Thrifty Tips (March 07, 2019)
Instead of throwing out your kitchen scraps, use them to grow a beautiful garden instead. If you have any upcycling or reusing ideas, please share them with us.

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Today's Featured Post

Homemade Compost - The Natural Way To Green Gardening

By Ana

Homemade Compost - The Natural Way To Green Gardening - mixing materials with a rakeOur neighbors think we are very odd people when we save grass clippings, leaves, discarded fruit and veggie peels, and now shredded newspaper clippings.

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Today's Guides
Solar Lights for Power Outages
Solar Lights by Brick Garden Path
Saving Money on a Newspaper Subscription
A stack of newspaper next to a cup of coffee.
When is Daylight Saving Time?
Close up of image of a white clock face with green border. The clock has DST written on it and two hour hands exactly one hour apart with a red double ended arrow pointing at both hands indicating the hour changes forward and back by one hour
Buying a Used Wedding Dress
White wedding dress on black dress form against white background
Using Milk Jugs in the Garden
A single plastic 1/2 gallon milk jug against a black background.
10+ Great St. Patrick's Day Ideas
Girls in Green with shamrocks on their face.
Today's Posts

Binder Clips for Calendar Pages

By Sandi/Poor But Proud

Using binder clips to hold up pages of a thin calendar.I get my calendars at the dollar stores. The variety is great, and of course the price is key. But, the paper is thin. I find that when I hang it by the center hole, the edges flop over.

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Garlic Furikake Popcorn

By attosa

bowl of Garlic Furikake PopcornThis is a great twist on regular popcorn. It's laced with browned garlic oil and furikake, which is a lovely dried seaweed and toasted sesame seed topping. Furikake is most widely used as a topping on white rice in Japan, but I think it's absolutely scrumptious on popcorn. It can come in many flavours, some spicy, some sweet, and some with flaked fish. I love them all! You can find furikake in the Asian aisles of most grocery stores and on several online shops.

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Paper Easter Bunny

By Robyn

Paper Easter Bunny - bunny sitting in a votive cup with leaves attached to the candle holderThis is a cute little bunny made of paper strips, and it is presented in a glass votive candle jar, with paper grass.

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Reduce Scars When Healing

By suz1230

Packages of Band-Aids and Hy-Tape for covering healing wounds.This product "Hy-Tape" is a great alternative any time to Band-Aids when we get a cut that we need to protect so it can heal correctly and be aesthetically pleasing.

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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Strawberry Rhubarb PieOur son bought some rhubarb at the farmer's market and wanted to put it to use.

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Today's Questions
Finding a Dish Detergent That Suds
I buy staples in bulk. If I find a good bargain, I might buy a year's supply at a time. I've found that this practice can lead to some surprises. I am having trouble finding a dish detergent that will suds up, even a little. Any thoughts?
Light Sensing Exterior Fixture Only Works When Breaker Flipped
I have an outside light that's a dusk to dawn. The dusk to dawn sensor no longer worked and the light stayed on all the time. So, in the evening I would just flip the switch to turn it on. Now when I flip the switch it will not turn on. I changed the switch and that did not help. Next, with the switch on I flipped the breaker off then on, and the light came on.
Sewing Machine Not Stitching Jersey Fabric
My sewing machine is not catching the bobbin thread when I'm trying to sew stretch fabric. It works fine on regular cotton, but doesn't pick up the stitch when I put in the jersey fabric. I am using the right needle and the machine and bobbin are threaded and inserted correctly. It seems to be just a problem with the stretchy fabric.
Getting Hair Back to Natural Color After Highlighting
I have done olden brown highlighting in my hair. My original hair colour was black. I am not happy with my hair colour. How long do I have to wait to get my original colour back?
Removing a Set-in Coffee Stain from Upholstery
I have a recliner that has several set-in coffee stains. How can I remove them?
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