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Hah-leluia!
It was a Sunday morning when I opened the dishwasher. Appropriately, I woke husband up singing the Halleluia chorus when I saw the job Biokleen dishwasher detergent did.
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Tags: Biokleen·dishwasher·dishwasher detergent·green cleaners·laundry·product review
Oh, the saga! My husband’s going to toss me out. (Actually, he’s threatened to just go to the store – the man who never shops! – and buy Cascade, but the first sentence sounded more catchy!)
Out of necessity and curiosity, a deadly combination, I tried yet another homemade, “natural” dishwasher detergent this week. I promised [...]
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Tags: dishwasher·dishwasher detergent·green cleaners·homemade
The search has been long and spotty. My poor husband has endured many a “rejected” dish pile from homemade dishwasher detergents and frugal attempts. I have come to the firm belief that you cannot have a homemade dishwasher detergent unless you want to seriously prerinse all your dishes, which ends up questionably using a lot [...]
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Tags: Cleaning·dishwasher·giveaway·green cleaners·Mrs. Meyer's·product review
Boy, am I grateful I have a good dishwasher…and a forgiving husband!
Since I posted on Using Your Dishwasher Wisely I’ve been working on finding a “greener” alternative to traditional dish detergents. The comments at that post gave me some ideas for storebought “natural” detergents, but I wanted to try a more frugal, homemade alternative first.
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Tags: Cleaning·dishwasher·dishwasher detergent·green cleaners
I could unload the bottom rack of a dishwasher all day long. Swap, swap, swap – plates are stacked. Tickity, tickity, tickity – bowls in the cupboard. Grab a few glass jars and you’re done. The top shelf, however, is my nemesis. Things are dripping, there are lids that store water in their creases, stuff [...]
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Tags: BPA·containers·dishwasher·plastics
I’ve been looking for a safer alternative (for earth and health) for dishwashing detergent and laundry detergent — that work – for a while now. I’m excited to read about soapnuts…they seem to do it all. I don’t know much about them, but there’s a giveaway here that I’m going to enter. Free is a [...]
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Tags: dishwasher·green cleaners
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to focus on being master of your dishwasher: getting it to do its best to serve you with clean dishes and serve the environment by using the least energy and resources possible.
1. Cut down on the detergent you use. (click for more)
2. Exchange your Jet Dry for [...]
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Tags: Cleaning·dishwasher·green cleaners·reducing waste