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The Naturally Clean Home: 150 Super-Easy Herbal Formulas For Green Cleaning (2008)

by Karyn Siegel-Maier(Favorite Author)

4.25 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1603420851 (ISBN13: 9781603420853)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Storey Publishing, LLC

review 1: I am loving this book! She has really helpful suggestions for what essential oils to use where, and great recipes. Yes, I probably could have figured it all out on my own, but why re-invent the wheel? I love how fresh and clean my home feels with the all natural ingredients. Now when the kids walk in they say "the house smells so good!", where before they would open the windows and leave the room to escape the "cleaning" fumes!
review 2: I read the 2nd edition (which seems from what I could see of reviews)has more recipes. I am not sure what else is different though. So far in all the books I have read on natural cleaning, this one has been the most easy to understand, filled with a lot of useful information and tips. If I had to get one book on natural cleani... moreng, this would be it. This year one of my goals was to expand my natural cleaning products. And this book gave me plenty of recipes to use and try. Often I see recipes on the web and other resources that use the same 3 ingredients over and over - baking soda, borax and vinegar which are all great ingredients but I wanted something to smell good but have properties that clean and disinfect. And this book gave me those options. MANY options. It includes those basic ingredients you see everywhere but also introduces herbs and essential oils and that was just what I was needing. This book includes an introduction section that includes benefits of natural cleaning, safety issues, which herbs to use, how and why, how to get started (supply lists) and then a chart of herbs and the beneficial properties. After the introduction the book is divided into section on what to clean and then many many recipes to go with each section. Such as it has a section on the kitchen so has dish soap, automatic dishwasher soap, sink clean, de-greaser (which is something I have been looking for), all-purpose cleaner and so on. Another section is just on floors and carpet which includes an all-purpose citrus wall cleaner and simple rug and carpet deodorizer. In between all the recipes there are many cleaning tips. Other sections:The Bath, the laundry, wood care, cleaning metals, clearing the air, the garage and basement, the garden and landscape and the home office. It also has a resource list. Some favorite recipes:Lavender Lift Automatic Dishwasher PowderCountry Spice Scrubber Herbal De-greaserMold and Mildew Prevention Formula Lavender Soft ScrubberSome other recipes I want to try:Thyme Carpet Steamer ShampooHerbal Mists - Air FreshenersFloor wipes and all purpose wipes that use cloth wipes so they can be recycled (washed and then reused)Laundry soapsI would start out with just a few recipes that use the same oils so you aren't investing in lots of oils. They are expensive but I do need to say they go a LONG LONG way. The only oil I had before getting this book was tea tree oil. I have used it in a cleaner for my bathroom for the last 2 years and you can't even tell from the bottle that I have used any. So just start out with a few and then build up and they will last you a long time. ** I read a few reviews saying they were the same recipes over and over again just changing the essential oils and herbs. And that is probably accurate. But I didn't know anything about essential oils and herbs so this helped me know which would give me the properties I needed in cleaning. It gave a combination of oils and herbs and how to use them - which I would have never known without reading this book. less

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