28 Aug 09 Environmentally Friendly Stain Removers

Normal household cleaners should be avoided at all costs. For the most part they are harmful to your health and are harmful to the environment when carelessly thrown away, or put down the drain. Most household cleaners contain chemicals that can cause asthma, kidney and liver problems, heart complications, and possible even raise your risk of developing cancer. So really, it’s in your best interest for your health, and for your wallet, to try a few more environmentally friendly stain cleaning solutions. They work just as well, and cost less, and leave the earth and you feeling healthier.

So to outline a few of the more common stain scenarios:

-For stains from spilled wines, or juices, or even berries, something as simple as boiling hot water will do the trick. Make sure you get to the stain quickly, and then simply put the stained item in a sink and pour boiling hot water over the affected area. You should see the stain clear up immediately, leaving you dark stain free. For areas like carpeting, try just using club soda and a towel to blot the juice out. On carpeting it will take some work, but a little patience and you’ll have the stain up in no time at all.

-For an unfortunate rust stain, try combining a mixture of salt and lemon juice. Slowly massage the mixture into the stain, and then rinse. You may need to repeat a few times, but you should see the stain fade until it’s gone completely.

-Ink stains can be an absolute pain, whether just a small swipe accidentally from the pen you’d been using, or a full blown ink spill. The best solution to combat an ink stain is to just soak the affected item in milk. Sometimes this soaking process can take a long time, but keep at it, and eventually the milk will do the trick.

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20 Jun 09 Kill Weeds Without Harmful Chemicals

The heat is rising, the weather is getting nicer, and as any homeowner knows, that means that the weeds in are in prime form to stick up from the gaps in your sidewalk, and to try and take over your lawn or garden. A constant plague, one that will drive you to use any number of weed killing products and chemicals. No doubt doing more damage than you think to your garden and lawn. But before you turn to those products that are so harmful to your plants and even yourself, keep in mind there are plenty of environmentally friendly alternatives that will still yield the same positive results.

Take water for example, you wouldn’t think water would be an effective exterminator for weeds would you? Well at room temperature water isn’t going to do anything but help the weeds grow, but boil that water and you have one of the most effective natural weed killing weapons. You’ll want to boil the water, and while it’s still steaming hot, pour it directly onto those troublesome weeds. Obviously this strategy isn’t going to work well on lawn weeds or garden, because of the surface area the weeds usually encompass. But on any of those troublesome buggers that are pushing up around or between cracks in your pavement, this is the perfect solution.

For a wider dispersal to kill weeds in places like gardens and on your lawn, a solution of lemon juice or even saline is your best bet. Both are 100% biodegradable, won’t harm the environment or your health with harmful chemicals, and are extremely effective at killing weeds. Spraying weeds with either will slowly destroy them, and stop them from cropping up again. Usually either solution won’t kill the weeds as fast as the harmful chemicals, but rest assured those weeds will be eradicated eventually.

Plus you’ll have the added benefit of a healthier yard and local environment for having not poured more unnecessary chemicals into the ground.

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