It's time once again for warm days, sunshine and outdoor fun.  It's also time to tackle laborious garden chores, kids tracking sand into the house, pesky ants ruining picnics and other seasonal woes.  But you don't have to buy expensive products to do the work.  Home/Lifestyle expert Gigi Lubin reveals how you can take on the toughest jobs with common, inexpensive items you can find right in your home.

We all know that salt perks up a meal; baby powder is a great antiperspirant for little ones and grownups, and Silly String is just plain fun.  But with a segment she calls Simple Products, Extraordinary Soltuions, Lubin shows how to put these everyday household items to even more practical, yet little-known uses.

She reveals how you can:

Effortlessly remove sand from little feet with baby powder.

Use plain old table salt to keep ants at bay.

Help prevent rusting on tools and camping gear by using a lubricant new to the U.S. but found in Canadian cabinets for 50 years.

Put out a fire using a spray can.

Outline a garden plot or determine where to place that new swimming pool by using Silly String.

CREDENTIALS:  Gigi Lubin is a former television news reporter who has a master's degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University.  She is a respected home and lifestyle expert who has appeared as a home safety expert on QVC and on newscasts throughout the United States.  Lubin has helped to educate the public about such important home safety products as carbon monoxide detectors.  She has also worked with the International Housewares Association and the International Home & Housewares Show helping companies introduce new products that make life easier, and more fun.

AVAILABILITY:  Nationwide by arrangement.                                            CONTACT:  Chris Hester, (708) 268-9222 (IL); chris@newsmarkinc.com