Excellent book that is easy to read. Although I learned some things I now wish I did not know. Bacteria and what-not!!! I learned some new things that I am implementing and hopefully these little things will save me some time and money as promised.

I was hoping for some more tidbits and creative housekeeping ideas, but most I found were things I already knew. Some of the information on cleaning chemicals was interesting.

Excellent book. I highly recommend this book for so many reasons. Just a couple are...it's easy to read and has so many helpful tips for green housekeeping. I'm not renovating, but I would say it's a must-read if you want to make healthy home decisions in relation to your renovations.

A lot of information of cleaning with safe products that you can either buy or make yourself (good ol' vinegar to the rescue!) and how to organize you home.

This book is actually far more awesome than I anticipated. As a person who has been dabbling in Organic Housekeeping for years, when I dabble in housekeeping at all, I thought this was going to be mind-numbingly basic "vinegar" and "baking soda" kind of book. It's actually a lot more, and even goes to the root of many of our household problems. Cleaning would be easier and require less chemicals if we had less clutter to attract mess, if we took off our shoes at the door like the europeans do, if we built our houses with better materials, if we had good ventilation and circulation in our house (less mold!), and so on. Anyway, i got this from the library and it is not exactly the most thrilling read cover to cover, but if I owned it - and make no mistake, I wish I did - I would find myself referring back to it and picking it up all the time. While I was writing this review, I thought of three things I need to look up before I take it back to the library. I like that it has real situations that I encounter constantly, and not just crazy shit that has no basis in reality -- like how to get red wine out of my white sofa with $17 "organic" cleaner from whole foods -- we only drink clear liquor and beer in this house, and our sofa is the same color as our dirt, and if i ever spend $17 on a cleaner, it better preform miracles.

This is an excellent book if you are looking to clear out the chemicals in your home.

I mm really into all these green stuff, this is a great resource for detoxing your home

En morsom og romantisk historie med form som en moderne brevroman, en e-postroman. Ved en skrivefeil kommer hovedpersonene i kontakt med hverandre da kvinnen i fortellingen forsøker å si opp et tidsskriftsabonnement via e-post. Mannen som mottar e-posten tenker ikke videre over det med det samme, men etter å ha fått et par meldinger til, leverer han et syrlig svar for å oppklare misforståelsen. Dette utvikler seg til en fast korrespondanse med humor og nerve. Spørsmålet er om det er lurt å møtes i virkeligheten og i hvilken grad det er forskjell på det virtuelle bildet og ens "virkelige" vesen. Kan forresten en virtuell romanse med et menneske man aldri har sett regnes som utroskap?



Leserens innsyn i historien begrenser seg til å få lese brevvekslingen mellom disse to, det er aldri noen forklaringer av handlingen utover det som skrives, hvilket gjør at man følger historien på likt nivå som de involverte, som jo heller ikke har andre referanser enn nettopp de stadig flere e-postene.



Denne anbefales om du har lyst på en hyggelig og litt annerledes leseopplevelse!

I had seen some quotes from this in a magazine and thought it would be worth checking out; I did kind of skim over some parts of it, but I did get a few good tips from what I read...

Pretty okay book with a few neat cleaning tips and tricks (mostly just using combinations of vinegar, borax and Murphy's oil soap) so nothing really outstanding or original. A little disappointed with the lack of recipes and not always vegan friendly ideas. The author is fond of wool, leather, feather/down filled pillows etc. Also when it came to the section for ridding the home of pests (mice/rats) the author recommended using snap traps because they're the most "humane" option. Actually advises against the use of humane live traps because rats are "dangerous" and mice will just end up being eaten by cats anyway. Even if that were the case, a cat eating a mouse is a hell of a lot more natural than setting up a trap that will snap it's neck and not always kill it quickly enough to prevent suffering/pain. Not really something I was expecting to read in a natural/organic book.

I was really intrigued by the methods of rain-washing and snow cleaning carpets though. Overall, the book has some neat ideas but there are definitely better 'green' cleaning books out there.

Did you know that a spray of vinegar followed by a spray hydrogen peroxide disinfects as well as bleach? Very cool. Wooden cutting boards are back, rather than plastic, and vinegar, vinegar, vinegar is the solution --for everything! My husband would say I didn't need to hear that. Why are all the non-fiction books I read lately laced with a political agenda? No mind, I still really liked this book!

This book is LOADED with tips, tricks, facts, cleaning recipes/formula's/solutions, and even advice on gardening, shopping, composting....You name it, she covers it.
This is one to have on your shelf at home for regular reference!