First of all, I always make sure that there is vinegar in the rinse agent hole. It seems that the best detergent is simply equal amounts of washing soda and borax. You use 2 tablespoons. I will experiment using 1 tablespoon.
Also, you put the detergent into one of the other holes. Some say not to put [...]
Archive for May 4th, 2008
Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
Posted in Cleaning, tagged detergent, dishwasher, homemade, vinegar on Sunday, May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My Goals: Saving Money and Helping Our Earth
Posted in Cleaning, Food, Gardening & Yard Work, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Others, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged baggies, batteries, candles, canning, canvas totes, changes, chargers, cleaners, cloth wipes, collect water, compsot, consignment, cost, crochet, daycare children, deodorant, dishwasher, diva cups, dry herbs, Dryer, earth, electricity, environment, expensive, farmer's markets, flourescent lights, flowers, Food, freeze herbs, fresh produce, fruits, garden, gardening, gifts, goals, healthier, heating, helping, herbalism, herbs, home remedies, households, Infinity Razor, landfills, less waste, money, natural sunlight, oil, oil-lamps, pinching pennies, plastics, power strip, prices, recycle, resale, reuse, roadside stands, rugs, save, saving money, scavenge materials, second hand, shopping, soap, toilet paper, trailer, unplug, vegetables, vegetarian, washing machine, water, water baths, water bottles, yardsaling on Sunday, May 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In light of all the goings on (rising prices and the sad shape our Earth is in), I have made some goals for myself. Prices are not going to stop rising any time soon, and I am not going to become rich any time soon, so something(or someone) has to give. That would be me. I [...]
Frugal Recipe Posts
Posted in Food, tagged frugal, helpful, leftovers, recipes, trail mix, winter stocks on Sunday, May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I have posted a couple of things to the Frugal Recipes blog, and will be posting more soon. Visit the blog often for more helpful recipes. http://frugalrecipes.wordpress.com/. The new items posted so far have been:
Trail Mix from Leftovers
Freezer: Using up the Winter Stocks
Hope you enjoy!
Shannon
I Have been Away too Long
Posted in Others, Uncategorized, tagged clean, erning, first apartment, help, helpful, money, over-time, pack, working on Sunday, May 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I apologize. We have been dealing with my daughters medical concerns, and I have been working over-time trying to help the neighbors clean and pack for their move. They moved yesterday morning, and I ended up earning some money (Though I hadn’t done the work for that reason. I just wanted to help.) and receiving [...]
