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

Steam Vegetables in the Dishwasher

You can place fresh cut veggies in a mason jar with one cup of water on the top rack of your dishwasher. You can run it on a normal cycle and your veg will come out steamed and ready to eat. Again, don't add any soap.

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If the wine's room temperature, you can ease that cork out by heating the neck of the bottle with a hair dryer. Just make sure you're not doing this with sparkling wine or wine that's been refrigerated or you could break the bottle or cause the cork to forcefully eject.
Put some aluminum foil in the bottom of your fireplace before you lay down your logs.
Hollow out a watermelon, slice off the top, and pierce the side with a spigot. Then, fill the "keg" with your favorite punch and replace the lid to keep the drinks—and the conversation—flowing.
By folding shirts KonMari- or military-style and sandwiching (instead of stacking), you can fit more into each dresser drawer and have a better visual of what's inside.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.