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Thursday, January 1, 2015

15 Aluminum Foil Tips to Simplify Your Life


Aluminum foil is one of the most commonly used items to save and store leftover food, but there are a surprising number of uses for foil besides food storage. Here are a few of the most interesting uses.
Fix Electronic Connections

Fix Electronic Connections

You can fold a piece of foil several times and insert it into the space between a battery and the loose spring in order to hold the battery in place and repair the circuit.
Dryer Sheet

Dryer Sheet

By tossing a ball of wadded-up foil into the dryer with a load of clothes you can avoid static cling.
Polish Silver

Polish Silver

You can quickly make your silver look new again by lining a pan with aluminum foil, adding two or three tablespoons of baking soda, adding boiling water and then dropping the tarnished silverware in.
Remove Rust

Remove Rust

By crumpling a piece of foil into a ball you can use it rub rust spots off of most surfaces including shower-curtain rods and a car bumper.
Clean Grill

Clean Grill

Ball a sheet of aluminum foil up and use it to scrub the accumulated black bits off the cooking grates of your grill.
Create A Funnel

Create A Funnel

You can shape a sheet of foil into a cone, tape it securely together and stick the foil into a bottle to use as a makeshift funnel.
Enhance Radiator

Enhance Radiator

Take a piece of plywood and wrap it around with a sheet of aluminum foil. Place it carefully behind your radiator and it will reflect heat directly into the middle of the room.
Protect Fruit Trees

Protect Fruit Trees

Birds will often eat fruit growing from your trees or knock them over. You can protect the trees from this by hanging up strips of twisted foil in the branches. The reflection of light and the sound them make blowing in the breeze will scare of the birds off.
Iron Quickly

Iron Quickly

Place a piece of aluminum foil under the ironing board cover. This will reflect the iron's heat back up to the bottom of the clothes, allowing you to iron both sides at the same time.
Glue Loose Vinyl Tile

Glue Loose Vinyl Tile

When you have a loose vinyl tile place a sheet of aluminum foil over it and press it down with a hot iron. This will melt the glue which will then stick again and glue the tile back down.
Keep Oven Clean

Keep Oven Clean

Place a sheet of foil in the bottom rack to prevent any drips or crumbs falling to the bottom. Make sure to replace regularly to avoid any damage to the oven.
Campfire Cooking

Campfire Cooking

Combine ground beef or chicken in the middle of a sheet of foil and add any vegetables or seasoning you want to them. Wrap the ends and add a second sheet to ensure the food doesn't burn and cook for 20-30 minutes for a delicious BBQ dinner.
Sharpen Scissors

Sharpen Scissors

Cut through a folded sheet of aluminum foil several times with a pair of scissors in order to sharpen the dulled blade.
Prevent Sticky Pans

Prevent Sticky Pans

When baking line the pan with a sheet of aluminum foil to prevent the cookies from sticking to the pans and keep them looking brand new.
Save Soap

Save Soap

Place foil on your soap dish to keep the soap from sitting in water and quickly wearing away.
Curling straight hair

Curling straight hair

Aluminum foil can help keep your curls lasting longer. Wrap the foil around your clump of hair you want curled and place your flat iron on top. The aluminum foil help keep the heat in the hair.
Prevent browning bananas

Prevent browning bananas

Wrap aluminum foil around the stems of your bananas to help decrease the bananas from browning quickly.
Pie Crust

Pie Crust

Pie baking can be difficult process, especially when trying to bake the middle without burning the crust. To prevent your crust burning, check your pie after 10 - 15 minutes, when the crust is golden, place strips of aluminum foil on top the crust. This will allow the middle to cook perfectly allow also preventing the dreaded crust burn. Place in the strips takes time, so be patient, you'll get the hang of it.

Monday, June 9, 2014

What is Rabbit Tobacco?


Though it is strongly aromatic, it has no narcotic properties. 

Research shows that most, if not all herbalists, past and present, deem it OK to inhale the smoke to treat colds, flu, asthma, sore mouth and throat, and congestion. The herb can be placed in a saucer and lighted, and the smoke drawn into the lungs, smoked in a pipe or rolled into a cigarette. My take on it is that one should use it when needed for the above mentioned medicinal needs. One can also use the plant to make tea, bring to a boil and breathe in the vapors to good effect. The Cherokee people are reported to have used it in this way.  It can also be used to season many dishes, as desired.

