Whoever invented Axe is the devil. I had to walk through the boys’ side of the hall to get to my room all last year, and each time I entered the hallway, I was bombarded …

Some boys seem to think that the best method of removing their male scent from their room is to close all the windows and the door and plaster the room with Lysol. Side …

This year, some of the boys on my floor in college were big pot smokers. Every time they would come inside after smoking, they would take off their jackets, pull out a can …

My voice teacher (strangely enough) likes air fresheners and scented candles. A lot. Usually the smell is quite profuse, but this time she had just plugged in a new flower-scented air freshener – right …

Mealy bugs look like little bits of cotton on a plant. They seem to especially like juicy plants like jade, as they latch on to drink the fluids in the leaves.
Denatured alcohol or vodka
Cotton balls
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If you’ve ever been wondering how many toxic chemicals we could put in our home, wonder no longer. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday …

I went to Home Depot to buy a garbage can. I chose Home Depot instead of Lowe’s, which is closer, because of all the aisles of pesticides. I wanted to avoid the smell. Mistake. Home …

My house is built on a hill and so in order to have a garden we needed to build terraces. I was assured by the building supply company in the late 90s when I built …