Laundry bleaching

Add a cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide to your whites wash in place of bleaches. It's environmentally friendly!

Natural wrinkle-release recipe

Juice 4 lemons into a pint of cold water. Put into a spritzer bottle and spray for easier ironing. (If you use this mixture in your iron it will also help to prevent them from clogging)

How to remove Sudocream (diaper rash cream)

"Do you have any advice for removing Sudocream?"  Georgina Freedman, UK

Thanks for your question Georgina! Because of the content of Zinc and Benzyl, we need to treat this similiar to grease, something that is not meant to immediately break down when in contact with liquid (eg. pee). There are three very good products already in your cupboards if you do not already have our eco stain remover at hand. You can soak the stain in washing up liquid (dishsoap), or a clear, non-staining clarifying shampoo. For those in Canada, household vinegar can be used also. This will help to lift the stain in order for the wash water to penetrate the fibers. If the stain is not completely removed the first time, don't worry, repeat the soaking process again once hang dried.

For our Natural and Eco-Friendly stain stick go to http://www.got-balls.ca/

Air-drying your clothes

Well, as winter fades (hopefully), we can see the sun start to shine and .... 
I can close my eyes and dream about dreaming on freshly line-dried sheets and pillowcases.

 Best of all, air-drying is FREE! Reducing your energy use is an important environmental contribution. Decreased energy use means fewer generating plants are required and we reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Also, air-drying completely eliminates static cling! Checking the heating elements of a GE dryer, they are rated at 5600 watts. If I run that dryer for 1 hour, then I’ve used 5.6 kWh (kilowatt hours). BC Hydro is charging (March 2011) at $0.0878 per kWh, so that costs me about 49 cents per load. I do about 3 loads a day, so my savings for hang-drying 50% of my laundry is about $15 per month. That’s $180 a year! Or as I like to see it, twice a year at the Wild Orange Spa!

 Now, I know you’re thinking that this weather is not conducive to drying outside yet, but we can still dry inside- 

 If space is a concern, you can check out Ikea’s new, very cool, height-adjustable drying rack ($14.99), it hangs from your laundry room ceiling! Or, there is also wall drying racks, and your classic drying tree. I have also used my small wooden drying rack over the bathtub in our travel trailer, a perfect fit, and a tub also catches those drips!

Next week-  a natural wrinkle-release recipe!