be delighted to help you expand your gardening skills!
Donate Plastic Bottle Caps
But they only need the code, and you still have the bottle cap to do something with, is that right?
All Natural Weed Killer
While I heartily approve of natural herbicides, I had a favorite method of controlling dandelions when my children were little. I would send them out every morning to gather the pretty yellow flowers for me, and I would put them in a vase. As the season wore...
Save Money by Organizing Your Refrigerator
I, too, keep an inventory in Excel! Ive found it helpful to have a column for update date so that I know when I confirmed that I have or dont have a particular item - that helps when I update it after a shopping trip, or do a quick partial inventory instead...
Marking Hard Boiled Eggs
Youre right, Jeanette1940--but its nice to have a way to tell at a glance, as well as a reminder in case you (or someone else!) forget that some of them are cooked. Another way to do it is to write HB on the end of each egg in pencil. I learned that one from...
Fruit Fly Trap
A friend taught me this one, several years ago. I made a little one out of a straight-sided pill bottle (of which I had plenty around!) so I could empty it often without wasting a lot of vinegar, but I never thought of using plastic wrap to cover it! I just...
Healthy Snacks for Losing Weight
Tums is an antacid because it contains calcium. The Original Tums contains about 2/3 as much calcium as an 8-oz glass of milk, or as much as an ounce of cheddar cheese. If youre not getting enough calcium in your diet, Tums is an appropriate way to make up...
Magnetic Knife Holder
Love this idea! I had to give up my two knife blocks full of knives when I moved to a studio apartment with a tiny kitchen; the few specialty knives I kept are now in a drawer with my new Pioneer Woman ceramic knives and other odds & ends, and I worry about...
No More Paper Products
Ive been using washcloths as napkins for over 40 years. It started when the children were little, and occasionally spilled a drink. So the rule was, if someone tipped over a glass, everyone threw their napkins on the spill - with four, five, and then six thirsty...
Crochet Cell Phone Hanger
I was misled by the phrase reducing those frantic searches for either one. I never need to look for either one, as the charger is always plugged into the outlet and the phone is by my computer or other workspace. When I finished reading the instructions, still...
Key Hook from Binder Clip
Genius! I have the opposite problem - I have a 4-hook key holder, but no place to put outgoing mail. Seeing this tip, I hung a binder clip on one of the hooks, and now I have a place for outgoing mail right by the door.
Save Silica Packets to Beat the Humidity
Thank you - good post! You reminded me that Ive been meaning to look up how to renew silica gel packets when they get saturated and cant absorb any more moisture. Heres a good page on ways to use them and how to re-dry them: http://www.wikihow.com/Reuse-Silica...
Leaving Junk Mail Outside
Im lucky, I live on the 9th floor of an apartment building but there is a recycling bin right in the mailroom! So people get their mail, toss the junk mail, and only take the real mail up to their apartments. If we left mail in the mailbox for a week, the mail...
Two Shopping Bags in One
Until this year, I used non-woven fabric shopping bags I bought at the store for $1, with a stiff insert in the bottom. They lasted a few months, if you didnt leave them in the hot car between trips. Now I can get plasticized ones for the same price, and they...
Two Shopping Bags in One
These specially-made shopping bags, which only cost $1 apiece where I live, are perfectly designed for groceries - they comfortably hold two gallons of milk, or as many canned goods as you would want to carry, and support produce from the bottom so it doesnt...
Freezer Organization Using Binder Clips
Would that my freezer looked like yours! Mine is usually packed full. My solution is to put small baggies into big ones with other like baggies. Vegetables in one big bag, chicken in another, etc. Then I just have to find the right big bag, pull it out, and...
Cornbread is Always Hard?
If your cornbread rises, then probably the suggestions about oven heat will fix your problem. But if its flat and hard, are you using some kind of leavening? Baking powder is usually used with regular milk, baking soda with buttermilk (or sour milk). Make sure...
Muffin Tin Meat Loaf
I used to make a full recipe of meat loaf, then bake it in either muffin tins or tiny loaf pans, and freeze what I didnt use at dinner that day. Really easy way to keep individual portions of meat loaf ready for quick use. And as Haysie points out, portion...
Informed Delivery from USPS
This is great! But how do you sign up for it? Im registered with USPS, but I cant find anything on their website about checking mail, other than packages.
