When using your vaccumn, put a few (3-4) whole cloves on your floor to suck up into your vaccumn bag.  Everytime you use the vaccumn after that, your room will be nicely scented with the clean smell of cloves until you change your bag, then repeat adding fresh cloves.  The cost of 3-4 cloves is far cheaper than commercial room/vaccumn scent products and they are already in your kitchen, waiting for you to use.  They are also natural and have no chemicals that would otherwise be added to the air in your home.  Since whole cloves are something that you don't typically use very frequently, this will help keep your stock current by using them this way.

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To start seeds and move the new plants easily to the garden or other area for them to continue growing through the summer, etc. plant the seeds in soil that has been put into cardboard type egg cartons.  They can then easily be cut apart and put into the soil outside (you might want to cut the bottom out of the bottom of the little egg cups, but that is optional).  They are easy to water while inside until the weather is warm enough for them to go outside.  Place the cartons in a container or tray and water them by putting water, as needed,  in the master container or tray.  The cardboard will absorb the water and hold the soil so it doesn't spill.  After they are planted outside,  roots can grow through the cardboard, and it will also help hold moisture for the plants outside too, and the egg carton will disintegrate into the soil later.

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Put old socks on the legs of your furniture to prevent floor scratches when moving furniture.

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1.  If the dryer buzzed, dryer clothes were forgotten in the dryer, and now the load is cold and wrinkled, throw in a clean, wet bath towel and tumble the items on medium heat for 10 minutes.
2.  Left clothes in the washer and now the load smells like wet dog?  Set the washer to the rinse cycle and as it fills, add a cup of white vinegar.
3.  To dry a damp load faster, add a dry bath towel.
4.  Keep a stain-remover stick in a kitchen drawer so you can treat food spills immediately.
5.  Add 1/2 cup of baking soda along with your detergent to boost cleaning power -it helps soften the wash water, and detergents work better in softer water.
6.  Put a laundry bag or hamper in every clothes closet.  If your closets are full, try an over-the-door bag.
7.  When washing and drying delicates or stuffed animals, first place them in a pillow case or mesh laundry bag and close end with a ponytail holder on the pillow case end.
8.  For grease stains on fabrics, use dishwashing liquid .  Just rub a little in and toss the garment in the machine.
9.  To take paint off of clothing – use Goof Off on the dried paint on the fabric.
10.  For items that will not be going into the dryer, place in mesh laundry bags and this will make them easy to find at the end of the laundry cycle.

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