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Cleaning With Lemons
To remove tough food stains from your cutting board rub with lemon juice and baking soda. This will also kill germs and freshen.
Clean and deodorize your microwave by placing 4 tablespoons of lemon juice in 1 cup of water. Place in microwaveable bowl and boil for 5 minutes. The condensation from the boiled mixture will enable the microwave to be wiped out easily, and will deodorize the oven.
A paste of salt and lemon juice will clean and shine your sink while killing germs.
Toss lemon rinds into the fireplace to freshen stale smells.
Toss lemon rinds into simmering water along with cloves, cinnamon sticks, and orange peels to make a delightful aroma and humidify the air.
Polish chrome faucets with a paste of baking soda and lemon juice.
A few tablespoons added to the water in a humidifier will deodorize the air in the home.
Ant-proof the kitchen with lemon juice. Squirt lemon juice on thresholds and windowsills. Squeeze lemon juice into any holes or cracks that the ants are entering. Scatter small slices of lemon peel around door entrances. Ants do not like the lemon fragrance and will not enter your home. Lemons are also effective against roaches and fleas. Reader's Digest suggests a mixture of ½ gallon (2 liters) of water and the juice and rinds of four lemons. Wash the kitchen floor and the counters with this mixture and watch the insects leave.
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Here's a way to enjoy potato peels instead of throwing them away. Scrub the potatoes before peeling. Put the peels in a linen type kitchen towel and roll up to absorb excessive moisture. You can stored the peels in the towel and put in plastic bag in the refrigerator overnight because you may not have to time to bake them. They might turn brownish orange in color but still okay to bake.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place on a large cookie sheet(s) add potato peels. Mix in oil to coat, salt and pepper to taste. Other spices can be added to your taste. Bake for about 5-10 minutes, stir, then bake another 5-10 minutes or until crispy brown. It is better to watch when the potatoes are baking. Different types of potatoes have different moisture content so some may bake faster than others. If you have a lot of peels, you will have to mix more often or use more cookies sheets.
They taste like homemade potato chips. No need to throw away the potato peels.
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Hair Care
If you swim daily in a pool for physical therapy or recreation you'll want to remove that nasty chlorine from your hair without drying it out with excess washings. Simply use conditioner. Then when showering, simply brush the conditioner through your hair with a large-tooth comb. Make sure to also massage it into your scalp, then rinse well. The conditioner will moisturize your already clean hair and removes the chlorine without drying it out.
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Easy Homemade Flea Repellent
B complex vitamins: 50 mg once a day for cats and smaller dogs, and twice daily for larger dogs.
Use Omega 3 and 6 fatty acid supplements. Coconut oil is the best source for this.
Add a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar to your dog's water bowl to fight fleas and mange
When bathing your pet, you can use apple cider vinegar to rinse his or her fur. This is a great flea repellent...Fleas don't like the smell or taste.
Fleas HATE Stash Earl Grey. Tear open a few bags, scatter the tea about on your carpet and vacuum up in a few days. Fleas will flee. Other folks have noticed that their pets love to roll in Stash-perhaps that's why! What a tea-riffic flea repellent!
If you have pets, salt your carpets. At the end of winter, salt your carpets liberally, let stand about 10 minutes and then vacuum up. You just might get the jump on fleas before they get the jump on you. Also, try crumbling dried peppermint over your carpets before vacuuming, smell great and most critters don't like it.
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