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You can get the same effect by just adjusting the level of the floater. In newer toilets, there is usually a long plastic screw you can turn. On older toilets, you can just bend the bar the floater is attached to. This means the toilet stops filling at a lower volume of water, just as with adding a rock or plastic bottle. The problem with this method is that toilets are designed to flush with a certain volume/pressure of water, so if you reduce the volume of water in the tank, you reduce the pressure available to flush the toilet. There are inexpensive dual-flush conversion kits available that allow you to maintain the appropriate volume and pressure of water, but just use less per flush.

Vinegar and baking soda can be used to clean just about anything, as long as you remember *not* to combine them. That fizz in step 4 is the vinegar and baking soda reacting to make water and CO2, two compounds not known for their super cleaning powers. You may remember this little experiment from elementary school science class "volacanos." So, by all means heat your vinegar in the pan , but then empty it out before adding the baking soda. By adding the baking soda to the vinegar, though, you are just wasting both.

I have found the EcoSMART Weed & Grass Killer to be quite effective. I sprayed it on some grass growing up from the sidewalk in front of our store and it turned brown and withered within about 20 minutes. Also, it actually smells great. It is non-toxic and safe around kids and pets.
More info here:
http://www.ecosmart.com/products/weed-and-grass-killer/

We do also sell it at our store:
http://www.greenwardshop.com/shop/home/clean/garden-and-compost/7362-weed-38-grass-killer-24-oz-bottle/

Scott Walker
Greenward