Kill weeds and grass growing in unwanted places by pouring full-strength white distilled vinegar on them until plants have starved. This works especially well in crevices and cracks of walkways and driveways. This way is safe comparing with pesticides which may harm your children and pets. Furthermore the cost is low.
Increase soil acidity. In hard water areas, add a cup of vinegar to a gallon of tap water occasionally for watering acid loving plants like rhododendrums, gardenias, azaleas and hydrangeas. The vinegar will add acidic to the soil and release iron in the soil for the plants to use to grow the plants beautifully.
Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.
Preserve cut flowers and liven droopy ones in a vase. Add two tablespoons of vinegar plus three tablespoons of sugar per quart of warm water. Stems should be in three to four inches of water.
Clean pots before repotting, rinse with vinegar to remove excess lime.
Rinse your hands liberally with vinegar after working with garden lime to avoid rough and flaking skin.
Neutralize garden lime by adding vinegar to the area.
Kill slugs by spraying them with a mixture of 1 part water and 1 part vinegar.
Stop ants from congregating or eliminate anthills by pouring vinegar on the area.
Keep rabbits from eating your plants. Put cotton balls soaked in white distilled vinegar in a 35mm film container. Poke a hole in the top and place in the garden.
Discourage cats from getting into the kids’ sandbox with white distilled vinegar.
Remove mold from terra cotta pots by soaking in a solution of 1 cup white distilled vinegar, 1 cup chlorine bleach, and 1 gallon of warm water before scrubbing with a steel wool pad.
Get rid of the water line in a flower vase by filling it with a solution of half water and half vinegar, or by soaking a paper towel in vinegar and stuffing it into the vase so that it is in contact with the water line.
Remove crusty rim deposits on house planters or attached saucers by soaking them for several hours in an inch of full-strength vinegar.
Clean out stains and white mineral crusts in clay, glazed and plastic pots by soaking them for an hour or longer in a sink filled with a solution of half water and half vinegar.
Clean a hummingbird feeder with vinegar—soap or detergent can leave behind harmful residue.
Clean a birdbath by scrubbing it often with undiluted vinegar. Rinse well.
Get rid of rust on spigots, tools, screws or bolts by soaking the items overnight or for several days in undiluted vinegar.
Avoid skin problems after working in the garden by rinsing your hands in white distilled vinegar.
When cleaning an outdoor fountain, soak the pump in white distilled vinegar to remove any mineral deposits.
Cure a cement pond before adding fish and plants by adding one gallon of vinegar to every 200 gallons of water. Let sit three days. Empty and rinse thoroughly.
Sanitize outdoor furniture and picnic tables with a cloth soaked in vinegar.
Remove berry stains on your hands by rubbing them with vinegar.
Clean plastic patio furniture with a solution of 1 tablespoon vinegar to 1 gallon of water.
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