Put 1/2 cup baking soda into a large spray bottle
then very slowly add one cup of white vinegar (it will bubble up)
Add 1 tablespoon Dawn dishwashing detergent (original formula)
then fill the bottle with water.
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Freeze Eggs For Home Use:They are easily frozen and can be used in many ways.
It is as sensible and thrifty to buy eggs as it is to store away pork, poultry, vegetables, fruits and other foods when they are at the low point on the price scale. Eggs freeze rock hard but thaw in a short time at room temperature and are ready for any normal use.
Freeze eggs two ways: whole with the yolk broken, and separated (yolks and whites divided). Empty one lightly stirred egg into each compartment of ice cube trays and freeze solid. The frozen cubes are then put into freezer bags or plastic jars and cached away in the freezer.
Since eggs cannot be separated after frozen, Measure quantities of egg whites into containers and freeze. Label each receptacle as to amount or number of whites it contains; for instance, 2 whites for icing, 1 1/2 cups for an angel food cake, etc. Yolks can be frozen on cookie sheets, pie tins, or in the ice cube tray.
Separated eggs are required for fluffy omelets, some cakes and other purposes familiar to a homemaker.
The frozen broken-yolked eggs fulfill practically every kitchen need. They have a fresh-from-the-nest flavor regardless of how prepared for breakfast.
Author: Hilda B. Hawkins, published in American Poultry Journal (1952)
Feed your soil and the plants will take care of themselves:
Spend more money on the soil than you do the plant or seed. It's the quality of your soil that largely determines the quality of your vegetable. I use rabbit manure as an organic fertilizer and it works wonders. You can ammend your soil with all kinds of things including kitchen scraps (no meat - just vegetable/fruits and egg shells), old plants, grass clippings, hay, mulch, etc. Spend your money on the soil! I learned this the hard way but I know it works - fertilize, ammend your soil...and your vegetables will appreciate it!
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Just recieved another wonderful post on feeding the soil from one of my favorite garden experts.
Feed the Soil, Not Just the Green Stuff on Top of It
One of the best things you can do, so you don't have to worry about weeds as much, is have healthy SOIL. As I noted in my composting article a few months ago, rather than inundating nature with high nitrogen fertilizers meant to build massive blooms and act as an ultra green steroid, yet do zero for your growing medium, you need to focus on building the soil of your yard and garden. Failing to invite all the little worms and friendly microbes into your yard and giving them a great place to live and work, is failing to create good soil. Soil is gold; dirt is, well, dirt. When there is soil, there will be good green stuff that doesn't require heavy fertilizer use to keep it green and productive. Green stuff that is happy will also crowd out weed seeds.
http://www.ldsmag.com/goGreen/090604mary.html
Poppies that come back year after year on their own.....:)
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