The Mighty Germ Fighting Lemon

by Mary Pereira

Lemon....when life throws you lemons, not only should you make LEMONADE but a dozen other fun things to clean your house with as well.......

One of the most sleepless nights a person could have is walking away from using harsh chemicals to sanitize their homes.  I say NONSENSE!!! Not when you use Lemons.  They certainly possess some type of allure, don't they?  Just merely the color holds the promise of joy and happiness.  But it is more than that because there have been poems written about them, paintings created and songs have been born. 

A Lemon

Out of lemon flowers
loosed
on the moonlight, love's
lashed and insatiable
essences,
sodden with fragrance,
the lemon tree's yellow
emerges,
the lemons
move down
from the tree's planetarium

Delicate merchandise!
The harbors are big with it-
bazaars
for the light and the
barbarous gold.
We open
the halves
of a miracle,
and a clotting of acidsbrims
into the starry
divisions:
creation's
original juices,
irreducible, changeless,
alive:
so the freshness lives on
in a lemon,
in the sweet-smelling house of the rind,
the proportions, arcane and acerb.

Cutting the lemon
the knife
leaves a little cathedral:
alcoves unguessed by the eye
that open acidulous glass
to the light; topazes
riding the droplets,
altars,
aromatic facades.



So, while the hand
holds the cut of the lemon,
half a world

on a trencher,
the gold of the universe
wells
to your touch:
a cup yellow
with miracles,
a breast and a nipple
perfuming the earth;
a flashing made fruitage,
the diminutive fire of a planet.

by
Pablo Neruda

Did you think I was kidding when I said there were songs written about them?

LEMON SONG

Lemon a.k.a. citrus limonium from the Rutaceace family. The Mighty Germ Fighting Lemon is

• Antiscobutic (prevents Scurvy)
• Antiseptic
• Antiviral
• Antibacterial
• Anti-infectious
• and makes a good Astringent

So guess what, Ladies and Gentlemen?  It makes a fantastic disinfectant.  Powerful enough to kill germs in the name of Love for you and your family.  You can tuck your little Darlins' in bed at night and give out a sigh of relief because they are protected by the Mighty Lemon! Meet ummmm looks like he needs a name but he is charmingly referred to as Funny Super Hero Lemon Character and you can purchase tee shirts, bags and ties with his cute picture on it... You've just got to love it!!!

Lemons also have a built in pleasant fragrance and the ability to increase smiles along the way...........

Time for another song, don't you think?  How about Lemony Lemons Song?  Please enjoy the music by clicking on the link in red in case you hadn't caught on, Love.  Now back to the serious stuff at hand here.....Ahh Yes! CLEANING

Did you know that you can use Lemons to disinfect toilets? Mix 1 part Lemon Juice and 1 part Borax, soak it and then scrub.  You will scrub away germs and be left with a lemony fresh scent and shiny goodness. You can do away with Bleach as well by using 1 part Lemon juice and 1 part Baking Soda on your stained clothes for a half an hour and then wash as usual. Please leave it on longer for really tough stains.  Another good tip is to use 1 part Lemon Juice and 1 part salt, let it dry in the sunlight, then wash, and it gets rid of such tough stains as mildew and rust. And...for that extra whitening of clothes just add a cup of Lemon juice to your detergent and watch your clothes instantly brighten colors and sparkle all your britches.

It makes a great air-freshener by combining Lemon juice/water and baking soda.  To give your Varnished wood a beautiful shine, put a few drops of Lemon Oil into a cup of water....be sure the wood is shellacked.  For Unvarnished wood. take equal parts of Lemon Juice and Olive Oil, shake it together and get a cotton cloth or micro-fiber and shine, shine, shine.  Use Lemon Juice as a hand-sanitizer but be sure to remember if you have cuts, it will burn, but don't forget, it will kill germs.  For an easy wipe of those nasty stains in your microwave, use one half cup Lemon juice and one cup and a half of water, boil in the microwave for 5-10 minutes and wipe away the yucky grime with ease.
Lemon juice is a natural weed killer too!  Fill a spray bottle with pure lemon juice (don't be afraid to use the bottled lemon juice because it also contains Lemon Oil, and works just as well, not to mention less expensive)  So fill your bottle and knock out those pesky weeds.

 Meanwhile....if you get tired of squeezing all these Lemons, let Bumble Bee Slim do all the squeezing with his song Lemon Squeezing Blues.  Pure Lemon juice eliminates water stains, soap scum and limescale. Lemon Juice is a degreaser for your dishes and takes off caked-on grime from your pots and pans. Add it to your dish washing machine instead of jet dry for clear glasses without streaks. We all know how smelly food can be, whether decomposing or not, at times... Here comes Lemon to the rescue again. Spray pure Lemon juice into your sinks or compost piles to zap the smell.  Is your garbage disposal lashing out at you? Save your Lemon peels and mix them with vinegar ice cubes... crush them down the disposal for an order eliminating germ free setting.

Be sure to rinse lemon juice off with water to remove the residue.

Disinfect your cutting board with Lemon juice plus eliminate the stink that loves to hang on.  Don't forget to use it on your counter tops, inside and out of your refrigerator, even if it is stainless steel to make it shine. But...DON'T DON'T DON'T use Lemon on marble. MARBLE + ACID FROM LEMON = CRYING AND EMPTYING OF POCKETS.....I want you to promise me, Beloved that you will remember that about marble.

I love Lemons...I always have. As a kid, I ate Lemondrops and still would if someone offered them to me. Summer just wasn't the same without my Mom's homemade Lemonade. Fresh squeezed or even Country Time Lemonade...Pink Lemonade too with a Maraschino Cherry in it, mmmm. To top it all off, Lemon Pound Cake with, you guessed it.....Lemon Frosting

Well I would like to thank you, sweetie for stopping by again and taking a fresh look at Lemons and all the possibilities it has with cleaning, and maybe even revisiting a few childhood memories on the way. If you are a big fan of Lemons like I am, you might want a beautiful refrigerator magnet like this one.

So check out Zazzle  and if you would like to purchase the thank you cards below, it's also from Zazzle

Don't forget you are very beautiful, and that Cleanliness is next to Godliness