Saturday, May 19, 2012
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In the Garden:
 

  • Grow beautiful azaleas: Occasionally water plants with a mixture of two tablespoons vinegar to one quart water. Azaleas love acidic soil.

 

  • Kill grass on walks and driveways. Pour full strength on unwanted grass.

 

  •  Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have starved.

 

  • Increase soil acidity. In hard water areas, add a cup of vinegar to a gallon of tap water for watering acid loving plants like rhododendrums, gardenias, or azaleas. The vinegar will release iron in the soil for the plants to use.

 

  • Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.

 

  • Prolong the life of flowers in a vase. Add two tablespoons of vinegar plus three tablespoons of sugar per quart of warm water. Stems should be in three to four inches of water.

 

  • Neutralize garden lime. Rinse your hands liberally with vinegar after working with garden lime to avoid rough and flaking skin. Clean pots before repotting, rinse with vinegar to remove excess lime.
 

 

 

BUGS AND ANIMALS:

 
  • Fish bowl cleaner Eliminate that ugly deposit in the gold fish tank by rubbing it with a cloth dipped in vinegar and rinsing well.
 
  • Eliminate animal urine stains from carpet. Blot up urine with a soft cloth, flush several times with lukewarm water, then apply a mixture of equal parts vinegar and cool water. Blot up, rinse, and let dry.
 
  • Deter ants. Spray vinegar around door and window frames, under appliances, and along other known ant trails.
 
  • Remove skunk odor from a dog. Rub fur with full strength vinegar; rinse.
 
  • Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on an area to discourage cats from walking,sleeping, or scratching on it.
 
  • Keep dogs from scratching ears. Clean the inside of the ears with a soft cloth dipped in diluted vinegar.
 
  • Keep away fleas and mange. Add a little vinegar to your pet's drinking water. Keep chickens from pecking each other. Add cider vinegar to their drinking water.
 
  • Clean milking equipment. Rinse with vinegar to leave system clean, odorless, and bacteria free without harmful chemical residue.
 

 

 

 CARS AND TOOLS:

 
  • Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.
 
  • Clean rust from tools, bolts, and spigots. Soak the rusted tool, bolt, or spigot in undiluted vinegar overnight.
 
  • Keep car windows frost free. Coat the windows the night before with a solution of three parts vinegar to one part water.

 

 

HEALTH AND BEAUTY:

 
  • Dampen your appetite. Sprinkle a little vinegar on prepared food to take the edge off your appetite.
 
  • Soothe a bee or jellyfish sting. Dot or douce the irritated area with vinegar and relieve itching.
 
  • Relieve itching by using a cotton ball to dab mosquito and other bug bites with Vinegar straight from the bottle.
 
  • Relieve sunburn by lightly rubbing it with vinegar. You may have to reapply.
 
  • Take 1 cup of vinegar and warm water into a large glass and use to rinse your hair after you shampoo. Vinegar adds highlights to brunette hair, restores the acid mantel, and removes  soap film and sebum oil.
 
  • You take 1 tablespoon full and swollow when you have the hiccups. It stops them instantly.
 
  • Relieve dry and itchy skin. Add 2 tablespoons to bath water.
 
  • Fight dandruff, by rinsing with vinegar and 2 cups of warm water, after shampooing.
 
  • Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water. Gargle, then swallow.
 
  • Cure for colds. Mix one-quarter cup Apple Cider Vinegar with one-quarter cup honey. Take one tablespoon six to eight times daily.
 
  • Treat sinus infections and chest colds. Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to the vaporizer.
 
  • Feel good recipe. A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, with a bit of honey added for flavor, will take the edge off your appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.
 
  • Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.
 
  • Remove warts by applying a lotion of half cidervinegar and half glycerin. Apply daily to warts until they dissolve.
 
  • Relieve arthritis. Before each meal, drink a glass of water containing two teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar. Give it at least three weeks to start working.
 
  • Remove corns by making a poultice of one crumbled piece of bread soaked in one-quarter cup Vinegar. Let poultice sit for one-half hour, then apply to the corn and tape in place overnight. If corn does not peel off by morning, reapply the poultice for several consecutive nights.
 
  • Cure an upset stomach by drinking two teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar in one cup water.
 
  • Prevent yeast infections. Douche with one tablespoon vinegar to one quart warm water, to adjust the pH balance in the vagina.
 
  • Clean dentures by soaking them overnight in vinegar, then brush away tartar with a toothbrush.
 
  • Relieve cough by mixing one-half cup Apple Cider Vinegar, one-half cup water, one teaspoon cayenne pepper, and four teaspoons honey. Take one tablespoon when cough acts up. Take another tablespoon at bedtime.
 

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