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)
What a great resource!
started using "natural" cleaning products and would love this!
I'd like to try the disinfectant. I don't ever know what I'm bringing home off my grocery bags & stuff.
Hi There,
I'm glad to have found this site, and super excited about the chance to win the book. It looks very helpful and I'm always looking for new and green ways to clean up after my little ones! Thanks
I'm wanting to switch to green cleaning products that don't have a ton of chemicals which means making them, but I'm most interested in hardwood floor cleaners and kitchen stove/countertop cleaners.
I'd like to make a kitchen counter cleaner.
Thanks for the opportunity to win! I'd love to read this book. I just tried soaking oranges in vinegar, maybe these fresh green ideas will help me to clean more.
Love the hydrogen peroxide spray bottle idea. I bought a supply after my dog was sprayed by a skunk. Never happened again, so I need to find a new use
I can't wait to start making some of my own! I've been in the dark for so long, and with three kids with three busy schedules (baseball!!) easy and healthy are two of my favorite words. Thank you.
Thanks for the chance to win this book! I WANT to get started cleaning organically, but feel overwhelmed. I'd love to do some reading!
I am most interested in laundry products and counter tops.
This book is just what I've been looking for! What a lovely giveaway!
I would like to find a better tub cleaner. I would also like to try making my own laundry soap.
Natural toilet cleaners and dish washing liquids
Just recently began replacing my cleaners with homemade less toxic versions and this looks like a great resource.
Oh my...I hope that I could find this book somewhere! I love reading articles and blogs connected with the natural way of cleaning! I also work a lot and don't have enough time to clean, so I think that this book will give me some good advices for saving time, money and strength! Thanks for sharing!