Alia Hoyt
School
University Of Georgia
Expertise
Flower And Vegetable Gardening, Household Organization, Laundry, Cleaning, And Other Household Hacks
- A longtime homeowner with quite the green thumb, Alia loves finding new and innovative ways to make her home prettier, cleaner, and more functional.
- She has never met an organizing tool that she doesn't like.
- Due to an array of skin sensitivities, she is always looking for gentler methods to clean her family's clothes and surfaces around her home.
Experience
Alia has been working as a remote freelance writer since way before it was fashionable to skip out on the office setting. A lifelong creative type, she has found great joy and professional fulfillment during her nearly 20-year career writing for sites like HowStuffWorks, Rent., TLC, and many more. She loves to tackle everyday topics that people struggle with or are interested in. Since home is where the heart is, she is especially interested in stories involving household hacks, gardening, cleaning, etc.
Education
Alia is a proud graduate of the prestigious Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. There, she earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism, majoring in public relations.
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Stories By Alia Hoyt
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White ribbons tied around trees can have a variety of meanings, but chances are that a tree marked in this way needs room to grow or will be removed soon.
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Many gardeners swear cracking a whole egg into the soil before planting tomatoes will supercharge your harvest, but here's why you might want to think twice.
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Salt's abrasive texture gives it a variety of uses. However, when it comes to yellow sweat stains, can the ingredient be used to remove them from pillows?
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As odd as they might look, bright-colored markings on trees are almost always there for a reason. If you see a row of blue-painted trees, here's what it means.
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Reusable water bottles may only hold drinking water, but they still require a thorough clean on a regular basis. And Alka-Seltzer could be the secret.
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If you frequently cook with garlic, hold onto those peels because they make a great DIY fertilizer for your plants. Here's how to make and use this fertilizer.