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Home made laundry detergent!

We found this great post on making your own laundry detergent over at Cozgroovy – they’re a green maid service just like we are, but they’re up in snow country (cheese country?) Wisconsin.

Has anyone ever tried this? It looks like it might be fun!

A few of my favorite things

… raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… I thought I’d let you into my day-to-day life. A few of the green things that keep me going. Things I use daily that I’m not sure I could manage without. Here it is:

My very first has to be my breadmaker. No, it isn’t solar-powered or constructed [...]

What’s in your medicine cabinet?

The medicine cabinet is not part of day-to-day cleaning, but it’s no less important. It’s where you turn when you wake up with a fever, when the baby’s teething, when allergies assault your eyes and sinuses, and this season – cold season – you may be turning to it for help all too often. So [...]

Can green be frugal?

What do you say? Can going green help your wallet? When I look at ‘eco-friendly’ products on the market I tend to be a little put off by the price. As a mother of 3, it just seems easier to buy store brand mac & cheese for $0.48/box than to put up the cash for [...]

50 Must-read blogs for the conscientious consumer

Check out this post over at Organicasm. They have list of 50 must-read blogs, separated by category. I’d have to say, these are some of the best green blogs in the blogosphere. Parenting, home, food, etc. – there’s something for everyone there. (And you’ll see Broom Huggers is listed there too! Not to toot our [...]

Chemical-free kid products? For free? Count me in!

Jules, a fellow mommy-blogger, over at Everyday Mommy is giving away a complete set of Kiss My Face kids’ products. It’s chemical free and they don’t test on animals. Organic ingredients too! They use responsible production methods and take care of the environment. The set includes hand wash, soap, lip balm, toothpaste, detangler, and more! [...]

Save money on housecleaning! (Part 2)

Now that we all know how to use a few household products for cleaning purposes, what if you still want to save money but you don’t have the time or energy to make your own concoctions?
First, invest in a few microfiber cloths. The synthetic fibers are 80% polyester and 20% polyamide and they are by [...]

Repurpose that newspaper

Sure, the recycling bin is a great home for yesterday’s newspaper, but even better – reuse it first! Newspaper is a great deodorizer. Have a room in your house that seems to collect odors? Wad up some newspaper and toss it under the bed, inside a cabinet, behind the armoire, in the tupperware dish you [...]

Making the switch?

Are you in the process of switching to greener cleaners? The Green Guide, published by National Geographic, just published this article on how to get rid of the old chemicals you don’t want anymore. We don’t want them in our landfills or our waterways, so this is important. Head on over if you have any [...]

Greening maid services

It seems like most of the big cleaning services out there are going ‘green,’ and that’s great news – we want to see fewer chemicals used in our community and less of an environmental footprint. But how many of them are really going green and how many are ‘greenwashing,’ or trying to fool their clientele? [...]