NATURAL TELEVISION'S LEMON-MINT WINDOW WASH

Learn how to make this recipe and start your spring cleaning.

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Juice from 1 lemon
2 cups club soda
1/2 teaspoon peppermint essential oil
1 teaspoon cornstarch

Mix ingredients, pour into a spray bottle, spritz on windows, and wipe with a clean, dry cloth.

Natural Home editor-in-chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence washes windows and scrubs sinks the nontoxic way on Healthy By Choice, a video magazine hosted by Mary Mucci. On the “Spring Cleaning” segment, Lawrence offers home cleaning tips using natural ingredients such as vinegar, tea tree oil, baking soda, and lemon juice.

Healthy By Choice is available through MagRack, a video magazine “rack” available on demand from participating digital cable companies. MagRack offers video magazines on topics such as cooking, gardening, photography, parenting, and yoga. Video-on-demand gives digital cable viewers a choice of programming with total control to watch anytime.

Mag Rack is available through Cablevision in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; through Insight Communications in parts of Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois; and through Charter Communications in Los Angeles. Check your local digital cable listings or browse magrack.com.

Recipe reprinted with permission from NaturalHomekeeping: Simple Recipes for a Naturally Clean Abode by Sandy Maine (Interweave Press, 1999).

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