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Placing small pebbles around the trunks of potted plants, prevent gullies in the soil when watering. And paste over smooth colorful stones in the pot, turn it into a work of applied art.

A persistent problem with houseplants: how not to let them dry out, when you are a long time absent from home? Have some way to ischislyaetsya to the ground was constantly wet. Here’s one such method: in pots filled with the necessary supply of water, and the bottom hole of the pot is inserted into Read more…

In many miniature clamping devices, from popular with electricians and ham radio “crocodiles” for the temporary connection of the conductor to all kinds of clothes pegs – used twisted or flat spring, which at the wrong time can break. In this case, will help out any band, is wound in the jaws of the clamp, Read more…

The lock bolt is in the mailbox does not always withstand the encroachment of the feeder bullies. Too primitive its form is thin and the iron from which it is made. But if you replace the stock bolt with steel plate cross-section 20×3 mm, bent as shown, so just the box, no one will open.

While still in school, I restored the spent battery pocket receiver rather primitive, but effective way. With pliers gently removed the graphite rod and filled the battery with water. Then waited until the water completely evaporated, put back stem — and battery-some time worked better than new.

It is not necessary to throw now unfashionable or end-of-century metal breadbox – it is more than one year can serve as a great tool box. It is only necessary to remove it movable fold-cover (or the flap if the breadbox-section) and in a suitable place, cut a hole in the wall and attach with Read more…

Famous old Gypsy method of punching out coins with a needle through a wine cork, held tightly to the coin. It turns out, this way you can hammer a nail into a concrete wall. But for this you need the tube cut into three parts, which are removed as clogging. It is clear that the Read more…

Leaky or cracked plastic bucket and the metal is also a suitable basis for the manufacture of shovels for snow removal. Enough to cut half and attach to it any way the wooden handle.

In any directory gardeners will find the Council to bend to the ground the raspberries for the winter, and, as a rule, linking Bush with Bush. I modified this bitch-flyer: quickly, easily and reliably.

From the lids for mayonnaise-tion jars and milk bottles can be cut uplotnitelya strip — polyethylene sufficiently elastic material. And cut the rim of the lid — ready clamp for rubber hose when splicing or putting on fitting or spray head.