I’ve been excited about this giveaway ever since it was set up months ago. The winner gets to choose four – FOUR! – products from the Biokleen website, one from each of the four categories of Kitchen, General, Laundry, and Soyblends.
I got even more excited when I began to test Biokleen’s products and found that they all (except one) were top quality and definitely something I wanted to share with my readers.
Please start by reading my Biokleen product review and the fascinating apple wash test for Biokleen produce wash. When you’re ready to win some great, green cleaners, come on back here.
GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR ENTERING! WINNER ANNOUNCED MONDAY, DECEMBER 7TH.
Enter To Win!
Time to go shopping! Choose a product from each category and tell me in the comments what you’re pining for:
(If you receive KS via email, you will need to click over to the site to leave a comment.) If you’d like more chances, obtain extra entries by doing the following. You may leave all the entries in one comment and I’ll sort them out!
- Mandatory entry: Tell me your Biokleen wish list.
- Subscribe in a reader or via email to Kitchen Stewardship (or tell me if you already do).
- Share with us: What do you already do to “green up” your cleaning? (Or, what do you want to do next?)
- If you have a blog or website, post about this giveaway linking back to this post.
- What’s your favorite Monday Mission or Recipe? Just tell me in the comment and I’ll give you an extra entry.
- Follow me on Twitter AND Tweet about the giveaway (just click the button at the top of this post).
- Stumble or Digg this post (you can use the “Share This!” icon at the bottom of the post).
- Email 5 friends (who don’t already read Kitchen Stewardship) about the giveaway.
- Stumble or Digg your favorite post or recipe at Kitchen Stewardship. (What is Stumble?)
- Quiz time: What did you learn during the Fat Full Fall?
Be sure to tell me everything you did in your comment. There are a possible 10 entries! If you can handle completing all 10, I’ll give you a bonus entry just for being perseverant (but tell me if you do in your comment so I’m not up counting all night). If you don’t have a blog, I’ll still give you the bonus if you complete the other 9. I still trust the honor system. Just be honest about what you’ve done – giveaways should be fun!
I will use random.org’s integer generator to choose the commenters who win from my list of commenter emails. The giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, December 4th, and I’ll post the winners by the following Monday.
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Kitchen Stewardship is dedicated to balancing God’s gifts of time, health, earth and money. If you feel called to such a mission, read more at Mission, Method, and Mary and Martha Moments.
What a great giveaway! I want just about everything.
Let me try to narrow it down.
Laundry – either the free & clear laundry liquid or the oxygen bleach.
Kitchen – automatic dish powder
General – floor cleaner. Or bathroom cleaner
Soy Blends – soy lube. Or maybe toilet cleaner
Maybe it’s best if I don’t win. Too tough a decision. But I’ll try my best to pick just one if I do win. Thanks for the opportunity!
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free and clear
product wash
bac-out—-I love this stuff!!!
toilet scrub
I have you set up in my google reader.
Next in my green clean-up–I’m going to get rid of my un-green cleaners. They have just been taking up space for a while.
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Thanks so much for hosting this fantastic giveaway! I agree with the first poster, very tough choices here.
1. I would choose: COLD-WATER FORMULA LAUNDRY LIQUID, CONCENTRATED PRODUCE WASH, BAC-OUT STAIN & ODOR ELIMINATOR, and CITRUS SOY SOLVENT.
2. I subscribe in Google Reader
3. To “green up” my cleaning, I use rags from old shirts instead of paper towels and a vinegar/water spray as an all-purpose cleaner.
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AWESOME! This is easy, too – (1) oxygen bleach, produce wash, Bac-Out Stain & Odor eliminator, and citrus soy solvent.
(2) Subscribe in reader
(3) & (5) I’ve greened up my routine by using my favorite Monday mission – vinegar and peroxide. LOVE IT.
(4) Posted here
(6) Follow & tweeted
[note to self, gotta get into stumble!!]
(10) I learned about the Omega 6/3 balance – and I need to go back and reread it. Good stuff!
Thanks so much, Katie!!
.-= Lenetta @ Nettacow´s last blog ..Link Roundup – What Doin’? Edition =-.
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i love this company’s products!
1.
id choose;
oxygen bleach plus
auto dishwasher powder
lavender lime bac out bathroom cleaner
soy lube
2. i already subscribe to KS.
