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Skunk Odor

 

I have to share this, as the skunks are on the move at night here.  Something upset one the other night and it sprayed near the house.  I woke up at 5am to a nasty odor lingering into the house.

I got out my diffuser and put even amounts (per my diffuser, as some only hold so much water) of ecualyptus, lemon and tea tree essential oils.  

The diffuser rids the indoor skunk odor that lingers in through a window etc.

However, once I had that odor removed, I went outside to let the chickens out and smelled not one iota of skunk smell.  Strange how it can spray, and the odor wafts into the house, and by the time I got out there, there was no odor.

I was prepared to mix up a skunk spray and spray under windows, but I did not have to do that.  Anyway, the essential oil trick works great.

Skunk Odor © October 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

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Anne in the kitchen said…
I do not envy the skunk smell. We have some critters in our yard but I have never seen a skunk around here____yet!
October 11, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Anne in the kitchen, we rarely see skunks here. Most of the time we smell them once in a while but that's about it thankfully.
October 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
🌸 Debby/My Shasta Home said…
Wow that’s good! I know when I’m driving and we smell skunk, I roll down the windows to let the inside of the car air out and then the skunk smell is gone. Never knew that trick until my son told me years ago.
October 12, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Debby, we pretty much do that too here, but we are thankful that we don't see them too often.
October 14, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Katie C. said…
Completely off subject: this is a follow up to a comment on a previous blog. I made stuffed spinach/pesto shells the other day. It was a request for a friend’s birthday. Anyway, we previously wrote about making pesto and saving it as “ice” cubes which I have done before. This time, I used Jacques Pepin’s suggestion to blanch the basil leaves before using in the pesto to keep them green. It worked! I even forgot to defrost the pesto cubes before making the shells so I microwaved them and they stayed green!
October 14, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Katie C, thanks that is good to know.
October 15, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Far Side of Fifty said…
I suppose it would work well if you could stand the smell of the essential oils. My husband is so sensitive to the heavy odors of essential oils that it is hard for him to breathe.
October 16, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Far Side of Fifty, I diffused while I was the only one home, but Lysol didn't work. It was the only way to get the smell out of the house.
October 16, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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