Friday, March 28, 2014

Good morning,

Save the chemicals. Safer and cheaper household products can often do the job of poisonous chemicals like drain cleaners.

Things like baking soda, vinegar and lemons are so useful for so wide a variety of things that you should always keep a good supply around the house. You'll go months without ever buying any poisonous chemicals!

And even if they don't you can always fall back on the commercial products...but no reason not to try this first!

Thanks for reading,

Your Living Green editor

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* Unclog your drains almost instantly! Drop a couple of Alka-Seltzer tablets down the opening, then pour in a cup of vinegar. Wait a few minutes and then run the hot water at full force to clear the clog. This is also a good way to eliminate kitchen drain odors.

* If you want to give the faucets or sink a really good scrub (and deodorize them at the same time, try this: Cut a fresh lemon in half and dip into some baking soda. Use this as the cleaning tool to scrub the sink. It smells great and it will leave any stainless steel sparkling clean. You can then throw the used up lemon down the food disposal and give it a whirl - the lemon and baking soda will help clean and deodorize it too!