Oily rags: The best gifts are often free

See children's faces as they open their Christmas gifts is great.

Mail bags are full again. Here is an example of the latest tips we received and issues for the thrifty community.

Cheryl-Anne Auckland this question: "I wonder if anyone has advice on getting the blue nail polish from carpet bright"

Warren Tauranga require clean tiles for advice shower. "I'm after cleaning the efficient shower. - How in the window cleaning tiles, and the accumulation of black mold in silicone grout between the tiles and the wall"

Carolyn Perth, said: "I want to create a cookbook of family - so many memories of cooking and baking mom, smells and tastes.

To create a website for you, which is expensive to use. So I'm looking for ideas shared by creating a fun, easy recipes collection full of memories, photographs and nutrition with the proximity of the family. Any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. "Dropoff Window

If you help Cheryl-Anne Warren and Carolyn, send your suggestions to oilyrag.co.nz

Marie composting Rotorua has this advice: "If you do not mind a compost pile can be a big pile of stinking mud sloshy you are supposed to type the word, the hard work, especially for older Here's a tip .. Get a 40. gallon drum of age. Make a hole in the ground. Put keep a crumpled piece of canvas over the hole free, and maybe a few pieces. Support on brick, so you can easily slip a bucket under the hole. Insert the remains of vege and weeds on, put a lid on, if you have one, and moisture is held in the main to the ocean wonderful manure. This method is particularly well very wet for grass clippings can go. If the worms begin appear in the liquid that you record and to have empty. It is full of beautiful compost ".

Auckland PB wrote: "If fruit and veges are seasonal, so cheap, buy frozen can do this, for example, Brussels sprouts, so I have to Christmas .."

Ramenkia Papakura must tofu trick: "Tofu is an important protein for vegetarians usually in Chinese grocery stores to buy tofu in individual boxes and two pieces costs When you buy a small family, a package that .. over $ 1 box instead of packing. into two parts, as once opened, will only last two or three days -. if the water changed every day, you can buy two packs tofu package and kept in the refrigerator until needed, it can be for two or three weeks. hold if they do not. "

Anonymous Whangarei has this trick to clean stains on clothing. "Just Squeeze lemon juice smeared on the stain and then rinse with crude salt. Then put in bright sunlight. You may need to repeat the process, but most of the time once again does the trick."

Sue Christchurch reblogged this proposal, low cost christmas gifts. "In recent years, all adult family members, the food, wine and company decided Christmas The sale is only for the children and grandchildren, making enjoy a great day - Looking .. their faces."

A player Whangarei is to have a "do" Christmas. A happy family parents get a customized chicken from leftover materials produced. Paraparaumu Gaynor has several tips to share. "Wrap the top of the tights age all the hair with a soft brush and a little detergent if necessary clean, the car or window. Irrigation Lanza first aid, then dry with a clean cloth. Cut sections in stockings feet or socks to the lower legs caught for stopping in a bicycle chain. pieces of old socks are efficient cleaning cloths. old shirts and underwear make good pajama top. Get Latest tubes cutting them in half. "

* Frank and Muriel Newman are the authors of the life of the smell of an oily rag in New Zealand.

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