Рецепт Our Family's Best Homemade Earth-Friendly Cleaners
This is a re-post of my 2012 list of our family's best homemade Earth-friendly cleaners. Happy Earth Day!
1. The Ole' Stand-by: Vinegar and Water.
We use roughly half water, half white vinegar for our go-to cleaner
for mirrors, window and other surfaces. Yeah, it doesn't smell great,
but once it is dry the smell is g-o-n-e, gone.
2. The New Favorite: Homemade Dishwasher Detergent.
Here's the new, easy recipe:
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
- 1/2 cup Borax (Sold at Target)
- 1/2 cup Washing Soda (made by Arm and Hammer, I buy it at Meijer)
- 1/2 cup Citric Acid (Sold at Whole Foods, I bought some through Amazon.com in bulk)
- 1/4 cup Kosher Salt
- Mix in an airtight container. Use 1 tablespoon per load of dishes.
- Since our water is hard, this is the best cleaner for our dishes,
- earth-friendly or not. If you have soft water, you can use 1/4 cup
citric acid.
3. My I-can't-believe-it-works-so-well-even-on-delicates: Homemade Laundry Detergent
Click on the link for the recipe, which was enough for our family for five months.
4. Kitchen Hero: Homemade Fruit and Vegetable Produce Wash
I
use this seemingly all day long. Click on the link for a great way to
remove pesticides, residue and other gunk from your fresh produce.
5. Greener Garden Helper: Homemade Earth-Friendly Weed Preventer
It's
spring and weeds are popping up along our patio, driveway and front
walk. This weed killer has been a huge help! Bonus: R and G love
using it which is a huge help.
There you have it; five ways you can celebrate Earth Day, everyday.
Life is sweet,
SPC