Lightly Lavender Cutting Board Spray

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Lavender lying on tableAs an essential oil, lavender is antibacterial and antiviral. Lavender flowers contain a volatile oil, flavonoids, tannins, and essential oils that include the constituent linalool.

Commercial disinfectants can cause superbug overgrowth to happen, just as happens with antibiotics.

Reality Check: Lavender is expensive ($10 for .5 ounce), but a little goes a long way. It takes me a few years to go through a lavender bottle when I use it for this purpose, so for $2.50 a year you have a great antibacterial spray with many benefits, including odor removal from cutting boards.

By Annie B. Bond, best-selling and award-winning author of five green living books, thousands of blogs,  and all the tips in the Greenify Everything app. Called “The Godmother of Green” by Martha Stewart Sirius Radio.

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