Posts tagged as: cleaning

Natural Homemade ‘drain-o’, or How To Unclog Without Harmful Chemicals

June 24th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Home

  If I were to write a love ballad, it would be all about baking soda. It might go something like,  “White as snow/ and powdered fine/ clean anything/ to make you mine I didn’t know/ we’d never start / ’cause vinegar/ has got your heart“ But seriously, this stuff is out of control. Baking soda [...]

Monday Monthly Mission #3

June 1st, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Monday Monthly Mission

On the first Monday of every month, we take on a ‘mission’ – a shift, a habit, a source of inspiration – to work on together. There’s strength (and support) in numbers! On the last Thursday of the month, we reconvene to see how far we’ve come. #3 Already our third mission!?  Time, she flies [...]

Itty Bitty Bonzai #6

May 6th, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Itty Bitty Bonzai

Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful. Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change. #6  Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about laundry, and the many opportunities to ‘clean up’ the clothes cleaning process. The easiest way to save energy is during the [...]

Natural Homemade Laundry Detergent

April 28th, 2009 - posted under: The Farm » Home

  Just 3 months back I wrote the very first Itty Bitty Bonzai about the dangers of bleach, and included a simple recipe for a homemade substitute.  Since then, I’ve been sort of obsessed with diy, non-toxic cleaning solutions.  I’ve tinkered and tested and mixed (and messed) so much, I feel like a modern alchemist!  But [...]

Itty Bitty Bonzai #1

February 1st, 2009 - posted under: Furthermore » Itty Bitty Bonzai

Itty Bitty Bonzai is a collection of tiny tips and tricks for living a life more mindful.  Small actions, collectively and compounded, become a powerful force of change.    #1  Chlorinated bleach, when washed down the drain, degrades into a substance called ‘organochlorine’.  This compound is believed to be carcinogenic, as well as harmful to [...]