Housekeeping Recipes

Basic Ingredients One Needs To Get Started
To Create Your Natural Cleaners At Home
Liquid Castile Soap or Castile Bar Soap (to grate for laundry) 
Baking Soda
Borax
White Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar
Lemon Essential Oil
Orange Essential Oil
That is all you NEED!
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If you would like to add to that mix...
Lemongrass Essential Oil
Lavender Essential Oil
Pine Essential Oil
Vegetable Glycerine
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If you are looking for a natural cleaning source to kill bacteria on hard surfaces
this is the Recipe for you!!  

Lemongrass & Lavender Household blend,  16 oz. Recipe
7.0 oz. Distilled Water
7.0 oz. White Vinegar
1.6 oz. Apple Cider Vinegar
0.4 oz. Vegetable Glycerine
Lavender Essential Oil - 40 Drops
Lemongrass Essential Oil – 20 Drops
Orange Essential Oil – 20 Drops
Lemon Essential Oil – 18 Drops
Eucalyptus Essential Oil – 12 Drops
Thyme Essential Oil – 10 Drops

Mix all ingredients together in a new clean 16 oz. household cleaner type spray bottle (this can be purchased most at any Grocery Store or Co-Op). Once all of the ingredients are added into the bottle shake very, very thoroughly several times before using. Avoid eye contact with this recipe. These ingredients are readily available at most any local Food Co-Op or local Herb Store!

More Options
1) This mix can also be put in a spray bottel to use as a room spray. It will kill odor verses adding to the stench!

2) This mix can be used to make a paste for the dishwasher.  I use equal parts of Borax and Baking Soda, then add liquid cleaner until I get the desired consistancy I want.

3) Washing Machine.  I take 1 Cup Borax, 1 Cup Baking Soda, grate approximately 1/2 crated castile soap, mix together and use 1/2 Cup in my Washing Machine.  I then pour about 1/8 Cup of the above liquid cleaning mixture in with the Baking Soda mixture. Depending on how dirty the clothes are I might fill the spot for bleach with the liquid cleaner also.