Mrs. Fix it - Aug 30 Fruity Fixes

Written by Sean McBride

Friday, 31 August 2007

A bowl of fruit it can offer all sorts of fixes for problems around your home. Use a blender to grind up 2 lemons and a liter of water. Strain out any solids. Fill a spray bottle and spray under doors, and sinks and anywhere else you've seen ants, they hate the citrus and will head the other direction! Cut a lemon in half, dip it in some baking soda and you have a perfect, scrubber that cleans, freshens and won't scratch surfaces! Lemon and orange peels make great kindling, just spread them on a cookie sheet and let them dry. Then toss them in your fire. They actually smell good, they burn longer and they produce less creosote than paper! Zest an orange and put it in a bowl on the table at your next picnic, it will keep flies from the food. Orange peels in the garbage will keep flies out of there too! As for bananas? Use the inside of a banana peel for a quick shine on leather shoes! It sounds crazy, but the peel conditions the leather. Bananas are also great in the garden, cut up some peels and bury them in the soil around plants that are plagued by aphids. The peels will keep the pests away and the potassium will help feed the plants. How about apples? An apple slice in your brown sugar will keep it from hardening. It'll also keep your cake fresh. Put a piece of sliced apple in with your leftover cake and it'll keep it moist. I'm Mrs. Fixit and it's just that simple.