Wet snow may be great for snowballs, but it certainly makes shoveling the driveway all the more difficult—the snow just sticks to the shovel. A few sprays of non-stick cooking spray, though, should fix that in a pinch.


Photo by Sharon Mollerus.

Reader mccartcz writes in to share that spraying some Pam onto your snow shovel will make the snow slide right off when you shovel. And he isn't alone, either—it looks like this tip comes recommended in more than one place around the internet. I haven't tried this myself, since the snow has been unusually pathetic here in Michigan thus far this year—but perhaps those in the East that are still buried can let us know how this works in the comments.