How To Make Homemade Organic Mouthwash

If you want a homemade mouthwash that is simple to make, simple to use, simple to store. Look no further.

MINT MOUTHWASH

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup distilled, filtered, or boiled water
• 2-3 drops peppermint essential oil

ORANGE SPICE MOUTHWASH

 

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup distilled, filtered, or boiled water 
• 3 drops clove essential oil 
• 2 drops cinnamon essential oil
• 2 drops orange essential oil
• 1 drop ginger essential oil

Procedure: 

Mix together all the ingredients in a clean container and its ready to be used. Shake before each use. Do not swallow. Store in a dark cupboard or medicine cabinet. Do not place in direct sunlight because sunlight causes essential oils to lose their potency. 

Source: http://www.ourhomemadehappiness.com/2012/09/homemade-mouthwash.html 

Apparently We've Been Eating Apples All Wrong

Did you know the average person wastes roughly 30% of each apple they eat? Here's how to eat an apple like a boss:

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How to Grow The Best Strawberries

Strawberry is a fruit which is widely appreciated for its characteristic aroma, bright red color, juicy texture, and sweetness. It is consumed in large quantities, either fresh or in prepared foods such as preserves, fruit juice, pies, ice creams, milkshakes, and chocolates.

Growing strawberries depends on the type of garden we have, if there is a lot of room, then strawberries can be grown in a special strawberry bed. If there is not enough room, the seeds are grown in large pots or hanging baskets. Add compost or fertilizer after removing any grass or weeds from the soil. Strawberries spread as they grow, so allow at least 30 cm between plants. Border them with a 5 cm layer of straw. This keeps their roots cool and moist, and also keeps future fruit away from direct soil contact.

With regular watering your strawberry plants will grow vigorously and be flowering in three to four months. The main crop is produced through spring and early summer. Keep a watchful eye for slugs, snails and birds.

Here are some tips for sweetness and flavor if your homegrown or shop-bought strawberries aren't sweet enough;

• Wash them before removing the green stalk (that is the green top of strawberry).
• Cut strawberries up and they’ll taste sweeter.
• To store strawberries, take them out of their box and place them in the fridge on paper towel.

Source: Wikipedia, Homelife

How To Grow Tomatoes In Winter

Tomato Ketchup, the most famous sauce in the world is made from tomatoes as the name suggests. Tomatoes originated from Mexico and then spread throughout the world during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Tomato is consumed in diverse ways, including raw, as an ingredient in many dishes, sauces, salads, and drinks.

To grow tomato you will need some tomato seeds which you can take out from the fruit itself and sow it in soil and compost mixture to grow into a plant, it will take from 2 days to about a week for the stems to be 2 inch tall.

Relocate from starter mix into potting soil when stems are about 3 inches tall. Fertilize regularly, but lightly, beginning about two weeks after transplanting. Water plants thoroughly, but not too frequently.

When plants bloom, help Mother Nature along: Tap the main stem and larger side branches with your finger. This moves the plant slightly and encourages pollination. As you tap the plant, you might see a small cloud of pollen falling from the open flowers.

Turn plants occasionally, so all sides get a fair share of sunlight. After each plant has provided a bumper crop and has become unproductive, cut it off at the base, saving the potting soil for future transplants. Toss the old plant in the compost pile.

This video explains a little about how the plant should be grown by a different method:

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