| Get clicking | | 8:36am Wednesday 30th April 2008 | | If you are a regular searcher on the web, then sign up to everyclick.com and raise money for charity as you search. Everyclick gives half of the revenue it receives from advertisers to charity every month. You can sign up for the charity of your choice, or money is distributed among all its charities. |
| Pass it on | | 11:22am Wednesday 23rd April 2008 | | To help with your children's practical maths practice, reader John C Taylor, of the Aire Valley, suggests cutting the totals off your old shop till receipts and asking the young mathematicians to work out the total. |
| Pass it on | | 3:43am Wednesday 16th April 2008 | | Empty, washed out soup pots or ice cream tubs are ideal containers for food to be frozen. Or why not use them to store small items like reader John Taylor, of the Aire Valley, does? |
| Pass it on | | 6:21pm Wednesday 26th March 2008 | | Late frosts are a danger to your outside water pipes and plants coming into leaf and flower. One way to protect them is to use any of the bubble wrap that so often packages items you buy these days. Reader John Taylor, of the Aire Valley suggests wrapping it round your taps or delicate plants and securing it with tape. |
| Pass it on: slugs and snails | | 9:54am Wednesday 19th March 2008 | | Slugs and snails are back on the loose around the garden so, instead of poisonous pellets, why not try more eco-friendly ways of deterring them from chomping your prized plants? |
| Pass it on: slugs and snails | | 9:54am Wednesday 19th March 2008 | | Slugs and snails are back on the loose around the garden so, instead of poisonous pellets, why not try more eco-friendly ways of deterring them from chomping your prized plants? |
| Pass it on | | 8:46am Wednesday 12th March 2008 | | When your toothbrush becomes too worn-out to be effective on your teeth, then it can have further use as a cleaning brush in hard-to-get-to spots around the house. Or reader John Taylor, of the Aire Valley, suggests passing it on to your children to use as a paint brush. |
| Pass it on | | 8:53am Wednesday 27th February 2008 | | Local gardening clubs and allotment societies are a mine of advice and information, so why not get in touch? Many hold "seed swap" events at this time of year when you can find out the best varieties to grow in your area. Ask at your local library or council to find out if there is one near you. |
| Pass it on | | 3:15pm Tuesday 19th February 2008 | | A lot of people collect thin plastic bags they get from the supermarkets or other shops to specifically use as bin liners and around the home. Instead do not use a liner at all and wash out the bin more regularly or, if you do need a bag, why not cut down your use of petrochemical plastics and buy bags made from corn starch, above, instead? These bags use less resources and fully decompose in landfill and so are not polluting. |
| Pass it on | | 1:20am Thursday 14th February 2008 | | If you need to build up your fitness for the long walks of summer after a winter of relative inactivity, then one way to go about it is to intersperse short bursts of harder walking into your normal ramble. Do a couple of minutes of fast walking repeated every so often. Or when you are faced with a steep gradient try to keep your speed up all the way and then take a rest at the top. |
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