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The Smartest Ways to Repurpose Household Items in Your Garden
Gardening is the type of hobby that seems more affordable than it actually is. Sure, there are ways around this — like borrowing items from a tool library, and taking advantage of some of the (legal) ways to get free plants — but you have to know where to find these money-saving programs and supplies.
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Weirdly Practical Ways to Use Toothpaste in Your Yard
There are lots of ways to use toothpaste around your home, but you might not realise that it is also useful outside your home. Grab a tube of the minty stuff to keep in your shed or garage for your upcoming spring and summer projects. Here are some of the ways you can use it…
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Use Old Wine Bottles to Water Your Houseplants
Glass may be recyclable, but sometimes it’s tempting to keep old wine bottles around for the aesthetic, the memories, or a little of both. If you have a tendency to hang onto your empty wine bottles, they don’t have to sit around collecting dust — they’re actually incredibly useful for watering your houseplants. Here’s how…
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What ‘Finishing’ a Spirit Means, and Why It Matters
I’m a sucker for wine cask-finished whiskeys (well, just whiskeys, really, but sometimes I pretend to have a palate). The Glenmorangie Madeira Wood was one of my first Scotch love affairs, and I recently discovered the new Basil Hayden Red Wine Cask Finish, which blends Kentucky Straight Bourbon with bourbon partially finished in red wine…