Spring Cleaning: Herbal Rug Fragrance
Many herbes and flowers with their fragrant sweet smels doe comfort, and as it were revive the spirits and perfume the whole house. John Parkinson, Paradisi in Sole, Paradisus Terrestris, 1629
By Louise Gruenberg
February/March 1997
 |
Simple herbal cleaning products bring nature’s fragrances indoors. Clockwise from upper left are Citrus Scrubber, lemon oil, Fragrant Wood Polish, Disinfectant Air Freshener, Herb Soap Concentrate and Herbal Rug Fragrance.
|
Makes enough for an 8-by-11-foot rug
RELATED CONTENT
Green cleaning services are gaining popularity around the country....
This natural carpet freshener will take away the musty smell and leave your carpet fresh and fragra...
Buttery-rich and full of sprightly garlic flavor, these biscuits don’t need any extra butter. Serve...
This tea tree oil spray has antifungal properties that rival many of the commercial mold and mildew...
This spectacular salad sings with the purple, yellow, and green colors of spring....
When our living-room rug smells musty, I hear about it right away from my husband, who does his morning exercises on it. Here’s a simple herbal solution. (If fleas are a problem in your house, add 2 cups of chopped, dried orange peel or pennyroyal leaf to the recipe.)
- 3 cups dried lavender flowers or leaves
- 2 cups dried rosemary leaves
- 3 pounds baking soda
- In a large glass, earthenware, or stainless-steel bowl, blend the lavender flowers, rosemary leaves and baking soda.
- Sprinkle the mix over a freshly vacuumed rug and leave overnight. Then vacuum again.
Louise Gruenberg gardens as much as possible and cleans house as little as possible in Oak Park, Illinois. She writes and teaches about herbs.
Click here for more great recipes from the original article, Spring Cleaning.