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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
 Posted - May 11 2009 : 8:22:20 PM
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Well girls, this is the last of my recipes. Anyone have any others, or diffferent versions of ones I have posted, to post, go for it!
Hope these have been a help to you in making your homes healthier and greener. I have had fun posting these. Blessings! 
Citrus Degreaser
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup baking soda
5-10 drops citrus essential oil (optional)
Mix together to make a paste. Apply to greasy area, use damp cloth to wipe off.
Carpet Deodorizer
1 cup borax
1 cup baking soda
10 drops favorite essential oil
Combine and sprinkle over carpet. Let stand 20 minutes, vaccum up.
Soft Scrub
1/4 cup baking soda
2-3 Tablespoons of Castile liquid soap
Mix together till it is smooth. Use a cloth to apply. Wipe clean.
Oven cleaner
1 small box of Baking soda
water
Liquid Castile soap
Sprinkle water generously over the bottom of the oven, and cover with baking soda, avoid heat coil. Sprinkle more water over soda. Let it sit overnight. Wipe it up in the morning, use a scrubby pad. To remove the reside, put a bit of the castile soap on a damp cloth and wipe clean.
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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Edited by - Julia on May 11 2009 8:26:55 PM |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2009 : 8:38:23 PM
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Just came across these and thought I would pass them on.
One teaspoon of borax mixed with a teaspoon each of white vinegar and lemon juice will make a homemade stain remover that effectively removes ink and many food stains from most color-safe fabrics.
Baking soda mixed with water to form a paste makes an excellent homemade stain remover for perspiration stains on clothing.
A saltwater mixture is also an effective pre-soak for heavily soiled clothes.
Another version of homemade stain removers that can be effective as a spot remover for delicate fabrics is three tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide mixed with one tablespoon of ammonia. This mixture should not be made in any larger quantity and should be discarded after use.
Try straight club soda or a lemon juice and water mixture for fabrics.
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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Edited by - Julia on May 11 2009 8:39:08 PM |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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gspringman
True Blue Farmgirl
387 Posts
Gail
Bonanza
Oregon
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 09:11:24 AM
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Thanks Julie! All your recipes have been a hit with me. Thank you for sharing them.
Gail
Farmgirl #486
Planting Zone 5
http://grammasladybug.blogspot.com/
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 11:35:35 AM
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I agree Julia. I have tried a few and have great success!
Kim
Farmgirl Sister # 302 |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2009 : 11:47:18 AM
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Glad to have been of service!!!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 07:25:43 AM
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Does anyone have a recipe for a carpet cleaner? Not a spot cleaner, but the whole room carpet in the machine cleaner?
Kim
Farmgirl Sister # 302 |
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
309 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 07:58:33 AM
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I have been enjoying the Green Recipes, too. I do not know one for your carpet cleaner but I do have one for carpet freshener. It is 2 cups of baking soda and the essential oils of choice. I really like to add lemon essential oil and lavender EO as well. The mix of the two make a very fresh smell that does not actually smell like either. Just very fresh. My instructions were to sprinkle this on the carpet and let sit a bit and then vaccum.
LaVonna
www.windsongwellnessandtherapyshoppe.com
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2009 : 8:55:26 PM
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Welcome LaVonna!
Kim, I am wondering if adding a bit of Liquid Castile soap to the water would work, maybe with a bit of oxy clean. Both are low sudsing. I would do a small spot check to see if it will work.
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
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Posted - May 13 2009 : 10:03:50 PM
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Thanks for the welcome, I have been lurking about for awhile.
I do have a couple of questions. First one, is about the soap. I have in two of the product lines that I sell, I have soap that is a clean soap. I am sure you know one like it. Amway has one, Shaklee has one, Nature's Sunshine has one and then there is Miracle 2. I deal with the last two. But, I think they are all similar. You know, really concentrated and one quart cleans everything and make tons of gallons of whatever you are making. They all claim to be an enviromentally clean soap. Well, since I have this I am going to try it in place of castile liquid. I will buy the bar of castile for what it is called for. I have used the liquid castile before and have nothing against it but I have this other.
If somebody knows something negative about this please let me know.
I have used the concentrated cleaner in my carpet machine in a very very weak dilution. They say that when you get soap in the fibers of carpet that the soap will hold on or grab the future dirt. So maybe if you used a very diluted castile. But I wonder about maybe following the soap session with vinegar and a citrus essential oil. Maybe that would pull the remaining soap from the fibers?? Just a thought.
Now second question, I know where to buy most all of the supplies but "washing powder?" Is there a brand name? Is it in the laundry area?
LaVonna
www.windsongwellnessandtherapyshoppe.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2009 : 07:20:26 AM
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Hi LaVonna!
