In greenhouses, many plants can be infested with tiny pests that are difficult to recognise with the naked eye. With a newly purchased houseplant, these pests enter the household and continue to damage the plant and all other plants in the house. Plants that spend the summer outdoors can also bring larger insects into the house. How do you get rid of pests on houseplants?

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What could be nicer than sitting on the couch with a cold beer, especially with friends? Unfortunately, it's easy to spill a little beer and ruin a good leather sofa. How can you remove beer from a leather sofa so that no visible stains remain?

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Adding salt to the wash can help to prevent the colours in clothes from bleeding, especially new or brightly coloured garments. The salt acts as a fixative and...

The toilet is one of the most important and most frequently used facilities in the household. How long does a new toilet bowl last and when should you replace it?

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A homemade witch's broom is not only practical in the household, but also a beautiful accessory for witch costumes. A simple witch's broom consists of a roughly bound, round broom head, instead of the flat broom head of conventional household brooms, and a wooden stick.

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Moths in the wardrobe are considered a plague. Nevertheless, it is not the moths themselves that eat holes in the clothes and fabrics, but rather the moth larvae that feed on natural fibres and wool. How do moths get into the wardrobe? If you know more about the behaviour of moths, you can better prevent a moth plague.

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Urine under black light: Cat urine, dog urine, human urine and other bodily fluids with a high protein content glow under black light. Black light is therefore ideal for finding such stains on carpets and upholstery. Many...

Warm weather encourages cockroaches to breed. It is therefore not surprising that in summer, especially in southern European climates, there are numerous cockroaches that can develop into a plague. To eliminate cockroach infestation, it is important to know the causes that attract the crawling creatures.

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Glass is more than two and a half millennia old and thus one of the oldest forms of packaging. In recycling, used glass is melted down and processed into new glass containers.

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Wasps and bees have venom glands at the back of their bodies. The sting injects the venom into people and animals that wasps and bees feel directly threatened by. What happens when you find a dead wasp, can you touch it or can dead wasps still sting?

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