As far as all of the pieces that make up a bedding set go, pillowcases are the most important to keep clean. Your pillow makes prolonged contact with your hair and skin oils—and, if we're being honest, sometimes drool.
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Personal finance is a hot topic, but it’s also one that a lot of people try to shy away from. The problem with this approach is that if you don’t know how to deal with your personal finances, then you’re never going to get yourself in a good position.
In this article, we’re going to be taking a look at three things people often forget about personal finance, and how paying attention to them can help you stay in control.
First and foremost, you are in control of your finances. Sometimes your money just doesn’t stretch as far as you would like it to, but you have to prioritise going forward.
Set yourself a budget if you have not done so already, and ensure that you are sticking to it. In this budget you need to include all of your bills, savings and anything else that needs to be paid, and then whatever is left is your money for little luxuries.
It can be hard to control your spending at times, but the benefits of doing so are well worth the effort.
Debts can easily get out of hand, so you should always aim to pay them off as soon as you can.
Instead of ignoring the people that you owe money to, you need to set up a payment plan and go from there. Make sure that you’re keeping up with your payments, and you will clear your debt, even if it takes time.
If you own your home, then you may wish to carry out home improvements but don’t really have the money. Keep in mind that you may have equity in your property which could be released. A lot of homeowners forget about this, and feel as though they have to live in a home that isn’t working for them right now, even though there are other options.
And there you have it: three key things that people often forget about personal finance. Staying on top of debts and
As far as all of the pieces that make up a bedding set go, pillowcases are the most important to keep clean. Your pillow makes prolonged contact with your hair and skin oils—and, if we're being honest, sometimes drool.
Life, as I like to remind my sons, isn’t always fair. All things are not equal, no matter how much we’d like them to be and some are in fact far better than others, a truth brought home to all of us eventually. Hence the expression “garden-worthy”, that brilliantly concise description used to sum up a particular cultivar or variety’s outstanding qualities.
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There’s nothing like the clean lines of freshly cut grass. But, what if we told you skipping your final step of bagging those grass clippings can actually help you grow lusher, thicker grass—and at no additional cost to you? Allowing your mower to leave behind grass clippings can have a variety of benefits for your lawn.
Wild mushroom collecting is a practice that helps people discover local food sources and the bounty generated by their own neighborhood forests. Of the many different species in North America, almost all of the mushrooms are technically edible, but many are too fibrous to consume. Only about 250 are considered significantly poisonous.
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Summer is arriving and, all of a sudden, the kitchen garden is coming into its own. I am harvesting masses of salad leaves, broad beans and strawberries, and hopefully the first new potatoes. I can almost see things growing before my eyes, including the weeds, which I make an effort to keep on top of every few days (although I leave self-seeded dark pink poppies and some mauve linaria to encourage insects and add colour). To make the most of a small space, I grow salad leaves in large galvanised metal troughs, making sure that I sow a new crop every few weeks so I have a constant supply through the summer. Salad leaf mixes, including swift-growing, cut-and-come-again lettuce, rocket and mustard leaves, are available from almost any seed company, or at garden centres. Winter salad leaves, including mizuna, are best sown after midsummer, as they tend to run to seed quickly. I grow my salad leaves in the least time-consuming way, scattering the seeds thinly on the surface of the prepared soil or compost, and raking them in gently with a hand rake. Keep them watered and they will germinate within a few days and be ready to harvest in about six weeks. If you want to grow them in your vegetable beds, it is better to sow them in drills, so that the emerging seedlings are easily distinguishable from the weeds.
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One of the most satisfying gardening jobs is laying mulch for the first time. When done well, it creates an instantly defined, crisp appearance to your garden beds, and can make any landscaped area look polished and beautiful.