Posts tagged: garlic
Top 10 Ways to Repel Mosquitoes (Low Tech Style)
By DIY Maven
10. Eliminate standing water. Objects that can collect water provide for perfect breeding areas for mosquitoes. This includes plastic wrappers, tarps, tires, planter saucers, kids' toys and clogged gutters. Also, if you’re a fan of birdbaths, change the water in them at least twice a week, and, of course, change the water in outdoor pet bowls regularly. For items such as recyling bins, drill drainage holes to prevent standing water.
9. Grow the » READ MORE
Keep Your Garlic Fresh with a DIY Garlic Keeper
By Chrisjob
These little guys are pretty cool: they’re designed to keep fresh garlic, well, fresh. Garlic should be stored in a cool, dry place (like in a cabinet, not the refrigerator). Presumably, using a close terra cotta container keeps out light, and the unglazed ceramic surface absorbs moisture- all of which can double the shelf life of your garlic.
And they cost 5 dollars. You can build one for less than 1 dollar. Your choice- but either way, use » READ MORE
How garlic can neutralize odour
By infektia
Garlic wasn't only used to be 'placed by the ancient Greeks on piles of stones at cross-roads, as a supper for Hecate' (Wiki) and isn't only used in tasty dinners (we all know how the garlic breath smells, don't we?) or for medical purposes... I just found out that garlic can be the perfect odour neutralizer. Instead of using those air-fresheners that you have in the bathroom, that nearly kills you if you spray too much, garlic does the trick wit » READ MORE
