Photograph Garage Sale Items

Photograph items that you don't sell at your next garage sale.

One of the best ways to get monetary credit for items that don't sell at a garage sale is to donate them to an organization, charity, school, church, or give to Good Will.

Make a list of the items you donate along with a photograph of each as proof that you actually owned and donated the items.

That's just one tip to making money with a garage sale.


*****************************************
Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email: Current address on website
*****************************************

Movie Costumes For Halloween

Movie costumes are favorites for Halloween lovers.

Whether going to a costume party, dance, contest, hayride, or trick or treating, costumes of movie characters are the best selling favorites.

Batman and the Joker are the number one costumes of choice. Batgirl costumes are also in high demand.

There is even a Batman costume for your favorite pet! But be careful with including pets on Halloween festivities. Make sure they are safe and secure.

*****************************************
Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email: Current address on website
*****************************************

Peru Grows World's Asparagus

Ever wonder where the asparagus that is for sale in U.S. supermarkets comes from? Try Peru.

Peru's climate is perfect for growing the nutritious vegetable. The climate is dry thus lowering risk of disease and the dry sandy soil is easily irrigated.

Peru is the first country to export asparagus worldwide because it can produce the crop all twelve months of the year.

According to the Peruvian Asparagus Importers Association the United States imported over 270 million pounds of asparagus of which 56 percent came from Peru.

*****************************************
Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email: Current address on website
*****************************************

Earthworms Doctor Trees

Sick and ailing trees can sometimes be made healthy again by earthworms.

Earthworm casts are full of nutrition for plants. In southern, California, George Hahn, with Tree and Plant Rescue, is saving trees that have been attacked by bark beetles.

The trees are not receiving the nutrition they need from the soil, so by adding earthworm casts and compost, the trees are being nursed back to health.


*****************************************
Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email: Current address on website
*****************************************

Slugs Love Bananas

Garden slugs can do a lot of damage to food and flower gardens. There are many natural controls for slugs that aren't harmful to children and pets.

Banana peels are loved by garden slugs. Simply place banana peels in the garden and the slugs will crawl under them overnight. In the morning, pick up the peels, drop them in some water to kill the slugs, and then pour the water, banana peels and drowned slugs onto your compost pile.

Or, alternatively, just kill the slugs and bury the peels and slugs in the garden. The banana peels will add potassium to the soil for the growing plants.

*****************************************
Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the
environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email: Current address on website
*****************************************

Coffee Deters Fleas

Expensive drugs, chemicals, and flea dips can kill fleas but do you really what to be exposing your dog to a bath in insecticide?

There are many natural remedies for fleas. Some people swear by coffee grounds.

Either save your own coffee grounds, take them home from work, or ask at the local coffee shop if you can take theirs off their hands. Most coffee shops are only too happy to have someone take the spent coffee grounds off their hands.

Rub the coffee grounds into the coat of your dog. This is best done outside as the dog will shake itself to remove the grounds and loosen up it's hair after being massaged with the coffee grounds.

While some people have had luck with coffee grounds others haven't. But either way, after a treatment with the coffee grounds, the dog's hair will be extra soft and shiny.

*****************************************
Author: Marilyn Pokorney
Freelance writer of science, nature, animals and the environment.
Also loves crafts, gardening, and reading.
Website: http://www.apluswriting.net
Email: Current address on website
*****************************************