Vinegar - the King of the green cleaning

 It's the Day of the Earth today which reminds me on the cleaning and all those chemical we are using instead of the natural, inexpensive (and biodegradable) distilled vinegar and soda (sodium bicarbonate). It is amazing how those product could help us  - and I don't have issues with eyes, nose and breathing any more when cleaning the bathroom.
So, for our beautiful planet, think about suggestions below.

Windows

Make a mix of half water, half vinegar and few drops of biodegradable dishwasher detergent, put it in sprayer (optional). Spray the window, wash it with cotton rug and dry with old newspapers. Believe me, and I tried everything, this works.

Tap scale

Put a small amount of vinegar in a plastic bag and   fasten it with rubber band on the tap - the base of the tap should be completely covered with vinegar. Leave few hours (or less if there are not so much tap) -  vinegar will dissolve the scale that will fall to the bottom of the bag.

Drain cleaning

 Once a month put the soda in the drain, pour vinegar and leave few hours then rinse thoroughly with water. Repeat if necessary.

Oven cleaning

This is my favorite tip. For years I used intensive chemicals and struggled to wash them well and get rid off nasty smell always feraing that the food will be poisoned. Nowdays, I am using soda nad vinegar. Mix soda with water to make a pasta and coat the oven with it. Leave this for a few hours, then spray it with vinegar and leave it for a while. Afterwards clean and wash with warm watter and kitchen sponge.

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Love your home plants organically

Although it looks like  spring will never come here (weather is awful this year), at least days are longer and it is time to check my plants, see what need to be done – soil change, transplante, fertilize, cleaning leaves. I admit, during the winter, just water them and leave them to rest, trying to keep them alive. But now, whether you have just one plant or house full of green friends, you need to take care of them. Tipically we are used to buy fertilizer or other products but there are organic means we already have in our homes that can be used to cultivate plants (with no need to make compost which could be difficult if you live in an appartment). This is particularly important for  my  own small  'herb and spice' garden  I want to grow organically.

So here is what I found useful.

Tips and tricks how to cultivate home plants organically

Apples are excellent for plants, particularly flowers – put apple pieces in the  soil of the plant. It is fertilizer that will improve flowering. 

Banana skin is also very good fertilizer – chop it and put it on the soil.

 Coffee, flat beer,  black tea, milk  dilute and add to the water while watering plants – they all  contain major nutrient plants need: nitrogen, phosphorus and pottasium.
For coffee eg. I usually make mixure of 1/4 coffee and 3/4 water - it looks like more as a tea, than coffee (as on the photo on the left).

Don't waste egg shells – they are excellent for plants- crush the shell and put int he soil.

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