17 bizarre tips that really work!
I love grandma's tips ...
Especially the old tricks that are over 100 years old, but still work today.
That's why I asked my grandmother to share her best tips with me, even the weirdest ones.
The tips she revealed to me are so great that I think everybody should know them.
These grandmother's tips have one thing in common: even if they are unusual, they really work !
So without further ado, here is 17 bizarre tips that really work ! Look :
1. Use newspaper to kill weeds
First, put your plants in the soil as usual and add fertilizer. Then dampen the newspaper with a little water.
Arrange the wet paper around your plants, overlapping each layer of the newspaper as you go along.
Finally, cover everything with mulch and say Goodbye to weeds.
This is because if weeds can get through some plastic root protection screens, they won't get through wet newspapers.
To discover : 25 Surprising Uses of Newsprint.
2. Use cotton to pick up small pieces of glass
Did you break a glass? Use a simple piece of cotton wool to pick up small pieces of broken glass safely.
Why ? Because the cotton fibers remove these tiny shards of glass that are invisible to the naked eye!
Note that this trick also works with wet newspaper. Discover the tutorial here.
3. Say goodbye to mosquitoes with fabric softener
Do you see those little fabric softener veils that you put in the dryer?
Put one in your pocket, and it will automatically repel all mosquitoes.
I know ... this might sound a little crazy, but I tested this trick and it works really.
Awesome, don't you think?
To discover : 11 Mosquito Repellent Plants You Should Have In Your Home.
4. Keep squirrels away with cayenne pepper
To prevent squirrels from snacking on your plants, sprinkle them with cayenne pepper.
The spice is safe for your plants, but squirrels hate it ... and they'll leave your plants alone.
Click here to find out how.
5. Put a picture of your child in the tube of their bicycle handlebars
Have you just bought a new bike for your child?
Before mounting the handles, put a rolled-up photo of your child inside the handlebars.
That way, if the bike is ever stolen and later found, all you have to do is remove the handle to prove it's yours!
Now I use this same trick to hide some cash in my bike handlebars when I go for a hike.
6. Use a roll of toilet paper to vacuum in hard-to-reach places
Here's a great tip for cleaning window tracks, air vents, under the refrigerator, or any other hard-to-reach place.
Take a roll of toilet paper or paper towels and attach it to the end of your vacuum tube.
There you go, you get a flexible mouthpiece that can be bent or flattened to easily fit into any hard-to-reach place. Check out the trick here.
7. Use a safety pin to remove static electricity from clothes
Nothing worse than a skirt or dress that sticks to your legs from static electricity.
To dissipate static electricity, simply hook a small safety pin to the lining of your dress.
It's magic: the metal of the pin attracts static electricity and makes it disappear.
This trick also works with pants that stick to the body when wearing tights.
Put a small pin in the seam of the pants and voila: the static electricity is gone.
And to prevent your clothes from coming out of the dryer charged with static electricity, try this little trick.
8. Put hot water in the measuring cup to prevent the ingredients from sticking.
How do you measure honey, molasses or corn syrup without them sticking to the bottom of your measuring cup?
Grandma's trick is easy: before pouring a sticky ingredient into a graduated glass, fill it with hot water.
Next, pour out the hot water - but WITHOUT drying the container - then add your sticky ingredient to measure it. Now the sticky ingredient will come out on its own!
To discover : Finally a Tip For Weighing Ingredients WITHOUT Scales!
9. Use a chalkboard brush to defog your windshield
Tired of always struggling with your foggy windshield?
So always keep a felt chalkboard brush in your car's glove box.
This way, as soon as the windows or the windshield fog up, you can clean the fog in a snap!
You'll see, it works a lot better than an old rag!
To discover : 12 Essential Tips For Your Car In Winter.
10. To open a closed envelope without damaging it, put it in the freezer
Whoops ! Just pasted an envelope, but forgot to include something?
The solution to opening a sealed envelope without tearing it is to put it in the freezer.
To avoid getting frost on the letter, consider putting it in a freezer bag. After an hour or two, take out the envelope and it will open on its own!
Awesome, isn't it? Click here for the trick.
To discover : The Tip of Sending a Letter Without an Envelope.
11. Use conditioner to shave your legs
Yes quite !
The conditioner is the best alternative to shaving foam, because it allows a close shave and it hydrates the skin at the same time.
Plus, it's much cheaper!
So if you've bought a conditioner that's not really suitable for your hair… use it on your legs!
To discover : 6 Little Tips to Use Before and After Leg Hair Removal.
12. Use apple cider vinegar to get rid of flies
To say goodbye to those pesky fruit flies, grab a little drink.
Fill it with about 1 cm of apple cider vinegar and 2 drops of dish soap.
Mix everything well and place this glass in a place in your house where flies congregate.
You will see: the flies will be attracted to the apple cider vinegar and will not be able to get out of the trap! Discover the full tutorial here.
13. Use cornmeal against ants in the house
Make small piles of cornmeal where you have ants.
Attracted by the semolina, the ants will bring it to their colony. And over there, they will eat the cornmeal.
Except that the ants cannot digest the cornmeal, which will naturally eliminate them.
It may take a week or two for the ants to leave your house for good.
But the advantage of this method is that the cornmeal is safe for your children and pets.
You can also make corn powder using corn kernels. The tutorial is here.
Are you looking for an alternative to get rid of ants without killing them? So, click here to discover the 10 natural tips.
14. Use talcum powder to remove feagerly the sand on the skin
Are you spending the day at the beach? So put a small bottle of talcum powder in your beach bag.
When you are ready to go home, rub the talcum powder on your skin and that of your children. Thanks to the talcum powder, the grains of sand slide easily off your skin.
Handy, isn't it? And the trick also works to remove the sand stuck on baby's delicate skin. Click here for the trick.
To discover : 12 Awesome Beach Tips That Will Make Your Life Easier.
15. Put away your bed set in their pillowcase to find them easily
Tired of wasting time looking for a complete bed set every time you need to change the sheets?
Once your set has dried well, slip the fitted sheet, duvet cover into one of the pillowcases.
Now the next time you change the sheets, all the set is tidy in the same place.
No more wasting time looking for all the sheets for a set. For the tutorial, it's here.
To discover : Finally a Tip To Fold a Fitted Sheet Easily.
16. Heat the pizza in a pan to keep the crust crispy.
The problem with reheating pizza in the microwave is that the dough gets all rubbery.
But if you reheat it over medium heat in a nonstick skillet, the crust remains perfectly crisp!
And in addition, the cheese will be deliciously tender. Awesome, isn't it? Check out the easy tutorial here.
17. Use a freezer bag to make a homemade pastry bag
Do you like mimosa eggs? This is a delicious and easy recipe ... except when you need to put the egg yolk and mayonnaise stuffing in the whites. We put it everywhere.
The easy trick is to put the hard-boiled egg yolks for your stuffing in a zippered freezer bag. Close the bag and crush them well.
Add the rest of the ingredients (mayonnaise, chives, salt), close and continue to crush.
And now for the genius trick: cut off the tip of the bag and you have a homemade pastry bag!
All you have to do is press the stuffing into the eggs, without getting it all over the place.
What's more, cleaning is super easy: once finished, you can simply throw away the freezer bag.
And to know the pattern of all the pastry nozzles, click here.
To discover : 12 Essential Tips to Know Before Cooking Eggs.
Your turn...
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