Monthly Archives: July 2014

How To Safely Keep Ants Off Your Hammock and Keep Them Off!

Posted on July 25, 2014 by

Ahhhhhhh I hate ANTS! After a long day of gardening and putting up a shade sail over the hammock I flumped into it for a well deserved rest. Then promptly leaped back out of it as a wave of  ants swarmed over my … Continue reading →

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How Much Sunscreen Should You Apply? Check Out This Handy Graphic

Posted on July 23, 2014 by

Remember most sunscreens need to be applied 20-30 minutes BEFORE going out in the sun, that’s how long it takes for them to START working. Sunscreen must be reapplied EVERY 2 hours, more often after swimming, sweating or Toweling off

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KILL WEEDS with Ingredients From Your Kitchen- It’s Easy, Fast and Cheap!

Posted on July 16, 2014 by

Weeds are a time and water consuming pest, if like me, you are fed up with them always showing up in the wrong place but you don’t want to add to ground water pollution give these low toxic homemade herbicides … Continue reading →

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Summer Vacation – Build a PVC Pipe Bike Rack With The Kids

Posted on July 1, 2014 by

The bikes and scooters were driving me bonkers, left all over the yard and garage. I love things we can make from stuff we already have and we have loads of bits of PVC pipe lurking around from our various … Continue reading →

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