Lemon juice is a workhorse with solid cleaning power around the home. It cuts through grease, removes stains and whitens laundry, deodorizes, and works as an antibacterial for wooden cutting boards.

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Many bottled cleaners and potions wear labels boasting about their natural ingredients and green bona fides. But you may already have an earth-friendly cleaner in your kitchen fruit bowl: a lemon, ...

Several years ago, my son gave me the bounty from the two fruit trees that pretty much rule his backyard. My Mother’s Day gift of Meyer lemons weighed in ...