Cleaning jewelry? 10 households surprising applications for lemons

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Killing weeds. Forget herbicides, which may be as bad for you as they are for the planet. "I want to control weeds with my recipe for lemon and white wine vinegar, lemon juice, which is in four parts to one part vinegar," Billy said Sharp, author of "Lemon and Lavender Eco Guide homekeeping better."

Conservation and fresh produce. "Lemons are a great way to promote products," said Sharp. "Adding soft salad in a bowl of cold water with lemon juice in the refrigerator for one hour rinse for clarity. Places and dry paper." A little lemon juice can also help the apples, potatoes, pears and cauliflower brown and green pesto and guacamole.

To keep away from cats. "When you have a beautiful carpet or sofa, sprinkle with lemon and lavender Trust Spray to keep animals without" Sharp suggests. "It will not only cool the room with a good, but the smell away," added Council. Works of orange oil and eucalyptus, also good.

Easy to clean cheese graters. "Halve the lemon, run it on the grater," recommends cleaning coach Leslie Reichert, author of The Joy of Green Cleaning. "The acid in the lemon helps break down fat in the cheese, when food in the grater insert the lemon dip in table salt and salt to act as a debugger. Combined with lemon will remove most of the food."

Disinfect metal jewelry. Acidity in the lemon juice works well to remove any heat. "I recommend using only a tablespoon of lemon juice concentrate 1 1/2 cups water," says Reichert. "You can also enjoy your money in and out of lemonade with gas., But this combination is not used in gold or pearls."

Keep meat and clean cutting board. Creates lemon juice are acidic and bacteria, an alkaline environment to survive by lemon meat produce, and even water to prevent bacterial growth. "A natural anti-bacterial cleaning the cutting board after cooking meat it is, rub lemon juice and let stand overnight and rinse in the morning," Sharp said. "Lemon juice kills bacteria and let your cutting board smelling fresh."

Of course, restoration of furniture. "Mayonnaise Mix the oil and lemon juice olive oil" Reichert suggests. "Add When working in wood furniture, this mix oil with lemon juice and wood work through each nail to cut accumulate on the furniture."

Avoid sticky rice., Add a teaspoon of lemon juice into the pan, while the boiling point of water to stick the grains together. "Lemon is to avoid sticky rice, like other citrus lines that separate the rice grains to help and improve the whiteness of the rice itself," Sharp said.

Getting rid of fat. "Copper pans are quickly cleaned with half a lemon dipped in salt. Rubbing on the bottom of the pot and tarnished magic" copper, Reichert said. "The same combo works well to remove grease from pots and pans and stainless steel kitchen, too. If you have a real accumulation of fat, use lemon juice or half a lemon with sea salt."

Make potpourri. "Love lemon and lavender and potpourri," Sharp said. "Take lemon peel or thin lemon and orange, place them individually in a large baking sheet and allow to dry." Add dried flowers, lavender, rosemary, mint or pink for a wonderful fresh scent.

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