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Little things add up. Here are some asy ways to help preserve the earth from the Farmers’ Almanac.
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Easy Ways to Help the Earth
Little things add up. Here are some asy ways to help preserve the earth from the Farmers’ Almanac.- Recycle those plastic bags you get from the produce department at your local store. To keep them neat and easy to find, make a dispenser out of an empty half-gallon container from milk or juice. Rise the container, let it air dry, cut a hold in the middle. Fill the container with your plastic bags. Simply pull out your bags as needed.
- Make your ownmwindow cleaner: 1 gal. warm water, 1⁄2 cup white vinegar, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, 1⁄2 cup ammonia.
- Check the temperature of your refrigerator. You’re wasting energy and money if it’s too cold. The temperature should be around 36-39 degrees Fahrenheit, and the freezer should be 0-6 degrees Fahrenheit. Check the temperature with a good thermometer.
- If everyone in the country planted a tree a year for the next consecutive ten years, we could cut ozone pollution by 15%.
- Looking for a natural insect repellent? Try splashing a little vinegar on exposed skin. If that doesn’t work, try eating garlic-filled foods, or rubbing garlic on your skin. Mosquitoes do not like the smell of garlic.
- Natural fly repellent: scratch the skin of an orange and leave it where the flies are. Flies will leave as they don’t like the citrus oil that will be released.
- Start good habits at home. Scrape dishes rather than rinsing them before placing them in a dishwasher. Only run the dishwasher when it’s completely full. And use the energy-saving drying feature.
