Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Homemaking Tip—A Breath of Fresh Air


To make an inexpensive air freshener cut an orange in half, remove the pulp and fill the peel with salt. Fragrant, economical, simple, helps to tame house-i-tosis —it works for me.

16 comments:

Kathy’s Korner said...

Great tip and great link to "it works for me".

Leslie said...

That's a great tip! I'll have to try it soon.

Anonymous said...

Love it Jane. I am going to try it with grapefruit as I have that on hand and LOVE the smell of it. I never would have thought to do it.

Nikki said...

I have never heard of such a thing. I'll have to try it!

Unknown said...

Jane, you are a marvel. Truly a marvel. I will miss you this Friday night - have tons of fun!

Mindy said...

I will have to try it. It sounds great!!!

Jill said...

I love tips like this, I'm definitely going to try it.

Janiece said...

That is the coolest thing I have seen. I am off to try it right now!

Grateful for Grace said...

Great tip! Thanks for posting it!

Carolyn said...

Really? That simple? Why don't more people do this? I'm going to get an orange!!

suzannah | the smitten word said...

this sounds cool. i've been simmering orange rinds with cloves in water on the stove, and it works great too.

Nikki said...

I will try it. My kids would love to have an orange anyway right now. And my house has a SERIOUS house-i-tosis problem- at least it seems that way to my nose.

Jerri at Simply Sweet Home said...

I've heard of grinding orange peels in the disposal but not this. Great tip!

Lyle and Mary: said...

Yea, a recipe where I can actually find the ingredients and know what they are here. Thanks for sharing.

michelle said...

I love to do that to clean my butcher block. When I'm done, I put it in my garbage disposal. Nothing smells as good as lemon!

Nanci said...

I will try it. Oranges are on sale right now. I will eat them of course but I will save one as an airfreshner.