I love this book - Wendyl Nissen a journalist and former Womens Magazine Editor spent a year "living like her Grandmother" - returning to old fashioned ways of living, making her own beauty products, growing her own food and keeping chickens (more on that later!).
It is filled with beauty, household, and food recipes. Health remedies, home and garden hints and so much more.
Natural Antibacterial Spray
1 cup of water
20 drops of sweet orange essential oil
10 drops of lavender essential oil
10 drops of eucalyptus essential oil
Pour water into a spray bottle.
Blend essential oils in a glass jar.
With an eye-dropper add 8 drops of this base to the spray bottle.
Spray on surface and let set for at least 15 minutes. No need to rinse
Keep the base oil mix in a dark coloured glass bottle in the cupboard and use to mix up more spray as you need it.
Shower Cleaner
500ml of water
500nl of white vinegar
Mix together in a one litre spray bottle.
Spray on shower doors or anywhere there is soap scum and leave for five minutes. Then wipe off.
If you have alot of soap scum build up you can use straight vinegar combined with alot of scrubbing with a steel wool pad.
Everday Spray Cleaner
(Almost) 1 litre of water
1 teaspoon of baking soda
A few drops of liquid soap (like Dr Bronner's or Sunlight)
10 drops of lavender or tea tree essential oil
Add all of the ingredients to a 1 litre spray bottle and shake - Easy!
If you have wooden benches add about 1 teaspoon of olive oil and shake the bottle everytime you use it.
If flies are a problem use citronella oil which helps deter them!
Thanks, I might try that everyday spray as I need to make a new mix. The book sounds like a good one.
ReplyDeleteHi Tania - I love the book. The everyday spray is great. I would'nt use the antibacterial spray all time as it is good to have some germs around to help our kiddies immune systems. Great on chopping boards and loos though! Thanks for commenting - I love your blog :-)
ReplyDeletesounds like a great book and I might make up some of the shower cleaner. I make up one similar to the everday cleanser for my benches and table, but I really need to get some green products done for the bathroom! thanks x
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post, I will have to make some of them. The book sounds really good.
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