I'll start by saying that I wish I had known a lot sooner how much easier it is to clean "green". I've posted before that I attempted to clean my kitchen and floors with green products, but that was just the beginning. After some research, my husband and I decided we were going to eliminate all of our household cleaning products and exchange them for homemade green products. We found an awesome recipe book thanks to the Clean Calgary Association in Canada and put the recipes to the test this past week. Granted, the key ingredient in green cleaning is elbow grease, but today our house is sparkling clean and chemical free! (To be fair, the credit goes mostly to my husband who spent two of his days off last week scrubbing and cleaning.)
Our favorite "recipe" so far has been the laundry detergent. We were pretty skeptical about if it would work as well as the store-bought products, but actually, it works better! Our clothes are cleaner and softer than they were before. We also eliminated the use of our dryer and put up a clothes line in the backyard. The first time I put on a line-dried shirt I had a flashback to childhood when my parents had a clothes line. My only complaint is that my ironing pile has grown a little with the line drying. (and my neighbor probably thinks I'm nuts after coming over to pick up his daughters and finding me ironing my sheets... but now they are oh-so-soft-and-silky, I don't want to get out of bed in the morning!).
Our other favorite thing about the products we made is the cost. The 2 gallon tub of laundry detergent cost about a dollar (maybe 2) to make and the rest of the cleaning products were less than a dollar each. I'm sure we'll save a few bucks from not using the dryer as well. Not bad. Eco-conscious and economical. Just the way we like it!
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