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Clean Houseplant Leaves with Banana Skins. Houseplants can be very useful in decorating your home, but you must keep them looking good. Make sure to clean any dead leaves away from your plant. To keep your leaves shiny as well as dust free, wipe them down with banana peels.

Clean Your Lawn and Yard Furniture. Outdoor furniture can take just as much wear and tear from people as your indoor furniture does, plus it usually withstand dirt, rain, and all manner of other things. If you want an easy, cheap, and environmentally safe solution for cleaning your outdoor furniture, try baking soda and water. Simply wipe your furniture down with this solution to both clean and deodorize it.

Hold Open Your Trash Bag when Sweeping Leaves. A simple TV tray stand can be a great help in holding open your garbage bags. Before you try to pick up large piles of leaves, weeds, or other garden clippings, simply prop open your garbage bag with a TV tray stand and sweep the mess in. You can make your yard cleanup process much shorter and easier, and you won't even need a dustpan.

Keep Dust Off of Your Houseplants. Dusting your houseplants can be a tedious chore. Instead of cleaning all of your houseplants yourself, recruit your children to help. Using a paintbrush instead of a rag to dust your plants can make plant dusting a fun game for children to play.