Ohmyword I can’t believe I haven’t told you about this yet. It’s revolutionary and smells delicious and is good for the environment, and it’s basically equivalent to having a husband who puts down the toilet seat. AFTER EVERY USE.
For Christmas this year, our theme was “local gifts.” They could be either associated with your locale, or locally made, and in this situation the gift that my older sister gave me was both: Sweet Grass Farm Lemon Verbana Laundry Soap and Liquid Dish Soap. I haven’t used the dish soap yet because I’m using up a bottle of generic store brand, but I use the laundry soap for every load now, and I don’t think I can possibly go back.
First of all, it smells absolutely divine and leaves our clothes smelling fresh but not feeling… I dunno… heavily processed? Does that make sense? Probably not, but it does to me. I only use a smidge of it – 1/8th of a cup for each load so I have a whole slew of it left, and it works like a charm on HE frontloaders. Now, I’m a girl who loves doing laundry (don’t ask me why), and this soap takes the task of laundry to an all new nirvana. I keep it in a glass jar on top of my washer, and just looking at it makes me giddy. Now I need to find out if it’s suitable for washing cloth diapers or not? If so, I will definitely never go back.
So today after cleaning the bathroom and realizing I was running out of the generic “green” spray cleaner that I use in there, I thought to myself, “Self, I bet Sweet Grass Farm has a truly green spray cleaner that I could use in the bathroom.” So I mosied over to their site, and by jove, THEY DO!
I’m also thinking about their dusting spray because I have so much daggone painted trim in this house, and it collects dust like you wouldn’t believe. I guess it’s the wood floors?
Now I just need to decide if I want to branch out from the Lemon Verbana scent that I totally love and try something new? Eeeeny meeny miney moe…
February 15th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Try Charlie’s Soap for diapers. My hunch is that the fragrance would cause a build-up, even if it’s from a natural source like lavender.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Cathy is right. You don’t want to use scented detergents on your diapers. I’ve never tried Charlie’s but have heard great things. Also try Planet or Seventh Generation delicate care. Only use a very little of whatever you decide on though because it can take A LOT of rinses to get it all out.
February 16th, 2010 at 12:07 am
i just read about charlie’s soap today! i like that you can use seventh generation because that’s so readily available. can you buy charlies in stores or is it only available online?
February 16th, 2010 at 12:39 am
i bought big jugs of charlies from a coop i was on. i’ve used a ton of diff ones and it seems what’s most important (besides the no whitener-brightener-enzyme thing) is the amt you put in your laundry and how well you rinse. i’m using my xmas stuff now and LOVE it!! doesn’t make my dipes smell like lavender (buy that one next! so lovely!), but it does a good clean.
February 17th, 2010 at 8:45 am
I think there are some select stores. I buy it through Amazon because it is eligible for free shipping.