Comments on: Green and Frugal Laundry

By: A Healthier Home: Reducing Toxins | Modern Gal

A Healthier Home: Reducing Toxins | Modern Gal — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:17:57 +0000

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:19:50 +0000

Hi Nicky, great point on the new front loading washers. Thanks for the comment!

By: Nicky

Nicky — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:52:31 +0000

Your tips are really good – if just more people would do them!

And be sure to look at the big picture. The new front-loading horizontal drum washing machines not only use less water, but they do not need hot water at all. Actually modern detergents are made to work in cold water.

Ans the new frontloading washers spin the clothes SO FAST that they come out almost dry! Then just put those ‘almost dry’ clothes on a clothes drying rack like this one that is set up under a ceiling fan and you will have saved a ton of energy by not using the clothes dryer at all. With a rack you can dry clothes for free outside when it’s dry out and inside when it’s cold or damp.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:27:47 +0000

Kaitlyn, I just skip the neat folding a lot of times . Thanks for sharing, will look at the website.

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:15:12 +0000

I’ve tried in the past to make my own detergent, but to be honest, it’s kind of a pain running around gathering all of the ingredients. My friend suggested I try Grab Green. It’s really cool – the detergent comes in these tiny packets that dissolve in water. I think it has fabric softener in it already too, which saves me an extra step. Now if only I could find a solution for folding all of my clean clothes, I’d be set! Oh, forgot to mention that I haven’t seen it in the stores yet, only on the website: grabgreenhome.com

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:40:34 +0000

Aiming4Simple, good for you. Hopefully more HOA’s will start to catch on as well.

By: Aiming4Simple

Aiming4Simple — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:58:28 +0000

We don’t live in a subdivision, so I can hang my laundry without compunction. It’s great to get out in the sunshine!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:46:55 +0000

Hi Caitlin, I need to spend some time thinking about the feeds issue, which I have frankly ignored given the irregular services of things like feedburner and bloglines, but I will take into consideration your point. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:10:37 +0000

I found your site through Canadian Dream: Free at 45 today, and it’s really neat! I love the layout, and you’ve got some fantastic content from what I’ve read so far!

I subscribed to the RSS feed, but I’ve had to unsubscribe already as it’s not a full feed. What’s the point? Lack of full feeds is probably turning away some people from being readers at all, sadly. I’ll be around, if my other blogs link to you again, but I generally only read through feeds.
Good luck!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:44:23 +0000

Suzannah, keep us posted on the homemade detergent. I’ve heard that pool supply places may have sodium carbonate (washing soda), or the Arm & Hammer website may have suggestions of where to find it.

Courtney, will look at the biokleen. Hope the home owners association becomes more responsive.

Thanks for the comments.