3. I use biokleen dishwasher powder already and have found that it works really well!
.-= emily´s last blog ..Romantic Dinner for Two (and a baby!): Duck Confit with Buttercup Squash Pancakes =-.
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1. I would pick bac-out stain remover, the automatic dish powder, soy cream cleaner, and the oxygen bleach.
The kids really enjoy helping clean the tub and the like with this too, I mean who wouldn’t?)
2. I subscribe
3. I like good old baking soda and vinegar for many uses, (but could occasionally use a notching up – like when I wait too long in between cleanings
5. Still coasting on one bowl pumpkin muffins as a favorite (as are the family and church members I’ve made them for)
10. I learned in Fat Full Fall that fast food fries, until mid 80′s, were fried in a mostly tallow mix! And I’ve developed a desire to make some homemade with tallow – I mean what could taste better? Much less to a pregnant woman!
So I guess that is a total of 5 entries.
Thanks for another great giveaway!
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I would choose the Chlorine Free Oxygen Bleach Plus, Automatic Dish Powder, LAVENDER-LIME BAC-OUT BATHROOM CLEANER, and Soy Toilet Scrub.
I subscribe.
I use vinegar, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide.
We love your protein bars.
Twitter follower and twittered this.
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Oh I Love it – would love to try! I would really like their dishwasher soap
- I subscribe already
- have gotten rid of bleach, make laundry detergent and use simple green, vinegar & baking soda in most other cleaning
(oh and just a note on the dishsoap – I have one by Ecover, got at local natural food soap, and I am liking it, priced reasonable and I think it does a good job)
- tweeted
- Shared it
thanks for the reviews – I always enjoy other peoples opinions so I can buy a little wiser!
.-= Jen´s last blog ..Breakfast Bags & Granola recipe =-.
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1. Free and Clear Laundry Powder, Lemon Thyme Dishwash Liquid, Lavender-Lime Bathroom Cleaner, Citrus Soy Solvent.
2. I subscribe!
3. I make my own laundry detergent. I want to make my own dishwasher soap, but haven’t found much success with what I’ve tried so far.
5. I really enjoyed reading about canola oil. I still don’t know what to think about it, but it’s interesting.
10. I learned to be less afraid of animal fats, and now I leave some of the fat in my chicken soup. I’m also using olive oil and butter more than canola oil.
.-= Mrs. Mordecai´s last blog ..Pineapple right-side-up coffee cake =-.
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1) Here’s my wishlist:
-All temperature citrus laundry powder
-Hand moisturizing dishwash liquid
-Spray & wipe all-purpose cleaner
-Soy toilet scrub
2)Already a subscriber!
3)I have a long way to go with greening up my cleaning! I’ve moved away from a lot of the harsh commercial cleaners, but I’m still experimenting with natural and homemade alternatives.
4)Blogged about the giveaway
5)It sounds weird to call it my favorite, because I haven’t made it yet, but I am dying to try your fruit pizza recipe!
6)Sorry, no twitter for me.
7)Thumbs up on Stumbleupon!
8)I skipped this one.
9)Stumbled my favorite post (The ultimate traditional real food)
10)I really enjoyed learning more about coconut oil. I was already becoming familiar with it, but your posts really helped!
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1) My wishlist:
~Chlorine-free Oxygen Bleach Plus
~Lemon Thyme Dishwash Liquid
~Bac-out Stain and Odor Eliminator
~Soy Toilet Scrub
2) Subscribed!
3) I use vinegar and peroxide and am finding new ways everyday to green my routine!
6) followed/tweeted!
10) I learned a lot about the types of oils and how they are processed. We also solved our family’s “butter battle”. : )
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1) My wish list: Free & Clear Laundry Powder, Free & Clear Automatic Dish Powder, Super Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner & Degreaser, and Soy Toilet Scrub!
2)I subscribe in a reader.
3)I already make my own laundry detergent, but I’m not in love with the fact that my recipe uses Borax.
4)My favorite Monday Mission is still meal planning! Doing that is completely key to my week’s success or failure in staying ahead and not compromising on meals!
5)During Fat Full Fall, I learned how to make ghee.
