10 eco-friendly things to do with lemons from Eco Street

10 eco-friendly things to do with lemons from Eco Street

Lemons are our friends, and so are the people at Eco Street, so we thought we'd share their top tips on how the humble lemon can help you live an eco-friendly life. From cooking to cleaning to fighting off a cold, lemons really can do a lot for a small fruit. Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers market to stock up!

1. Grow a lemon tree - the most eco-friendly thing to do with lemons is grow them so that you have your own carbon neutral supply. These can be grown in the UK, believe it or not.

2. Highlight your hair - much better for you and the environment than commercial bleaches. Mix the juice of one lemon with one teaspoon of salt and apply to your hair with a comb. Get out into the sun for a couple of hours. Do some vegetable gardening, tend your lemon tree, go for a walk, you get the picture. Don’t do this too often, it will dry your hair out.

More lemony tips after the jump
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3. Exfoliate and clean your feet - mix up some lemon pulp and brown sugar and get rubbing. Rinse and moisturise.

4. Combat bad breath - gargle with lemon juice to get rid of bad breath.

5. Fight off a cold - mix lemon juice with honey and hot water to sooth coughs and sore throats and give you a dose of vitamin C.

6. Sooth a sting - mix the juice of half a lemon with water and bathe a sting to lessen the pain.

7. Make homemade lemonade - and avoid all the chemical/preservative laden stuff in the shops. The basic recipe is 1 cup lemon juice, 1 cup organic sugar, 1 cup water. That will give you a syrup to dilute as you like. Add ice.

8. Freshen up your dishwasher - use half a lemon and jam it onto an upright in your dishwasher. Smells fresh, helps cut grease and has got to be more eco-friendly that those plastic lemon shaped things you can buy to do the same job.

9. Remove limescale from draining boards and taps - use half a lemon to rub over stainless steel draining boards and taps. Leave a minute, rinse and shine with a dry cloth.

10. Clean a bar - it’s a bartender’s favourite, just lemon and salt, rinse and shine.


Taken from: http://www.hippyshopper.com/2007/07/10_ecofriendly.html

HTC Touch P3450

Reviews on HTC Touch (Extracted from reviews from cnet)
The compact HTC Touch features an advanced touch screen that lets you operate the smart phone with your fingertips. The Windows Mobile 6 smart phone also has an updated interface, integrated Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and a 2-megapixel camera.

Cool feature I prefer:
The touchFLO feature is something like a cube feature.
Slim. Got a info feed which allows me to read feeds while on the move. Can integrate email (Yeah, just got my yahoo email up on my phone)

Lacks:
It lacks of a flash which pictures can't really be taken in dark places. The processor is abit slow. No qwerty keyboard which makes composing of sms / emails slower. Can be kinda slippery while holding.

Rating?
Hm... basically it has the necessary features of a pda. Not sure what other feature the phone has, have yet to read the manual.. hahah!
Pricing.. Hm.. one of the cheaper pda phones around. Plus it's a maker for O2 and Dopod, which means it's kinda same range as the mentioned two. For those worried about chinese characters, the box comes with CE-Star.
Outlook 2007 is also bundled in but it's 60 days trial. Interested, need more info? Just drop me a comment, will sure to feed you more info. =)

Key to happiness

I happened to be selling some old papers to the rag-n-bone man earlier, happened to saw this paper with the words. So what is the key to happiness..
It states the key to happiness is not about not getting irritated, frustrated or upset. It is how quickly you snap out of it. How true is it?

What's your definition or key to happiness? =)

New looks coming soon..

I think my blog getting abit stale already. Haha... New looks comin soon... Stay tune! Bear with this first.. till I get one that I really like ya. =)
I need a skin that is simple but professional look. Haha!

HTC touch - my new toy!

I think it has been a long while since I updated here. Proscratination is the words. I'm juz so lazy to log into blogger to update. Hm.. changes the current month.>> Hm..I changed my phone to HTC Touch. Finally pple can call me even thou after I have charged my phone and also calling out. For those who doesn't know, it's a torture not been able to call out once the phone is charge. FYI, it's the Samsung D510 which I had previously. Having lots of fun during the weekend with princess. Alrighty.. have fun pple. Me go catch up with my ironing and reports.. Tata for now. Promise to update more abt the phone, once I have explored more on it. Till then. =)