Make use of household items and even kitchen waste to help you out in the garden.

Save your egg shells in a container or bucket, cover with hot water and leave for two or three days, then pour onto hydrangea bushes. The liquid is an excellent tonic for the hydrangea.

Dig your fingernails into a cake of soap before putting on gardening gloves. When finished gardening you will pleased to find your nails clean!

Filter coffee grounds and leftover black tea is splendid for feeding indoor plants.

To clean a glass vase stained by deteriorating flowers in water, rinse out the vase and add a solution of two denture cleaning tablets dissolved in warm water. Allow to stand for several hours or overnight.