Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle lemon rind?

By: anna

anna — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:19:08 +0000

Before you use the lemons, scrape the skin off and make limoncello. Very easy to make, and tastes a lot better than the store bought version!

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:11:58 +0000

We use lemon leftovers as a cleaner helper and deodorizer (put it in the water while washing up or in the dishwasher). In warm water are good for cleaning hands after gardening. About cooking, as they are usually varnised and the skin keeps the majority of pesticides, I only use the skin if they are organic.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:40:19 +0000

Throw them in your garbage disposal and grind them up. Helps eliminate a selly disposal! They can also be frozen before you grind them up.

By: Penny

Penny — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:37:42 +0000

You can also dry them(and orange peel) then use them as fire starters. They work really well and smell much better than the chemical type.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:01:23 +0000

Also, if you have Hydrangea bushes, acidic things like lemons and oranges can help to change the color of the flowers.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:35:46 +0000

My dentist told me there’s no more acid in lemons than in oranges, and on Gardener’s Question Time they said that a “normal” number of orange peels in your home compost won’t make any noticeable difference to the acidity of the soil.

If you’re making industrial quantities of lemonade then you might not be able to compost all the peel at once, but personally I’ve always just put unused lemon peel in my compost.

By: Linda Hague

Linda Hague — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:56:32 +0000

OH yea, I also use them for facial masks and scrubs. You can’t beat dried and ground lemon peel for a great mask or scrub- used with other ingredients too of coarse!

By: Linda Hague

Linda Hague — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:54:58 +0000

My husband and I dehydrate them and use them in spice packs we make for holidays. We buy grinders, then we harvest and dry our summer herbs and lemon/orange peels and then put all types of items in the grinders for gifts! People last year DIED over them!

By: Kara

Kara — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:38:40 +0000

If you have a garbage disposal in your sink, citrus rinds are excellent for cleaning and deodorizing those.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:28:18 +0000

I put lemon rind in ice cubes for summer-y drinks – it adds a slightly lemony flavor that isn’t too overpowering. You could probably also boil all of the peels in water and then let cool and freeze so you didn’t have the peel in the actual ice cube if you didn’t want to.

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:20:03 +0000

Also, lemon peel is very good in savory dishes as a garnish. You can grate it onto rice, meat, vegetables etc. and it gives a pleasant burst of flavor. I would think that you could dry it and add to potpourri or sachets.