Helpful Cleaners for your Home from your cupboards...........

Baking Soda - cleans, deodorizes, softens water, scours.
Soap - unscented soap in liquid form, flakes, powders or bars is biodegradable and will clean just about anything. Avoid using soaps which contain petroleum distillates.
Lemon - one of the strongest food-acids, effective against most household bacteria.

Borax - (sodium borate) cleans, deodorizes, disinfects, softens water, cleans wallpaper, painted walls and floors.
White Vinegar - cuts grease, removes mildew, odors, some stains and wax build-up.
Washing Soda - or SAL Soda is sodium carbonate decahydrate, a mineral. Washing soda cuts grease, removes stains, softens water, cleans wall, tiles, sinks and tubs. Use care, as washing soda can irritate mucous membranes. Do not use on aluminum.

Safe Dishwasher Detergent

Have you ever wondered what they put in those little tablets to clean your dishes? Well I wondered one day because I kept have these white powdery spots all over mine. I thought it was gross so I always had to rinse things before using. Once I started digging a little more as to what they actually have in them I soon realized it's practically toxic and I sure the heck don't want my family ingesting it. I don't know about your husbands but mine sure the heck doesn't inspect dishes before using them. After doing some googling I came across some home made remedies to cleaning supplies. Did you ever wonder what our grandmothers and great grandmothers did before there was such a thing and windex and clorox bleach wipes, or even pledge? Well I figured it out and almost all of it is found in your cupboards. This will be the first of a few posts on my newest project of ridding my home of toxic cleaning supplies and replacing them with safe natural ingrediants. I made this dishwasher soap can with some left over scrapbook paper and an old formula can which I might add comes with the handy dandy scoop already. I still have to apply modge podge from Michaels to the entire container so if it gets wet it won't ruin it. All you need is 2 cups baking soda and two cups borax mix together and voila a safe and cheap I might add dishwasher detergent and stop buying jet dry put white distilled vinegar in instead. It's safe and does the same job!