Are you talking about the home laundry detergent? Your soaps should be fine, but I think they are liquid so you would probably be making the liquid version? Also I think the "washing powder" you mentioned is actually called Washing Soda. Washing Soda (often Arm and Hammer brand) should not be confused with Baking Soda. You can usually find Washing Soda in the laundry/cleaning aisle of your grocery store, or if you can't find it there and they won't order it for you, try www.soapsgonebuy.com
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
www.farmgirlalee.blogspot.com
www.allergyjourneys.blogspot.com
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Windsong
True Blue Farmgirl
309 Posts
LaVonna
Decatur
Tx
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MarciM
Farmgirl in Training
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Marci
Moscow
ID
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2009 : 2:31:50 PM
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A really great castile soap is Dr. Bronners. it is certified fair trade and organic. it comes in all kinds of lovely scents too! i love the lavender and the peppermint for dishes. i buy mine in the large bottles and then transfer into smaller bottles for backpacking. it is a great all around soap that you can use on your face, body, hair, and dishes! it's biodegradable too, so good for camping. a little goes a VERY long way. the website is www.drbronner.com and it's found in most natural food stores and groceries that carry organic goods.
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Jonquil
Farmgirl in Training
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pam
nashville
tn
USA
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Posted - May 25 2009 : 08:53:35 AM
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I have castille soap on the bottom shelf of the household cleaning products aisle. Once I found it in the soap aisle. It's kind of a hit-or-miss thing.
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Posted - May 30 2009 : 04:19:22 AM
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I have seen castile soap in almost all grocery stores and yes, it is almost always on the bottom shelf, white label with blue writing and a little red. A simple but safe product. I have used it off and on for years. Thanks, Julia for the new recipes. There are several I will try and I already use the laundry soap recipe and it works great.
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2009 : 8:54:05 PM
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Your welcome Karen. Both of my older daughters have now asked me for the recipes. Passing it on to the next generation! It's what it is all about!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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Pearlsnjeans
True Blue Farmgirl
248 Posts
Vicki
West Haven
Utah
USA
248 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2009 : 08:35:15 AM
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Just found this thread through MaryJane's Cluck. It's wonderful! I've been using vinegar and baking soda for quite some time. These new recipes will give me the needed push to get rid of all the yucky chemical stuff.
Thanks Julia and everyone else for all the ideas.
Vicki
Farmgirl Sister #120
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 12:18:00 PM
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Julia, I just wanted to tell you again thank you for all of your recipes! I'm slowly getting there to having all my cleaners swapped over. I just got started using the recipe for dishwashing detergent and wanted to tell you that not only are my dishes sparkling clean, but my dishwasher is so much cleaner, too!! After the first use, I opened the door and thought to myself, "Wow! Look how white!" I hadn't realized how grungy my 12 yo dishwasher had gotten! Now if I can only find the Castile soap!!!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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laurzgot
True Blue Farmgirl
1723 Posts
Laurie
Alvin
Texas
USA
1723 Posts |
Posted - Jun 22 2009 : 7:18:14 PM
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Julia, I've been going green slowly but surely for awhile. It's great to have more recipes for green cleaning.
Laurie
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2009 : 9:59:46 PM
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I am so proud of you girls! With my recent move and staying with my sister, well... she hasn't gotten the green bug yet, I am having to ease into changes.
Cherry, look at health food stores, and Fred Meyers, do you have those in AL? and even outdoor stores that sell camping, hiking equipment and such, they often times sell Castile soap. Good hunting!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2009 : 8:37:19 PM
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I just got my new MJF magazine, took longer cause of having to reroute, because of my move, anyway, what a kick to see my green recipes in the magazine! I had no idea! Now a whole lot more farmgirls will have them. It makes me feel so good to think it will encourage more people to clean green!
Both of my married daughters recently asked for the laundry soap recipe, now I will just give them each a magazine and hopefully it will encourage them to try some of the others. Fun stuff!
For tomorrow and its needs I do not pray, but keep me, guide me, love me, Lord just for today.
St. Augustine
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gspringman
True Blue Farmgirl
387 Posts
Gail
Bonanza
Oregon
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2009 : 1:15:12 PM
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Julie, just wanted to say congrats on your recipes making it into the new MJ magazine. And here all along I've been printing them out. lol Now everyone who receives the magazine can get started going green. Your recipes are great.
Gail
Farmgirl #486
Planting Zone 5
http://grammasladybug.blogspot.com/
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 07:33:52 AM
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Julia, congrats on making it in MJ's Magazine. I have been sharing your recipes and my own with several people. My two teen age daughters alos use them and tell people about them , who send me their email to get copies, so my dear, you are touching more than you know....
Kim
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chaddsgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
843 Posts
Sarah
Farmgirl Sisterhood #639
MO
USA
843 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2009 : 07:51:52 AM
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My mom (screen name Lynner) and I are both using your recipe's for green cleaning products! Having them in the newest MJF magazine makes for easy reference. Thank you so much for these wonderful replacements of toxic chemical cleaners. Now I just have to work on my sister.......
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