Green Housekeeping Cleaner Recipes... (2024)

Good Evening my dears..

I am a bit late tonight doing my post but we spent the day at the cottage...

I am quite happy as we have everything all hooked up. It took Terry a bit to get the pump going but thank the Lord it is now fixed and going.
I also THINK I will have the shop ready to open by the weekend.. I hope so anyway...

Now...
I had mentioned that I would tell you about what we did at our Keepers of the Home meeting on Saturday..

We did have a great time.. The girls are all so sweet and eager to learn anything that I dream up.. Bless their hearts.. smile..

Do you remember this pic?

This is an ORANGE VINEGAR that I steeped all week to have ready for our meeting...

All you have to do is to get a big jar and fill it 3/4 full of white vinegar.. Whenyour family eat any citrus especially oranges then you just put the peelings in the vinegar and let it steep for a week or so..

Strain it and use it to make some lovely green cleaners...

As you know orange helpsto clean... The vinegar smells like orange, too although I also putabout 1/2 tsp. of sweet orange essential oil in it, too.

Then just fill your spray container with a mixture of 1/2 orange vinegar and 1/2 water to make a wonderful all purpose cleaner...

Place a couple of orange peels in your spray bottle, too..

You can also add some tea tree oil to it and it makes it a disinfectant.. I personally hate the smell andadded a bit of lavender oil instead... Whatever turns your crank, eh....smile...

I found this idea on the web...

Now the girls received an email from me asking them to bring a quart size mason jar...

It was so we could make these...

Lemon Dusting Cloths...

I found the recipe to make these in a book that was on sale at Chapters..

All you do is this..

Tear up some old flannel or whatever you like for dust cloths..

Put 2 parts white vinegar and 2 parts water in a bowl..

Add a few drops of lemon or olive oil..

Put your cloths in and then wring them out..

Spread them out on your counter and place a couple of fresh lemon peels on top of them and fold up again..

Store in the mason jar..

Lindsay (one of the Keepers ) commented about them on the last post.. After she got home she used them and said that they work great.. All you do after they get dirty is wash and replace using the same method... You could do at least 4 or 5 of them at once...

ok?

This is the book ....

It is filled with wonderful ideas to make your own cleaners and such...

Garden ideas, too...

I also gave the girls recipes for vegetable wash..

1 cup water

1 cup white vinegar

2 T. baking soda

2 T. lemon juice..

Mix water and baking soda in a bowl.. Very slowly add vinegar and lemon juice...Wait until it is done fizzing and then place in a spray bottle.. (available at the dollar store)

Spray on veggies and sit for 5 minutes.. Scrub and rinse...

As I was telling the girls that this is very important to do since the scare in Europe with fresh veggies...

Remember to make a salad bag as I posted aboutHERE...... if you don't have a salad spinner...

I think that is enough recipesfor today... smile..

We also talked for awhile about the priorities in our lives..

We listed our top 10 and discussed them..

God certainly is our number one priority..

Since we know Him then His influenceplays a big part on the rest of our list and what it consists of...

Our dear families, homes and friends...

We are so thankful that we know Him and we pray for his guidancefor our lives and how we as individuals treat our lists..

Our priorities are actually blessings from Him...

Right?

There is a good recipefrom the meeting that I will try and share with you this week too..

Here is a sweet pic of our dear wee Emily..

She came to her first Keepers Meeting... smile..

She says.." that a girl can't start too young...

there surely is a lot to learn".... grin...

She only likes milk for now, though... no coffee...

smile...

So my sweet ladies that is all for tonight...

Have a wonderful evening and let's be thankful for God's goodness to us tonight...

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment..

I enjoy hearing from you so much...

God bless...

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