…you don’t have a special cupboard for storing cleaning products because most of the things you use for cleaning live in the kitchen and live a double life as food.
…you are quite prepared to have an argument with your spouse/partner/flatmates about the merits of baking soda and the like for cleaning versus “that overpriced stinking [...]
We do the laundry a lot more often than we used to. Today, it’s not unheard of for people to pop two shirts into the wash a day (one from work and one from the gym). In the past, people wore things for longer so there wasn’t as much for the laundry maid [...]
Was one of your New Year resolutions to cut down on waste and to live more sustainably? These quick tips should help.
1. Make your own household cleaners using natural ingredients. Not only does this mean that you will be less exposed to some of the most common sources of household pollutants and toxins, [...]
Avocado: Act quickly. Rub the stain with soap and warm water to make a lather and leave to sit a while before washing as normal. If the stain persists after one wash, rub glycerine into the spot and wash again. Avocado stones are particularly staining, so don’t cut them in half.
Blood: [...]
One thing that amazes many new mothers is the amount of washing generated by one small person. You kind of expect the nappies to add to the washing, but you never expect that small people sometimes need their clothes changed two or three or more times a day, thanks to leaky nappies and puking [...]
Cleaning carpets is one thing. We can all see that they get grubby very quickly and need frequent vacuuming and the rest. Thanks to gravity, spills, dead skin, pencil shavings and other bits and pieces end up on the floor. And we clean it up. But what about the wall? [...]
* In spite of all the promises made by a lot of commercial cleaning products, water is all you really need for the majority of jobs, such as wiping down tables and dusting. Water dissolves an awful lot of smears and will float dirt off. If you have a lot of dusting to [...]
1. The most basic way of all: open the window to let the fresh air in and the stale, bad-smelling air out. It’s surprising how few people try this very simple method.
2. Burnt food is one of the most common sources of bad smells in the kitchen. To prevent these smells, clean beneath [...]
Baking soda is one of the absolute basics of natural cleaning. Nearly every recipe for making your own cleaners seems to contain baking soda in it somewhere – and those that don’t have baking soda usually contain vinegar and are used for cleaning glass.
Baking soda can be used for so many things that it [...]
1. If you have small children, you have to be sure that you kill every single germ in the house so your children don’t get sick or pick up infections. Myth or fact?
Half true, half myth. While it is important to teach our children about basic hygiene and to make sure that they don’t [...]
