Home Hints and Timeless Tips: More than 3,000 Tried-and-Trusted Techniques for Smart Housekeeping, Home Cooking, Beauty and Body Care, Natural Remedies, Home Style and Comfort, and Easy Gardening

by Editors at Reader's Digest (Artist)

Overview

This versatile guide brings together more than 3000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested and more often than not you’ll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard.

Did you know you can make wooden platters look like new just by rubbing them with a solution of vinegar? Or that you can get your linen as white as snow by adding a few teaspoons of bicarbonate of soda to the washing powder? That a cold wristband can bring rapid relief to headache-sufferers? Would you like to learn how easy it is to make dried apples, apricots and other fruit without the use of preservatives?

This versatile guide brings together more than 3000 helpful hints, practical tips and remedies from days gone by and shows you how they can benefit your health, lifestyle, home and garden. All have been researched and tested for their practical application in today’s world and offer simple, effective alternatives to expensive products and those using toxic chemicals—and more often than not you’ll find the ingredients right there in your cupboard.

The book includes:

• Safe, time-honoured remedies to treat or prevent health problems

• Homemade cosmetics and traditional beauty tips to help you look your best

• Clever, environmentally friendly cleaning techniques to keep your home in tip-top condition

• Traditional advice for preparing great-tasting, nutritious food economically in the modern kitchen

• Tried-and-trusted principles of decoration and organization to make your home a welcoming haven

• The proven know-how of generations of gardeners to help you create a flourishing garden that is safe and chemical-free

For each of the six most important areas of life covered in the book, topics are presented in an A-Z format with special features on topics of interest, such as essential home medicines, natural cleaning products, and a season-by-season guide to gardening.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621452751
Publisher:	Trusted Media Brands
Publication date:	01/05/2016
Series:	RD Consumer Reference Series
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Good healthy… naturally 8

Acid reflux 10

Acne 11

Back pain 12

Bladder and kidney disorders 14

Blood pressure 16

Breath problems 18

Burns and scalds 19

Colds 20

Constipation 22

Depression 23

Diarrhea 24

Earache 26

Essential home medicines 28

Eye problems 30

Fatigue 32

Flatulence 34

Foot care 35

Gallstones 37

Hemorrhoids 38

Hair loss 39

Hay fever 40

Headaches 41

Heart and circulation problems 43

Insect bites 45

Joint treatments 46

Muscle pain 48

Muscle sprains 49

Nausea 50

Nervous problems 51

Respiratory disorders 52

Shingles 54

Skin treatments 55

Sleep 58

Stomach complaints 60

Strengthen your defenses 62

Teeth 64

Throat problems 66

Varicose veins 68

Warts 69

Women's reproductive health 70

Beauty and Body care 72

Homemade beauty products 74

Age spots 76

Blemishes 77

Cellulite 78

Deodorants 79

Eye care 80

Facial cleansers 82

Facial masks 84

Foot pampering 85

Hair care 87

Hair coloring 90

Hand care 91

Lip care 92

Moisturizers 93

Nail care 96

Natural perfumes 98

Nutrition for beauty 100

Oral hygiene 102

Relaxing baths 104

Scrubs 105

Shaving 106

Skin care 107

Smart housekeeping 110

Bathrooms 112

Beds and bedding 114

Carpeting 115

Curtains 117

Dishes 118

Doors 120

Fabric dyeing 121

Floors 122

Footwear 124

Furniture 126

Glass and mirrors 128

Glassware 129

Housecleaning 130

Household aids and accessories 132

Ironing 133

Jewelry 134

Kitchen care 136

Kitchen gadgets and utensils 138

Laundry 140

Leather 142

Lighting 143

Odors 144

Pests 146

Pots and pans 148

Sewing and mending 150

Silver, brass and pewter 152

Stain removal 154

Traditional cleaners 156

Upholstery 158

Walls 160

Windows 162

Home cooking 164

Baking, cookies and cakes 166

Bread 168

Cooking tips 170

Drying food 172

Entertaining 174

Flavored liqueurs 176

Food safety 178

Freezing 180

Grains 182

Herbs 184

Jams and Jellies 186

Juices 188

Kitchen safety 190

Leftovers 192

Meat, fish and poultry 194

Nonalcoholic beverages 196

Oils and vinegars 198

Pasta and rice 199

Potatoes 201

Preserves 202

Preserving in vinegar and oil 204

Rescues and solutions 206

Sauces, gravies and dressings 208

Seasonal produce 210

Shopping 212

Soups and stocks 214

Spices 216

Sweets and treats 218

Table and place settings 220

Thrift in the kitchen 222

Style and comfort 224

Balconies, decks and patios 226

Beautiful bedrooms 228

Blankets and throws 230

Book care 231

Candlelight 232

Choosing carpets 233

Clocks 235

Colors 236

Decorating 238

Displays 240

Door wreaths 241

Fireplaces and woodstoves 242

Floral decorations 244

Fragrances in the home 246

Fresh, bright bathrooms 248

Furnishing for comfort 250

Heating and cooling 251

Home safely 252

Indoor plants 254

Light conditions 256

Lighting 257

Maintaining your home 259

Natural materials 260

Parties 262

Pictures 264

Pillows and cushions 265

Space saving 266

Storage solutions 268

Table linen and kitchen fabrics 270

Wallpaper 272

Wall treatments 274

Window dressing 276

Gardening with nature 278

Berries and currants 280

Bulbs 282

Climbing plants 284

Companion planting 286

Compost 287

Crop rotation 289

Feeding and revitalizing 290

Flower beds and borders 292

Fruit trees 294

Fruit vines 299

Gardening tools 301

Hedge care 302

Herb gardens 304

Kitchen gardens 306

Lawns 308

Organic pest control 310

Ornamental shrubs and trees 312

Plant diseases 314

Planting for privacy 316

Plant propagation 318

Pot and container plants 320

Roses 322

Season by season 324

Soil 326

Tasks for winter 328

Transplanting 329

Vegetable and salad beds 330

Watering 332

Weed control 334

Index 336