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Cleaning Cabinet Makeover - What to Toss?
Friday, 12 Feb, 2010 – 11:59 | One Comment
Cleaning Cabinet Makeover - What to Toss?

One of the best ways to know which products you have should be taken to the household hazardous waste pickup or dump, is to read a product label’s “signal words.” They are placed on products …

Use Your Nose - Green Cleaning 101
Monday, 8 Feb, 2010 – 15:52 | No Comment
Use Your Nose - Green Cleaning 101

Starting a few days ago there has been a smell in my second floor home office that was beginning to drive me seriously crazy. I moved my office into this room a week or …

Vinegar - Green Cleaning 101
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 13:02 | No Comment
Vinegar - Green Cleaning 101

You can’t make this stuff up: I was on a plane flying home to upstate New York from Los Angeles, and a nice Australian man sat down next to me who happened to be …

Clean Flower Vases Easily - 10 Min Eco Tip
Monday, 1 Feb, 2010 – 10:07 | One Comment
Clean Flower Vases Easily - 10 Min Eco Tip

The inside of flower vases can turn into a slimy, cruddy, calcified mess pretty quickly. As the water evaporates the minerals are left on the side of the vase, along with residue from the stems. …

DIY Wood Polish Overload? Ask Annie
Monday, 9 Nov, 2009 – 12:24 | No Comment
DIY Wood Polish Overload? Ask Annie

HI Annie.
I have been searching on the Internet for hours on this problem and I think you may finally be the one I can trust to answer it! I used a mixture …

Mold Remover- Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action
Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 – 20:29 | No Comment
Mold Remover- Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action

Here is a great tip for removing mold and mildew from discreet areas of your home. It isn’t the solution for a whole basement, or a damp house with mildew; such mold is caused by …

Stainless Cleaner - Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action
Monday, 26 Oct, 2009 – 14:57 | No Comment
Stainless Cleaner - Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action

Most of my friends who have stainless steep appliances are endlessly complaining about streaks and finger marks, and how hard they are to remove from their stainless steel appliances.
What is the problem? Why so hard …

Best Window Wash - Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action Tip
Wednesday, 21 Oct, 2009 – 17:42 | No Comment
Best Window Wash - Today’s 10 Minute Eco-Action Tip

Once you have the ingredients, it will take you about 10 seconds to make this, the best window cleaner out there, and it will also cost you pennies. Maybe 1/2 a penny?
Around Earth Day 1990, …

A Green Auto Dish Detergent that Works! - Annie’s Advice
Thursday, 15 Oct, 2009 – 10:35 | No Comment
A Green Auto Dish Detergent that Works! - Annie’s Advice

Happiness. For a few years now I have said that there is a green product that works for just about everything you could want, except there doesn’t seem to be a green dishwasher detergent that …

8 Wonderful Ways to Use Washing Soda - Ask Annie
Thursday, 1 Oct, 2009 – 8:55 | No Comment
8 Wonderful Ways to Use Washing Soda -  Ask Annie

Hi Annie… I was looking at all your green cleaning product recipes. My daughters and I have started to wash our hair with products made from home that are non-toxic. Both my girls have very …