Live with Less chemicals in your life –
From the Front Gate … Through the house … To the Back Fence
Ideas that are Simple and Doable for everyone
Save ‘A Lot’ of money $$$$$$’s
Discuss % of your shopping bill that is spent on household cleaning products
Maybe do a cupboard audit … easy to explain
Have a healthy Home
Have a healthy family
Contribute to a healthy environment
Contribute to a healthy future for our children
A WIN-WIN
HOUSE CLEANING – NON-TOXIC
Front Door
Knocker and letterboxes
Glass
Stained glass
Hall – Passage
Floorboards
Carpet
Polish
Linoleum
Painted
Paint around doors
Vacuum
Deodorise
Scuff marks
Kitchen
Food Waste
Stove top
Oven
Range hood
Odours
Floor
Windowsill
Washing up water
Sink and draining boards
Cupboards
Cockroaches
Ants
Door to Garden
Dish washer
Fridge
Microwave
Laundry
How dirty are the clothes…most clothes to be washed are just woofy under the arms and misshapen
Perspiration
Cleaning washing machine
Soap powder
Fillers
Perfumes
Chemicals
Packaging
Fabric/Water softener
Woolens
Silks – ? type
Very dirty
Stain remover
Storing Chemicals
Special hand degreaser/paint cleaner
Bathroom and Toilet
Shower
Mould
Shower Glass
Bath/Sink
Floor
Bathroom Cupboards
Door handles
Toilet Brush
Odours – fresh air
Toilet
Seat
Buttons
Rim
‘S’ bend
Outer side of loo
Lounge
Floor carpet etc
Veranda doors to garden
Plants to grow close and around to veranda doors if you have pets
Insect repellent plants
Bedrooms:- Teens, Parents & Nursery
Teens and pre-teens UGH!!! – Wear a life jacket on approach to clean.. take flares with you
Air flow – fresh air
Carpets
Floors
Stains
Scuff marks
Windows
Paint works
Dust
Pen marks on walls
Sheets – washing
Odours –
How to combat Smelly sneakers
Cobwebs
Insects
Uplifting smells for teenagers and children
Parents Bedroom
Air flow
Sexy scents
Nursery
Nappies
Washing baby
Washing babies sheets and Clothes
Painting the nursery
Carpet
Flooring
Baby Crawling
Toys
Dust
Insects
Pets
Odours
Cats feces and urine
Dogs feces and urine
Fleas
Pet bedding
Recycling
Build a Compost.. how
Why..
Don’t; go and buy a compost bin use a recycled bin, bucket or plant pot
What to with compost..
Where to put it
Build a worm Farm.. how
Why
Don’t go and buy a worm use a recycled bath, sink or any container
Build a worm farm from an old bath or sink
How to use castings and worm juice..
Where to put it
Grow herbs and veggies in recycled containers..
Boots – leather, rubber… old school shoes
Milk bottle
Tin cans … label can look attractive on kitchen
Gardens – simple questions to ask before you plant
Soil Testing … So Very Easy.. Promise
Where’s the Sun come up in the garden
What to plant
Organic V’s Conventional
Height of plants
Plant Herbs and Veggies.. why plant close to the kitchen
Herb spirals
What to plant
Drier loving plants to water loving plants
Companion planting
Front Gate – Back Fence
Paint used
washing paint brushes
Treated pine
How toxic
What is Leaching
How does this affect the soil and roots of plants?
Back Garden
Soil Testing … So Very Easy.. Promise
Where’s the Sun come up in the garden
What to plant
Height of plants
Plant Herbs and Veggies.. why plant close to the kitchen
Herb spirals
What to plant
Drier loving plants to water loving plants
Companion planting
Frog Pond
Chooks – GUEST required
Seed Saving – GUEST – others know so much more
Why Save seeds
Make your own Seed Bank
How to store seeds
Save loads of money
Your choice
Heritage varieties
Extra little things to help the environment – this list will get much longer
Mouse Trap v’s pellets
Cigarette Butt Cases form councils.. Key ring type