Marjoram and Oregano are pretty well inseparable when it comes to their uses outside culinary and medicinal. Their antioxidant and antibacterial properties make them useful in food preservation and food flavouring.

Their essential oils are used in perfumery, being added to scent soaps and lotions. The flowers of both plants dry well and are a major constituent of potpourris and decorative arrangements.

They are used in herbal sleep pillows and marjoram, in particular makes a pleasantly fragrant bath herb.

They also make effective home insect repellents and can used to disinfect beehives. They can also be useful as a household cleaning solution added to ammonia, vinegar, or just water.

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