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1. Cold-Water Formula Laundry Liquid, Concentrated Produce Wash, LAVENDER-LIME BAC-OUT BATHROOM CLEANER, & Citrus Soy Solvent.
2. I already subscribe (and really enjoyed the product tests results).
3. I already use many natural cleaning products, including several of Biokleen’s. I buy their powder laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent in bulk through Azure Standard and split with friends.
5. One-Bowl Pumpkin Muffins or Bread
10. Omega 6 oils are full of free radicals.
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1. WishList:
Laundry-Oxygen Bleach Plus
Kitchen-Automatic Dish Powder
General-Bac-Out Stain & Odor Eliminator
Soyblends-Toilet Bowl Cleaner
2. I subscribe in Google Reader!
3. Share: To “green” up my cleaning, I use club soda on my windows, mirrors, and fixtures to make them sparkly!
4. Quiz: My favorite post from the Fat Full Fall series was the one on how to make Ghee. It’s on my post-Thanksgiving to do list!
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1.Wish list:
laundry – Oxygen Bleach Plus
kitchen – Automatic Dish Powder
General – Bac-Out
Soyblends – Soy Cream Cleaner
2. I already subscribe via email
3. I’ve made the switch to use earth friendly household cleaners (some packaged and some made – such as vinegar & baking soda for a toilette bowl cleaner) and reusable supplies (ie. microfiber cloths)
5. Reducing Food Waste!!
10. I didn’t know that ghee was so easy to make and thought that it was something that really had to be purchased in order to be good.
4.
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1) Wish List
Laundry – Oxygen Bleach Plus
Kitchen – Produce Wash
General – Bac-Out – I use on cloth diapers.
Soyblends – Soy Toilet Scrub
2) I subscribe in google reader.
3) I make a lot of my cleaners using vinegar, essential oils, baking soda, etc. What I can’t (or don’t wanna) make I buy natural. The only thing I haven’t found an effective cleaner for is my toilet cleaner. Still looking for the best substitute.
5) I really like your tortilla recipe!
6) I follow you (camelfam) and tweeted.
10) I learned that animal fats (tallow, lard, etc) are good for me and I should be saving them instead of tossing them like I have been.
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1. I would like : cold water formula laundry, Bac Out stain and odor remover for general, the produce wash or the hand moisterizing dish liquid for kitchen. The soy is hard because I am super sensitive to soy products so I am not sure any of them would work for me? If I chose one it would probably be the toilet scrub.
2. I stumbled on your site and decided to join via email.
3. I am planning to CD my baby (I’m expecting #4) and I keep my butter wrappers for greasing pans, and I am looking into being more natural when it comes to um… feminine processes.
I am so new to your site that I haven’t done any of the Monday thingies, but I am looking forward to learning about the whole animal fats gig because my husband is a hunter/gatherer type man. Also, curious about the ghee, and a lot else. Everything decently and in order though, one step at a time, don’t want to get overwhelmed.
I emailed some friends. Sorry, not a tweeter.
Thanks so much for the opportunity to win this stuff. I would be happy if this was my ‘somewhere to start’ !
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Thanks for the fun giveaway!
1. I would choose Free & Clear Laundry Liquid, Free & Clear Automatic Dish Powder, Super Concentrated All Purpose Cleaner & Degreaser, Soy Toilet Scrub.
2. I’m already subscribed in my Google Reader.
3. I have been loving the scouring powder from Tammy’s Recipes! Started using it several months ago, and it does work well, especially for baths and sinks.
5. Favorite mission would probably have to be the handwashing/anti-bacterial soap one–something I’ve wanted to be better about, but hadn’t gone “whole-hog.”
10. I learned soooo much about coconut oil–I didn’t even know it could be solid and liquid!
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1. Wish List: Automatic Dish Powder, Bac-Out (love to have a “green” stain remover, produce wash, and the Oxygen Bleach Plus
2. I subscribe via e-mail
3. I use vinegar and water for floors, straight vinegar squirted into toilet bowl, baking soda to remove tough spots on stove top, etc. Still trying to let go of the old stand-by toxic cleaners.
4. No blog
5. Recipe for Veggie Bean Burritos and the tortillas
6 – 9 None
10. I always wondered where canola oil came from. It just appeared as the so-called better choice than corn oil which was the so-called better choice over vegetable oil. Now I know. Thank you.
