Cost-Free & Chemical-Free
3 Steps to a Fragrant Home In the summertime, in our region, Zone 7 of the mid-Atlantic, it gets humid. Real humid. Most folks opt to run air conditioners for the season, but we hold off as much a possible. However, a humid house holds onto smells better than conditioned one. So in order to re-up the fresh smells of the homestead (or to get rid of olfactory evidence of the infrequent cooked meal) , I have three winning solutions from the stove: Cinnamon and Cloves My mother who is an excellent Caribbean cook gave me this solution …
Growing Lemongrass for the Porch
In my quest to live a mosquito bite-free life I've begun making my own natural repellent that heavily features Lemongrass oil (and a couple others). Apparently the Lemongrass fragrance is anathema to those little blighters. So, we are gonna grow this awesome herb on our front and back porches. Instead of growing from seed, we’re trying to regrow stalks from the grocery store. Thanks to the Alternative Gardening Blog , I now know how. According to them growing lemongrass is simple. All you need to do is place the supermarket stalks into…
Mosquito Repellent?
I'm extremely allergic to , but attractive to Mosquitoes that it's not funny. The only product that I've found that keeps them away from me is the Avon SkinSoSoft Bug Guard . That stuff is MAGIC! Unfortunately, I'm not talking about that today. Instead, let's talk about Off Unscented Family Care Spray (the plastic bottle). Earlier in the season, I picked up a bottle in hopes of getting temporary relief while waiting a couple days for my order to arrive. Bad idea. I sprayed on the Off and went out the the gazebo to ha…
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