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Weed/grass killer: pour vinegar into a spray bottle, add a tablespoon of dish soap and half a cup of salt.  Shake well before use.  It takes a couple days to kill the weeds, but it's safe around pets, kids, and the environment. 

I use a mix similar to that for skunked dogs.  Make a paste with a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, add a tablespoon of liquid dish soap, and apply it like a mud bath to your dog (careful not to drip into his eyes).  When the dog is plastered with the goop, hold him still for five minutes (I do a body massage, they love it) and then rinse thoroughly.  Let the dog air-dry.  I put him in a crate with a fan blowing.  The smell will be gone.

I used a mix of hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and water on my dog when he was sprayed by a skunk.  Rubbed it into the hair and rinsed very well.  We were very careful to not get it on his skin because I wasn't sure if it would burn or not.  But it really did help quite a bit- he only stunk a little, and only for a few days.  And it didn't bleach his hair :)  My mom used to use hydrogen peroxide all the time on us kids when we had cuts/scrapes (we were thankful when she had some, because if she didn't, she used rubbing alcohol).  I used it on my son when he scraped his arm, and darned if it didn't turn his skin lighter for a few days.  I was horrified- I thought it was going to be permanent!

Here's a great tip I learned the hard way.  Last winter I had the flu and the air in the house was very dry and uncomfortable.  I pulled out my dutch oven, filled it with water and put in some cinnamon sticks and sliced oranges and let it simmer on the stove.  No feeling well, I sat down in the recliner and woke up two hours later to a boiled dry pan with a burned on mess on the bottom.

I tried everything and every cleaning product I could think of that day to soak that mess loose.  It was baked on hard and not even a knife would scrap it loose.  This was my best dutch oven and I was sure at this point I was going to have to replace it.  Then I started searching on the internet for a solution and found one stating that Hydrogen Peroxide would do the trick.

Having nothing to lose and several bottles on hand, you know, the large ones from Costco, I poured a bottle in the pan, let it soak overnight and in the morning the mess just wiped right out.  My best dutch oven was saved and since I have learned a lot of uses for Hydrogen Peroxide.  I no longer spend money on spot removers for laundry.  I mix the HP with a little Dawn dishsoap and pre-spot.  So far, seems to get out everything spot I've tried it on.

Ooo, that's a good one, too, storilori!

   Thanks,christibdce!  I can't smell, so something like, EZ  Off, isn't very fun, I just breathe, & breathe all that crazy stuff in, well, until I'm suffocated by my throat collapsing. The baking soda sounds perfect, good thing the oven isn't bad, I could probably get it back to,...chiny!!!

You know as a child, there's that rare occasion, when your parent, actually impresses you w/their knowledge? I still think this one is pretty tricky. Keep in mind, I was raised on a ranch, in the middle of Ventavos Rancho's, in Moorpark, on 23 acres, & an only child, so, I may have been easily impressed. Also, it may be common knowledge, to this day, I feel smug when the opp. arises to  show off ......."how smart my mom is."

After moving furniture, on carpet, you have the indentation. Pull out the ol' iron, & a wet towel, place the wet towel on the depressed area, then the (HOT) iron, on the towel. The steam, raises the carpet, yeah! Just like new! Use Caution,...to always have the towel between the iron & the carpet!!!! Seems like a .....'no brainer,'...well,....could happen,...I've heard it isn't really good for the iron. Ha,Ha.

Oh, that's a good one.  Add a lemon - cut in half -  to that for really stubborn gunk...and a nice fresh scent!

Here at work, we put a bowl of water in the microwave and run the microwave for about 5 minutes.  The steam will loosen all the splatter in the micro... just wipe it off and its sparkly clean....