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- Annie B. Bond
- March 10, 2000
- 8:29 pm
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As far back as ancient Egyptian and Greek times, people used lavender, rosemary, tansy, and other herbs for cleaning.
They freshened their linens by placing fragrant sachets, herbs, and flowers in drawers and closets. Homes were “sweetened” with garlands of lavender and mint.
With this simple formula you can “sweeten” your linens, too, and if you aren’t sensitive to essential oils, even use it to freshen and uplift rooms.
Lavender Linen Water
©2002 Snowdrift Farm, Inc.
Sprinkle on sheets or other other linens to freshen.
Spray onto linens before ironing.
1 teaspoon (100 drops) lavender essential oil
5-10 drops peppermint, spearmint or rosemary essential oil (optional)
2 oz. 80+ proof vodka
24 oz. distilled water
Pour essential oils and vodka into a bottle, cap and shake to emulsion.
Mix with distilled water.
The mix will cloud, and eventually separate.
Shake well before each use.
For more, contact Snow Drift Farm.
Read more: Home, Household Hints
Annie B. Bond
Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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This would probably work great as a bug spray too. I make my own and this is basically all you need to do, just make sure you can smell it and realize the bug's sense of smell is much greater than that and it works. May need to spray a few times throughout the day, but way better than poison & super refreshing if you add peppermint. Plus, I always use chamomile tea for the water part, it helps me from getting rashes if I ever put in anything I'm allergic too. The vodka works as a preservative, and if you add the oils with the vodka before adding water, it helps to blend the oils more, still might want to shake though. You can also just get the lavender & peppermint fresh/dried and make a tea out of them instead of oil, works just as good. But for a linen spray, it'll most likely discolor your linens, include the chamomile--stick w/oils for that.
Love lavender!
Thanks.
Still not quite sure of the vodka content.Is it included as a preservative or rapid drying? Thank you for this fantastic recipe. Buying lavender water is so expensive. Vonny
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