That makes 5 entries.
Thanks for the opportunity!
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My choices: free and clear laundry, would love to try the automatic dish powder( i have been trying to make my own and not working out so good) the product wash, and bac out- i just recently was introduced to bac out and can’t say enough good things about it, i use some mrs. meyer’s cleaning products and vinegar whenever i can, i just subscribed last week to your site, i think i found you through passionate homemaking, enjoy what i have read so far
please choose me:)
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I would choose the Chlorine Free Oxygen Bleach Plus, Automatic Dish Powder, LAVENDER-LIME BAC-OUT BATHROOM CLEANER, and Soy Toilet Scrub.
I subscribe.
I use vinegar, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide.
We love your chicken stock instructions/recipe.
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1. I would love to get oxygen bleach, produce wash, Bac-Out Stain & Odor eliminator, and citrus soy solvent.
2. I am subscribed in google reader
3. We use a lot of vinegar for cleaning instead of all of that other stuff we used to think we needed.
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1. I love BioKleen’s products – here’s my wishlist: Free & Clear laundry powder, Free & Clear auto dish powder, Bac-Out (regular) and Soy toilet scrub
2. Already a subscriber
3. Here’s how I’ve been greening my cleaning: I’ve been phasing out the regular commercial cleaners as I run out, in favor of natural ones and I also use microfiber towels rather than disposable wipes
6. I tweeted about your giveaway (@mamaisbloggin)
.-= Laura V.´s last blog ..Menu Plan Monday – 11/23 =-.
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1. Premium Plus Laundry Powder, Produce Wash, Bac-Out, & Citrus Soy Solvent
2. Already subscribe
3. I use vinegar, baking soda, and borax in place of a lot of nasty conventional cleaners.
5. Try full fat dairy – yum! I’ll never go back to 2%.
6. Done.
10. Low-fat = scary
.-= Kelly´s last blog ..Georgia’s 13.6 percent premature birth rate earns an “F” from March of Dimes =-.
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Chlorine Free Oxygen Bleach Plus
Automatic Dish Gel
LAVENDER-LIME BAC-OUT BATHROOM CLEANER
Soy Toilet Scrub
I subscribe via Google Reader.
I have been trying homemade cleaners for table, counters and also not using deodorant or cleansers on my face and just plain old soap and water.
My favorite Monday Mission is to make my own yogurt.
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1) High on my wish list are the Soy Cream Cleanser or the Soy Lube, as well as the critus Bac-Out floor cleaner!
2) I’ve been using Biokleen for several years now and really, truly love it. My favorites are their dishwasher detergent, Bac-Out, liquid laundry soap, all-purpose concentrated cleaner and their produce wash. I do agree, though, that their dish washing soap just isn’t that great (I like Seventh Generation much better).
3) I tweeted the giveaway (and I follow you)
4) I subscribe to you in a reader.
Ooh, hope I get to try out soyblends and get more of the stuff I’m running out of!
.-= Stephanie @ Keeper of the Home´s last blog ..Making Healthy Changes When Your Husband Isn’t on Board =-.
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1. Would love Oxygen Bleach, Produce Wash, Fabric Refresher, and Soy Cream Cleaner
2. I subscribe
3. I have switched to homemade cleaners: you gotto love baking soda and vinegar!
5. Love your pumpkin muffins – my kids ask for them all the time!
10. I learned that I can embrace butter and feel good about it:)
– That’s 5 entries – thanks!
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1. Free & clear laundry liquid, free & clear automatic dish powder,, spray & wipe all purpose cleaner, and soy toilet scrub.
2. I subscribe…well, you’re bookmarked in my favorites, actually!
3. I use vinegar and baking soda.
6. I follow you and tweeted about the giveaway.
10. I learned *why* canola oil isn’t a good choice. I knew that it wasn’t, nut I wasn’t clear on the reasons. I also didn’t know that the majority of the canola (rapeseed) plants are genetically modified!
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Hi! came across your blog from Simple Mom and now I’m a subscriber in my Google reader (one entry!)
I live in Michigan too (Thumb area) and so far I like what you have to say!
