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How to Plant a Peach Tree
Peach trees are fast-growing fruit trees that produce fruit as early as 3 to 4 years when grown from a pit. However, most gardeners prefer to purchase young trees from nurseries or tree farms rather than try to grow a tiny, fragile seedling into a viable...
How to Fix Dashboard Lights That Won't Light
When the dashboard lights in your vehicle malfunction or cease to operate, the resulting effects can range from being a mere annoyance to posing a safety hazard. Locating the problem and finding a remedy is essential. Start by inspecting the dashboard dim...
How to Melt Sugar
Melting sugar breaks the bonds of granulated sugar so it can be recrystallized into different shapes by using molds or other tools. Melting sugar is also the first step in making caramels and candies. The melting temperature determines what can be made wi...
How to Trim Shrubs
Shrubs can make a beautiful addition to any yard or garden, but if left to grow on their own, can look out of control. Routinely trimming your shrubs can help them look well-maintained and prevent them from damaging your home's siding. Trimming shrubs can...
How to Evaluate a Speech
Evaluating someone else’s speech and offering feedback is a great way to improve your own public speaking skills, but what should you be focusing on? This wikiHow will teach you how to listen actively to a speech, break it down, and analyze the most impor...
How to Smudge a House
The smudging ceremony is a Native American tradition that cleanses bad feelings and negative spirits from houses. Smudging is done by burning specific dried herbs and letting the smoke float around the house. Read these instructions to perform a smudging...
How to Pick up a Hamster for the First Time
Hamsters are cute little animals that make good pets, especially for children. If you’ve recently brought home a new hamster, you need to be intentional regarding how and when you pick it up. Hamsters can be frightened by new surroundings and unfamiliar p...
How to Use Dry Ice
You may be familiar with dry ice used for fog effects during Halloween, or perhaps for use keeping summer drinks cold in the summer season. Dry ice has many applications and is especially handy should your freezer break down. Carbon dioxide in solid form...
How to Ripen Kiwi Fruit
Kiwifruit is best when vine-ripened, but certain varieties taste just as good when they're ripened at home. The trick is to choose a good kiwi to begin with. After that, you just set it on your kitchen counter and wait for the kiwi to reach its juicy, fla...
How to Cite a Photograph
If you discuss or use a photograph in a paper or publication, you will need to cite it. A good citation protects the photographer's ownership of the image and allows your readers to access the image for further reference. The way you cite a photograph wil...
How to Start an Organic Vegetable Garden
Growing your own organic vegetables is a great way to ensure you have healthy foods for your favorite recipes. When you grow organic veggies, you won't be able to treat them with chemicals or herbicides, so you’ll need to be more mindful of pests. If you...
How to Measure Helmet Size
Whether you're bicycling, playing softball, riding a motorcycle, or gearing up for your first football game, wearing a helmet can help protect you from traumatic brain injuries. But your helmet is only effective protection if it fits you correctly. The mo...
An Ultimate Guide on How to Use a Laser Cutter
A laser cutter is a machine that uses a laser to cut and engrave materials. Choose an image you would like to cut or engrave, optimise it for laser cutting, pick a material, and then press print on the laser cutter. This is a quick and easy way to replica...
How to Adjust Sewing Machine Timing
Your sewing machine's timing is essential to achieving even stitches in your fabric and ensuring that the machine's parts are working in sync. Although the general process for adjusting timing is the same for most sewing machines, the method of removing,...
How to Preserve Rose Petals
Whether presented as a gift or grown in a garden, roses may represent fond memories for many people. If you prefer not to part with your roses, there are several ways to preserve them. You can use gels and sands to dry out of the roses. You can also use h...
How to Use Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is an extension for the Firefox browser that allows users to write or install scripts that change the functionality of a website. The scripts are executed every time a website is loaded, so Greasemonkey could be used to permanently alter a us...