by Maria | Mar 8, 2025 | Tips
Another Idea to Keep Your Bin from Getting Smelly Keep your old plastic bags, especially ones with tops that seal. You can use these to place any wet kitchen rolls, napkins or tissues that you’ve used. Or to put anything that may make your bin contents smelly that you...
by Maria | Mar 6, 2025 | Tips
A Separate Bin for Organic Food Waste If we are on the boat for long periods of time and know that we won’t get to land to dispose of our organic waste then we have to keep it separate from our dry waste or the bin will start to smell very quickly. We use an old...
by Maria | Mar 5, 2025 | Tips
Plastic Bottle Bins! Whilst on passage or if we are going to be out sailing for a few weeks without being able to dispose of our rubbish on land, I get the largest plastic bottle I can find, cut up all my plastic, cardboard, and paper, and shove it in with the end of...
by Maria | Mar 5, 2025 | Tips
Always Cleaning, Try These Magic Sponges I was told about these sponges in 2014 when we lived in Singapore. There were some scuff marks on our apartment walls and the agent said, try a magic sponge to remove them! They are brilliant on the boat. I did learn that you...
by Maria | Mar 5, 2025 | Tips
Ice Trays, Not Just for Ice. I don’t just use my ice trays for ice . They are great for preserving things that will go off in the fridge. I squeeze lemons and limes into them and freeze these. Once frozen I remove them and store them in a labelled Ziploc bag or a...
by Maria | Mar 5, 2025 | Tips
Much Better Than String When we first bought Jamala, we used these to tie up our water hose and electric cable. We now use them for everything: attaching our guy ropes (for our poles) to rails for easy release, holding the boat hook onto the grab rail, and securing...
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