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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Okay, lemon balm or lavender tea--I'll try that. My mother and I love to try different teas.
Sachets and herbal baths--great ideas.
What do you mean by "seeped in a tea ball?" You make a tea and then add that *tea* to water to make a cleaner? Or is the tea itself a cleaning agent? I buy Mrs. Meyer's all purpose cleaner in lavender, and I would love to make my own similar cleaner. Do you have a recipe?
Yes, I have been known to plop a large bunch of lemon balm into a pitcher and put it on the kitchen cabinet. I love the fragrance!
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I use a BIG tea ball (made for adding herbs to soup stocks, etc.) in the bath to keep from having herbs plug up the drain. You can either use the ball or strain the herbs from strong tea for cleaning solutions.
I use 1/2 and 1/2 distilled water and white vinegar with a few drops of a 'green' type dish soap and EOs, and replace the water with very strong herbal tea when fresh is available. All put in a spray bottle for an all purpose cleaner. I use EOs when herbs are dormant. The tea or EOs hide the vinegar smell which disappears when dry anyway and they have their own antibacterial antiviral properties anyway. NO 409 around here.
