…and getting them clean!
This has been the challenge in my house ever since I converted the household to green cleaning. How will we get the dishes spot free without our mainstream dish detergent? So far we’ve tried several options and Seventh Generation has performed quite well.
This weekend, however, I received my shipment from the Ecostore. I won a $25 gift certificate from The Queen Mommy’s Cafe. Honestly! [by the way, April 3oth is National Honesty Day, you may read about it on her blog]. After reading about the Queen Mommy’s …

…the grocery store aisles, that is.
I have been reading two very informative books on simplifying the household cleaning chores. The first book, Organic Housekeeping, by Ellen Sandbeck, I discussed here earlier. The other book is Green This!, by Deidre Imus. Both are full of suggestions for how to eliminate the toxins in your cleaning routine and Ms. Imus goes into detail on why we do not want these toxins in our homes.
Reading these books and following the cleaning suggestions described by these two ladies can seem like a daunting big …

I feel very fortunate that my County”’’s library system has a variety of books on green and organic living. I stumbled across Organic Housekeeping, by Ellen Sandbeck, while perusing the shelves and I””””m finding it both fascinating and informative. Right now I am particularly interested in how to keep a healthy home for someone who has a weakened immune system while also minimizing the harmful chemicals that are use for everyday cleaning.
Ms. Sandbeck introduces her book with some disturbing news such as the 1998 Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study conclusions:
Of …

My daughter sported one of the Cue-T organic baby t shirts this Thanksgiving. Saving the turkey and saving the earth at the same time. The “Eat Tofu Save Turkey” shirt is a great conversation piece.
Going “green” is a hot topic these days and the Cue-T company is doing their part to empower youngsters and their parents to go green. Did you know that conventional cotton is sprayed with harmful pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers? Did you know that with every organic cotton t shirt purchase prevents 4 oz. of concentrated, …