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Meeting the challenge of green spring cleaning
Borax, vinegar, washing soda The end of February means warm weather will return soon. Then it will be time to open the windows, wear short sleeves, enjoy the outdoors. Oh yes, and time for spring...
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Clean with salt: 24 helpful tips
Salt does much more than season food. Use in food accounts for only about 6% of all salt manufactured. The Salt Institute claims it has about 14,000 uses. People have been cleaning with salt at least...
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Warning: you may be falling for vinegar cleaning myths
Vinegar belongs in every household cleaning arsenal, but you need to beware of vinegar cleaning myths. It’s not really a cleaner or a disinfectant. Combining it with other common natural cleaners can...
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5 simple ways to a more sustainable home by this weekend
Contributed by Claudia Beck. Making your home more sustainable may seem an expensive and disruptive task. It doesn’t have to be. As Vincent Van Gogh said, “Great things are done by a series of small...
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Disinfecting and cleaning with hydrogen peroxide
When I was in high school, some of the girls frosted their hair. That is, they put hydrogen peroxide on their combs, and it lighted whichever hairs it touched. It seemed they were playing with a...
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Green living is frugal living
Most people want to take care of the environment, but it doesn’t seem like a high priority. In fact, it can seem downright expensive. Do you have to get solar panels or buy only organic products to go...
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How to make natural bathroom cleaners
Old fashioned cleaning products work as well as newer ones for less. You want a clean house. What don’t you want? The harmful chemicals found in many common cleansers. Make these natural bathroom...
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Using Castile soap for cleaning, personal care, and more
1907 advertisement for Castile soap People have been using Castile soap now for almost 500 years. Soap has traditionally been made of animal fat and lye, but in the Castile region of Spain, people made...
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How to get rid of static cling without dryer sheets
Some rights reserved by Jim Belford Don’t you just hate static cling? It looks bad and feels worse. For years, I had to deal with static cling on my clothes, especially my pants. I tried lots of ways...
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Volatile organic compounds in cleaning products: health effects
We clean our homes and offices not only so they’ll look good but to provide a healthy environment. Our cleaning products shouldn’t make us sick. But some commercial products contain hazardous...
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