First day of a new week! We love Mondays- it's cleaning day, after the busy weekends, and it's the first day to try out new ideas. Last week, I tried to counter-balance my toddler- the louder she yelled, the quieter I spoke. Seemed to work pretty well!
This week, we're trying to be "green." I've been buying my produce from fruit stands and farmer's markets, we use canvas bags for shopping, and try to line dry as much as we can. It's not perfect, but it's a start! I am also trying to get chemicals out of our house. Baking soda or vinegar will clean almost anything around the house, and I've found a recipe for washing detergent that is free of chlorine and phosphates (they travel into the waterways and promote algae growth, which chokes out the fish and native plants.)
Mix together 1 cup grated Fels-Naptha bar soap, 1/2 cup washing soda, and 1/2 cup borax. Use 1 Tablespoon per load, and I like to throw some OxyClean into the wash as well, to help with protein stains, and vinegar into the rinse water to cut down on static cling and and residue left behind from the minerals in the water. Works great! The clothes smell so clean- I'm really excited.
My daughter, Ernie, isn't so excited. The laundry hanging over her changing station really irks her- a girl needs her space!
2 comments:
Oooh! Thanks for the heads up on this! I use cloth diapers (which are awesome by the way...do you use them?) so I've been using an organic concentrated laundry soap for those, but I will definitely give this a try! BTW, what is "washing soda?" Is that the same as baking soda?
Thanks!
Hey, now that sweet Mrs. Little Adventures linked back to this post, you ought to bold your recipe or something so it's easier to find. :-)
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