{"id":138836,"date":"2023-08-18T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-microwave-lemon-trick-and-10-other-household-hacks-that-actually-work\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T17:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:18:49","slug":"the-microwave-lemon-trick-and-10-other-household-hacks-that-actually-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-microwave-lemon-trick-and-10-other-household-hacks-that-actually-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The microwave lemon trick \u2013 and 10 other household hacks that actually work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nClean pans, blitz stains, make your own fertiliser \u2026 experts share their best domestic shortcutsKeep pot plants alive while you\u2019re on holiday with this ingenious set-up from Armen Adamjan, founder of Creative_Explained on TikTok and Instagram. Take a discarded plastic bottle, pierce the cap with the tip of a sharp knife and stick a cotton bud through the hole. Fill the bottle with water, replace the lid, tape a skewer or small bamboo cane to the side of the bottle so it extends about 20cm beyond the lid, and turn the whole thing upside down (a hole in the base of the bottle will help the water flow). Poke the skewer into the soil at the base of a potted plant and the water will slowly drip down the cotton bud, keeping your plant babies going until you get back. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2023\/aug\/18\/experts-share-household-hacks-that-actually-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The microwave lemon trick \u2013 and 10 other household hacks that actually work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Clean pans, blitz stains, make your own fertiliser \u2026 experts share their best domestic shortcutsKeep&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-A7i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68486,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-treat-your-terrarium-james-wong\/","url_meta":{"origin":138836,"position":0},"title":"How to treat your terrarium | James Wong","date":"October 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Forget the hipster bottle gardens of Instagram; follow the Victorians\u2019 advice and your terrarium will thriveYou know things are bad when you recognise the trends all the cool kids are doing from the last time round. 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