Helpful hints

If you see an ant mound in your yard, buy a 5 pound bag of white sugar and pour it generously over all the mounds. The ants will cease foraging and consume the empty calorie sugar and starve to death within 48 hours.

Use rubbing alcohol to remove ink stains

Colloidal silver will kill any germ, virus or fungus with no side effects. I use it for cuts, mouthwash and soured laundry. It also prevents milk from going bad without altering the taste.

Microwave your underwear if you suffer from crotch rot or a yeast infection.

Gargling with pure squeezed lemon juice will clear a sore throat and kill most of the germs residing on the tonsils.

Take 4 aspirin before going to bed if you have been drinking.

Soak your faucet aerators in vinegar overnight if you have hard water. Run a quart of vinegar in your dishwasher to remove scale and get the lime off of your dishes.