I have been reading about a different way of washing clothes, there is a natural product called "SoapNuts" which I have come across and have decided to give it a go.
First you buy some "SoapNuts", I bought mine from Amazon. They come with a little bag for you to put the nuts in so if you want you can just pop them straight in the washing machine and use them as you normally would detergent. Apparantly there is no need for fabric conditioner as they leave the clothese really soft.
I have decided to do option B! I put 20 in a pan with 2 cups of water, brought it to the boil and let it simmer for one hour.
After an hour just let it cool down, overnight if you want to. Strain the liquid into a suitable bottle and its ready to use. The shells are organic and can be used for compost or thrown in the ordinary rubbish bin.
All you have to do to use it is add some essential oils to make it smell nice, orange, lemon,rosemary,lavender, sage, basil and Tea tree are all good. I will try one of them.
For clothes washing use 2 tablespoons.
For washing up use 1 tablespoon
To make an all purpose cleaner take, half a cup of soapnut liquid, 1 cup of tap water, 2 tablespoons of white vinegar and 4-6 drops of essential oil.
Mix the ingredients well and poiur into a spray bottle.
To make handsoap, half a cup of soap nut liquid, half a cup of castile soap, 2drops of essential oil.
Because it is a natural product it doesn´t have a long shelf life so I am not going to make too much of it.
I will let you know what the results are!
The blog song for today is courtesy of my hubby: "Messages from the Stars" by The Rah Band
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