We have been convinced many times that many species of spices can do great wonders even outside kitchen use. But why should we store bay leaves under the carpet? You may be surprised, but there is a really good reason.
The bay leaf hides many secrets that many of us have no idea. One of them is the content of fragrant essences that are pleasant to our noses (which is one of its big plugs), but the pests that we want to get rid of in the home cannot even feel them. And we can successfully use this to define our own territory, which will smell us, but uninvited roommates will drive. It is a simple principle of natural struggle – nothing more, but also nothing less.
Fragrant essential oils in large quantities
If we speak in connection with the bay leaves about the silicons, then it is necessary to mention mainly eucalyptus, linalool and cinelol. Just These essences are for a large number of pests we need to get rid of, directly unbearable. Let us therefore use this one, which, although it fully fulfills its purpose, is not expensive and fortunately neither dangerous to the inhabitants of the apartment, including small children and domestic animals.
Turn with musty in the apartment
In addition to the fight with unwelcome visitors to our apartment, the bay leaf also turns off with odor, which could happen in our country. For example, it is a musty in rooms where it has not been involved for a long time. This can happen in the “innkeeper room,” where we go once in a while or at the cottage, when there is not enough time to do it. Older people also in some cases cannot cope with household care without the help of others, so we can use this trick even when we come occasionally with greater cleaning.
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The own harvest will be the most effective
So how to use the bay leaf with success, yet so easily? If it is possible, tear your own leaves from the laurel noble (ie from a plant that produces a “bay leaf”), and dry it in a shady room where air can flow. This will give you a guaranteed fresh and powerful helper to fight the often invisible enemy. Of course, you can also buy the spices in the store, but in this case, try to at least choose truly aromatic bags in which there will be enough scent (or odor – depending on the angle we look at it).
Select the right places
Then place the sheets simply under the carpet and choose places where you can assume increased movement of small uninvited guests. The spice immediately begins to release its characteristic essences, which not only in a few hours, but also make moths and mites, even ants and other small insects that you liked so much by you. They will act for about one month and after this time it will be necessary to replace the exhausted leaves with new ones. But it is worth it, the home will be like new.
Also store it in cabinets and pantry
Because the bay leaf can also effectively turn with wardrobe, or with fish and other animals, without whom we like to do at home, we can also place it in closets, toilet or bathroom, and of course to the pantry, where they take care of the protection of flour and other ingredients. In addition to the small “monsters” mentioned above He also reliably drives mice, cockroaches and similar unpleasant tenantswho have long been dismissed, but we still meet them at home. It is not pleasant or hygienic, so it pays to try every possible method for their cannons. The bay leaf is one of them.