Rabbit Tobacco (also called Life Everlasting) has a long history of use by early American settlers and several Indian Tribes. In spite of its name, this marvelous organic herb is not in the tobacco family and is not addictive.  
EFFECTIVE AS AN INSECT AND SPIDER (arachnide family) repellent.
This organic plant makes an excellent herbal tea, with the added bonus of being medicinal. Use either leaves or flowers; both give you a superb product.  
". . . A spoonful of the dried leaves steeped for five minutes in a cup of boiling water will soothe coughs, open up the sinuses and act as an expectorant. Swallowed, its’ healing astringent nature is particularly beneficial to inflamed tissues of the stomach and intestines. . ." 

Darryl Patton, M.A., M.H.
Director - Coltsfoot College of Natural Health


Rabbit Tobacco
Family:    Asteraceae
Genus:    Pseudognaphalium 
Species: obtusifolium 
Taxon:    Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

This wonderful herb is also known by other names: Sweet-everlasting, Life-everlasting, Indian-posey, Old-field-posey, Cherokee-tobacco, White-balsam, Fussy-gussy, Life-of-man, Sweet-scented, Sweet-white-balsam, Fragrant-life-everlasting, Catsfoot, Sweet-cudweed, Blunt-leaved-everlasting.



Strew or place Rabbit Tobacco Strips in the below areas to combat pests such as these.

See Disclaimer below.

WINDOW SILLS
CLOSETS (Where Clothes Moths & other bugs often take up residence)
UNDER BEDS
UNDER MATTRESS SLIP
UNDER CHAIRS  & COUCHES
IN AIR VENTS
UNDER & BEHIND APPLIANCES
UNDER KITCHEN SINKS
ATTACH TO INSIDE BOTTOM OF DOORS
GARAGE
UNDER LAWN MOWER COVERS
UNDER DASHES AND SEATS OF VEHICLES
OUTDOOR BUILDINGS
SLEEPING BAGS
TENTS (Place strips at ground level)
BIRD HOUSES & CAGES (If birds accept the aroma they will have less mites to contend with)
DOG HOUSES & BEDS (will help combat fleas if your pet/s will accept the aroma)
CAT HOUSES & BEDS  (will help combat fleas if your pet/s will accept the aroma)
IN MAILBOXES (Where Black Widow & Brown Recluse spiders often take up residence).
         UNDER AUTOMOBILE SEATS & DASH (First, place the rabbit tobacco in silk stockings).

These strips can be used in many other areas, such as industrial sites, health providers, hospitals, clothing store storage, restaurant food preparation areas, and the like.

Disclaimer:  We do not guarantee that all insects, spiders, scorpions, moths and the like, will be eradicated by the use of rabbit tobacco. However, based on its use at selected homes (one of which is mine) and outbuildings, this herb has proven to be very effective. Put it out and leave it for a few weeks.
http://www.rabbittobacco.com/




Gnaphalium obtusifolium. Unmistakable by its creamy appearance in the still green background of the early fall meadows. Leaves long, elliptical and silver green colored. Plant up to one meter high. Unusual fragrance. Can be smoked for respiratory ailments or made into a relaxing tea. A common tobacco substitute used by children in rural areas. It is said to have a mild sedative effect.
Contrary to popular belief, rabbit tobacco is not marijuana.
Rabbit tobacco can be used medicinally in several ways. Smoking the leaves is good for sinusitis, head colds, and congestion. In hot teas, it is used to treat sore throats, fevers, diarrhea, colds, flu, pneumonia, asthma, and coughs, as well as a mild nerve sedative, a diuretic, and an antispasmodic.

It is know by many other names: life everlasting, sweet balsam, white balsam, sweet cudweed, cat's foot, fragrant everlasting, Indian posy, etc.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rabbit+Tobacco


Gnaphalium spicatum, shiny cudweed, develops from a distinct round silver-white rosette of leaves that grows flat on the ground. Gnaphalium purpureum, purple cudweed, has the gray-white narrow leaves along the stem that you probably think of as rabbit tobacco. All cudweeds grow as annual or biennial plants. The best way to propagate more is to collect seeds from mature flower heads now and plant them in spring.
http://www.walterreeves.com/gardening-q-and-a/rabbit-tobacco/



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