SPRING CLEANING THE NATURAL WAY

SPRING IS A TIME OF REBIRTH, REJUVENATION, RENEWAL, RESURRECTION, AND REGROWTH. IT IS ALSO THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN MANY OF US WILL BE PERFORMING THE ANNUAL (AND ANCIENT) RITUAL OF SPRING CLEANING, WHICH ALLOWS US TO DECLUTTER, ORGANIZE, AND FRESHEN UP OUR HOMES AFTER THE LONG, COLD WINTER.



THERE HAVE BEEN MANY METHODS AND PRODUCTS USED FOR HOUSECLEANING THROUGH THE YEARS. IN PREHISTORIC TIMES, PLAIN WATER WAS USED.  IN COLONIAL TIMES, THE PRODUCTS PEOPLE USED TO CLEAN THEIR HOMES USUALLY CAME OUT OF THEIR PANTRY.  SEVERAL COOK BOOKS INCLUDED RECIPES FOR NATURAL CLEANERS USING SUCH ITEMS AS BAKING SODA, VINEGAR, LEMON, LARD, SALT, SALAD OIL, LINSEED OIL, CORNFLOWER, AND BEESWAX. 

DURING THE EARLY 1900s, COMPANIES BEGAN MANUFACTURING CLEANING PRODUCTS MADE FROM CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS.  LYSOL WAS POPULAR NOT ONLY FOR ITS DISINFECTANT PROPERTIES, BUT WAS ALSO TOUTED AS A FEMININE HYGIENE AND BIRTH CONTROL PRODUCT!  OTHER POPULAR PRODUCTS WERE MIRROR BRIGHT, BORAXO, COLEMAN'S MUSTARD, BRASSO, AND OLD DUTCH CLEANSER.


AS THE YEARS PROGRESSED, CLEANING PRODUCTS CONTAINED MORE AND MORE TOXIC CHEMICALS, WHICH ARE KNOWN TODAY AS VOCs (VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS).  VOCs CAN BE DANGEROUS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND CAUSE HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT.  NOW THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF THESE PRODUCTS, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE USING NATURAL CLEANING PRODUCTS. 

Human Nature Laundry Soap Powder



Method Smarty Dish Cleaner


Eco Me Cleaning Products Carpet Deodorizer


All Purpose Cleaner


Grab Green Garbage Disposal and Freshener/Cleaner


Green Kid Safe Eco-Cleaning and Laundry Kit


Relief Pet Urine and Eco-Cleaner


Ecco Bella Air Fresheners


Recycled Wool Dryer Balls


Solay Simple Fruit Veggie Wash


Solay Natural Cleaning Products


Solay Simple Natural Glass Cleaner

THESE PRODUCTS CONTAIN ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS, ARE CRUELTY-FREE, MANY ARE HAND-MADE, SOME ARE VEGETABLE-BASED, MADE FROM ESSENTIAL OILS, ARE DYE AND COLOR-ADDITIVE FREE, AND THE PACKAGING IS RECYCLABLE AND, IN SOME CASES, REUSABLE.  THEY DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING AND ARE SAFE FOR YOUR FAMILY AND PETS.