Spring Cleaning Hacks You'll Wish You'd Found Out Years Ago

Prepare Lobster in the Dishwasher

It sounds gross, but you can actually cook a lobster tail in here. Cut, de-vein, and de-shell the tail, then put it in a mason jar with an entire stick of unsalted butter and start up the cycle. You won't believe the result when you take it out.

The More You Know

Slip PVC pipes over the handles of your pruning shears and tape them in place to extend your reach and clip high branches without a ladder.
t's easy to clean baked-on food and spills from your microwave Here's how: Partially fill a measuring or coffee cup with water and add a slice of lemon. Boil the water for a minute, and then leave the door closed and let the steam loosen the mess.
Garage floors are puddle prone: springtime floods, melting ice from tires, you name it. You can keep that water away from your tools and toys with a dam made of expanding foam.
Did you peel a label off a jar only to find paper and residue left behind? Using a cotton pad and some cooking oil, rub the residue and let it sit for a few minutes.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.