Green cleaning DIY: The Organically Clean Home book giveaway
Happy Earth Day friends. I’m excited to up the ante on your green cleaning makeover potential and offer up a copy of Becky Rapinchuk’s new book.
I’m always a bit wary of DIY cleaning ‘recipes’ because if they’re too involved, no one will make them (myself included). I don’t particularly love cleaning in the first place, much less having to craft some sort of elaborate cleaning product from the bottles, bags, and boxes of household items under my kitchen sink, or, heaven forbid, go to some crazy store that sells obscure cleaning supply ingredients.
Green cleaning can actually be convenient when you keep things really simple. If vinegar and water or castille soap doesn’t work, then I typically resort to baking soda or its heavier-hitting friend washing soda, or hydrogen peroxide based on the issue at hand.
When I opened Becky’s book I realized that her ‘recipes’ for cleaning are simple enough to fit my style (or my desired level of involvement pre-cleaning) and I thought it may fit your lives too. I like her style and think she’s right on track with telling people how to effectively clean and safely disinfect without all the gross chemicals. Case in point, a super-simple and 100%-effective way to disinfect kitchen surfaces safely:
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I love using peroxide in lots of areas because it’s inexpensive and works to remove all sorts of pesky stuff, from blood to mold and mildew. (Thanks again MightyNest for the new bottles, the spray top from one of which fit this bottle snugly to use as a temporary sprayer.
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I love laundry, which you might’ve noticed when reading my first book, but I’ve yet to explore the wild world of homemade laundry detergent. I’m thinking that this book may be the kick in the pants to assemble all the things I already have on hand into something we use all the time. I’ll definitely be trying out this recipe for homemade oxygen bleach paste, which is essentially the same as the store bought version I use often.
These two ingredients are already sitting on my laundry shelf, just begging to be combined!
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Enter by 11:59 pm on Monday, April 28, 2014 by using the widget below. Per the publisher’s request please limit entries to US & Canada only.
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Reader Comments (41)
I've just started making my own home cleaners, so this would be such a great tool!
I just found your site by googliing "how to hang pegboard" (thanks for your thorough tutorial!) and then I started poking around your site and found this contest. Would love to win this book - plus it's my birthday next Monday when the contest ends :)
So excited about this book! Would love to win it!
I just got married and am eager to start fresh, cleaning wise in our new home. I've been a big fan of vinegar solutions, I'd love to see what else I could whip up!
I've been looking for othe rcleaner recipes. This looks lovely.
I would love to win this as I am beginning to make my own cleaners and getting rid of all my chemical cleaners.
Love this! Just starting to transition to organic cleaners.
I make basic cleaner with vinegar, blue dawn and water. I want to try dishwasher tablets, laundry soap and fabric softener though soon. I bought jumbo size packages of soda and vinegar at sam's club the other week so I'm almost ready.
I'm in the process of switching to mostly homemade cleaners, but I'd like some good, simple recipes to take it to the next level!
I'd like to make as much as I can homemade, cheaper and green!
I make my own cleaners with Dr. Bronners, baking soda and water. I also use vinegar and water to disinfect. If you have an herb garden steep thyme in hot water for a while, spray on surfaces, let sit a few minutes and wipe off.
I love making my own cleaning products! I use a combination of baking soda and white vinegar for many things- from cleaning out drains to doing laundry.
I'm always looking for new green ways to clean my home.
I've been cleaning with vinegar and water for awhile and it works great. However, I find that I need something tougher to deal with my roommate's dirty dishes and conventional soap (Irish Spring, Dove, etc.). This looks like just the resource i've been looking for to help me tackle the tougher household cleaning issues. I can't wait to read it.
Would like to make a shower spray product!
I'm in the process of going as natural as I can. This looks like a great book.
Looks like a great book. I'm on the lookout for easy, cheap and effective recipes for cleaners. Thanks for the chance to win! :)
Baking Soda is my go-to cleaner at home - excited to learn about using natural cleaners!
I would like to find a glass cleaner recipe and a good bathroom disinfectant that I can spray on things (other than hydrogen peroxide)
I want to make a non toxic oven and stove top cleaner that really works!
Love the idea of homemade cleaning recipes that aren't complicated. Thanks!
This doesn't sound bad at all. A book like this could really come in handy.
Eugen @ The Munch Ado Blog
Looking forward to trying this out.
Happy Thursday! I am looking forward to giving this a try wIth all of the crazy messes my huge family makes! Thanks!
I'm most interested in natural kitchen cleaning products and laundry products. These are the areas of my house that come in most "contact" with our bodies. I'd also love to see some organic air fresheners or pet cleansers!