Stack your meats in freezer according to expected useage

•”When you come home from the grocery store, stack the meats in your freezer according to expected use. For instance, if you are going to have pork chops on Monday and fish on Friday, you’d want to put the pork chops on top of the fish. This way, you need not dig around for what you need to defrost. And make sure you wrap everything well.” — A.R. in Oregon

•”This is a tip for when you drop a glass or when something glass shatters. It can be easy to pick up the big pieces carefully, but the little shards are a nightmare to get up. Use a piece of bread. Just sweep up what you can find as best you can, then give the whole area a ‘sweep’ with a piece of white bread. It’s like magic, and the tiny pieces of glass won’t poke through, as they do a paper towel.” — Y.S. in Pennsylvania

•”Here’s something many people don’t think about. As spring and summer bring nicer temperatures, we tend to leave our windows open to air out the house. Even sometimes when we are not home, we might leave a few upstairs windows open. If you do this, make sure you don’t store ladders on the outside of your home or have a trellis or close-by tree that makes it easy for a burglar to access the second floor of your home.” — V.F. in Indiana

•Whether you recycle because of global warming, landfill overload or environmental issues, the planet thanks you. But remember that recycling is only one part of going green. “Reduce” and “re-use” are just as important. Choose products with less packaging. Have small appliances fixed instead of automatically replacing them. And keep recycling.