#orangepeel

DIY Orange Peel Cleaner

Are y’all making citrus infused vinegar yet? This mixture is low effort and low waste for a sparklin’ home. I love cleaning with vinegar as it’s less harsh than most industrial cleaners and does a thorough job on those grimy areas (looking at you toilet bowl.) You can save your excess citrus peel – that orange is scent is divine – and make a batch every few weeks or so. A much better smell than straight vinegar, trust me. If you’ve got more than a few peels on hand try dehydrating them to use later on. The dried peels keep well until you’re ready to infuse.

To make your own infused vinegar all you have to do is: - tear or cut citrus peels into small pieces and place in glass jar - cover with white vinegar (make sure your pieces are fully submerged or fermentation will occur) - let sit in a cool, dark place for 3 - 4 weeks (a cupboard works well) - strain peels when you’re ready to get cleaning! (compost the excess please) Simple as that. You get to extend the life of your produce and make the cleaning process a little more enjoyable :D PSA - just remember to avoid cleaning granite with vinegar! it’ll work most everywhere else though.

It was never really about you. It was always about the house wasn’t it? The smell that lingered in my brain, like lavender, and something else perhaps. I could never figure out what the something else was, and I always thought that’s what made you unique. They say that home is not a place but a person, and I guess you always smelled like home to me. But you don’t live there anymore, they changed the locks, and the flowers are dead, but it was never really about you. How do you say goodbye to an idea of something? A moment in time? It’s the orange peel, I discovered later that’s what makes the smell so special. Not something otherworldly or magic, just orange peel. How very domestic. Which was probably the point wasn’t it? It was the last thing holding the memory of you in my head, the last piece of your puzzle. Home, it’s not something you could just bottle, you told me once, but it’s not really about you. Now I’m off to make another home, and it smells like lavender, and something else. Orange peel. Because it was never really about you was it?