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1,001 Country Home Tips & Tricks
Household Hints for Cleaning, Gardening, Cooking, Sewing, and More
Series: 1,001 Tips & Tricks
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Over 1,000 Tips for Gardening, Country Cooking, Saving Money, DIY Cleaning Solutions, Home Remedies, and More!
This comprehensive collection of practical tips covers all aspects of keeping a country home, from painting a wall to removing wine stains, making perfect pastry to making your own window cleaner. In addition, find advice for cleaning carpets, making jam, wallpapering, knitting, sewing, and more!
Woven throughout are poems and proverbs, legends and lore, making this an enjoyable read and a perfect housewarming gift.
- Crisp limp lettuce and celery by placing in a pan of cold water for an hour with slices of raw potato.
- If an aluminium pan has become discoloured, boil some apple peel in it for a few minutes, then rinse and dry.
- Tighten up sagging cane seats of chairs by scrubbing both the top and underside with hot soapy water. Rinse in cold salt water.
- Sprinkle salt on paths and brickwork crevices to get rid of weeds and grass.
- A needle can be threaded more easily if a little hairspray, starch, or beeswax is put on the end of the thread.
- Sage tea is a valuable tonic that stimulates the circulation and soothes a persistent cough.
Complete with lovely colour illustrations throughout, 1,001 Country Home Tips & Tricks by Mary Rose Quigg is a delightful and useful read.
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1,001 Country Home Tips & Tricks by Mary Rose Quigg receives praise for its practicality and breadth of ideas, with readers appreciating the abundance of useful tips and tricks that easily integrate into daily life. It is considered a valuable resource for anyone looking to enhance their home and garden routines.
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ISBN: 9781510762244
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 June 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Sky Pony Press
Illustration: 50 color illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 165.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 657g
Pages: 216
About the Author
Mary Rose Quigg is a bestselling authorwith over 500,000 copies of her books in print. She raised five children in Co Cork, Ireland while working as a cook in several restaurants. Over the years she accumulated a collection of hints and tips from friends and family, especially her mother. Over a decade ago she moved with her husband and two children to France where they run a busy restaurant in the picturesque countryside.
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