My Biokleen wish list: (one entry!)
free and clear laundry liquid
free and clear dish powder or liquid
lavender-lime bathroom cleaner!!!!!!
soy toilet scrub
this stuff all sounds awesome!
i’ve greened up in so many ways in the past three or four months, including:
(one entry!)
i switched to cloth bags, napkins, diapers, cleaning rags, feminine products. no more paper towels or napkins.
i now use peroxide and water, vinegar and water, baking soda and soap nuts (made into liquid) for most of my cleaning, though i still use Purex Free and Clear for most of my laundry, including cloth diapers. i use clorox Green Works toilet cleaner. no more chlorine bleach in this house.
i’m exploring greener options for the holidays, too. i just wrapped a gift this weekend in reusable christmas fabric, crocheted a chain to tie it with and added a tag made from some birch paper i found in the yard. it was really pretty!
glad i found your blog! check mine out if you want.
http://musingsfrommomschool.blogspot.com
krys13@msn.com
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Here’s my wishlist:
Free and clear laundry detergent
Automatic Dish Gel
Spray and Wipe All Purpose Cleaner
Soy Toilet Scrub
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my wish list
All-Temperature Citrus Laundry Powder
Automatic Dish Powder
Spray & Wipe All Purpose Cleaner
Fights Stains & Odors with Essential Mint Oil:
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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tami lewis Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
i meant to write Soy Toilet Scrub not the last line i actually wrote lol
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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i sub via email
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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can the cans is one of my fav monday missions
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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to green up my cleaning i have been making my own cleaners!
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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i follow u on twitter and i tweeted http://twitter.com/agodlyhomemaker/status/6019205560
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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ask my hubby- i talk about your post on omega 3 and omega 6 all the time!!!
.-= tami lewis´s last blog ..Let’s Recap =-.
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Cold-Water Formula Laundry Liquid
Concentrated Produce Wash
CITRUS ESSENCE BAC-OUT MULTI-SURFACE FLOOR CLEANER
and Soy Cream Cleaner
.-= Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker´s last blog ..What’s On Your Nightstand? =-.
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i sub via reader.
.-= Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker´s last blog ..What’s On Your Nightstand? =-.
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next, I would like to move to green beauty supplies.
.-= Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker´s last blog ..What’s On Your Nightstand? =-.
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i follow on twitter
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.-= Jen @ Happy Little Homemaker´s last blog ..What’s On Your Nightstand? =-.
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* Laundry – All-Temperature Citrus Laundry Powder
* Kitchen – Automatic Dish Gel
* General –
BAC-OUT FRESH NATURAL FABRIC REFRESHER
* Soyblends – Soy Lube SL-100
.-= Condo Blues´s last blog ..Habitat Restore Treasure Hunt =-.
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I subscribed to your feed w/ Google reader
.-= Condo Blues´s last blog ..Habitat Restore Treasure Hunt =-.
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I “green up” my cleaning by cleaning with vinegar. I put a spray nozzle from an empty bottle and use it straight up from the bottle because it’s already a 5% acid solution. I also use oxygen bleach. Oxygen bleach is a hydrogen peroxide based bleach.
.-= Condo Blues´s last blog ..Habitat Restore Treasure Hunt =-.
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My Monday mission is to do the laundry with homemade powdered laundry detergent. 1/2 cup borax, 1/2 cup washing soda (NOT baking soda), and 1 grated bar of soap flakes.
.-= Condo Blues´s last blog ..Habitat Restore Treasure Hunt =-.
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I follow you on Twitter and tweeted about the contest http://twitter.com/condoblues/status/6022361245
.-= Condo Blues´s last blog ..Habitat Restore Treasure Hunt =-.
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My wish list is
Soyblends – Soy Toilet Scrub (love the scent)
General – Citrus Essence Bac-Out Multi-Surface Floor Cleaner
Kitchen – Automatic Dish Gel
Laundry – Free & Clear Laundry Liquid
.-= Ellen´s last blog ..Pears =-.
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I’m subscribing to you via Google Reader.
.-= Ellen´s last blog ..Pears =-.
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I already try to use more natural & green products for cleaning (would like to use more) & we use microfiber cloths for all kinds of things – really helps to reduce paper.
.-= Ellen´s last blog ..Pears =-.
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I found the canola oil info very interesting. Thanks.
.-= Ellen´s last blog ..Pears =-.
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