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Khroma Herbal Products
All organic herbal health products in glass bottles. “Because we love our planet (and our customers), we only use organic ingredients…We do not package any of our products in plastic and we don’t use any artificial coloring, preservatives, or dyes. It’s pure natural goodness…Every product we sell is carefully crafted to meet the highest standards for purity and potency. ”
ChickenFuel
Composted chicken manure for organic gardening. “made in Creswell, Oregon, following best practices to ensure a top quality, balanced and consistent fertilizer and soil conditioner that will benefit anything from tomatoes to houseplants.” They are a Registered Organic Input Material and are OMRI listed for organic use. Use this to make compost tea to fertilize your garden for excellent results.
Sisal Rugs Direct
All kinds of natural fiber area rugs at affordable prices, some even without dyes. They offer a choice of bindings, including canvas, cotton, linen and others. You can choose your rug material, color, shape, border material, border color, and size. Choose 100$ sisal, sisal/wool. 100$ wool, jute, seagrass, hemp.
Stubbees
Raw pesticide-free honey mixed with organic fruits to make a flavorful spread that can be used as a sweetener or an alternative to jam. Made directly by beekeepers from USA honey. “Stubbees uses only raw honey that is produced right here within the United States and only from hives located at nature preserves and farms that are free of pesticides as well. By sourcing smart we are not only able to promote honeybee health but jobs here at home as well! ”
Sladust
All-wool Dry mops and hand dusters. This is just one of those products from the past that is simple, natural and useful for cleaning: wool dusters. “Comes complete with a removable natural lacquered wood handle. This is an all natural product and does NOT require any chemical treatment, nor expensive disposable pads. Replacement heads are available, which are also washable and reusable….The Slack Family continues a tradition of success in the face of progress with a fourth generation family business. Sla-Dust Wool Dust Mop products are the highest quality, literally the “World’s Finest Dust Mops.” Great for dusting tile, laminates, marble and hard wood floors!”
Wool Shop
A variety of premium natural dusters made from lambswool or ostrich feathers—everything from the classic lambswool dusters with handles from 8 inches to 4 feet (including a telescopic angle duster for hard-to-reach places), dust mitts, all kinds of lambswool mops, and even a ceiling fan duster with a telescopic handle that slips around the blades to dust tops and bottoms at the same time (I need one of those!).
Meiling Skincare
I love this soap for a number of reasons. It’s made with certified organic ingredients, each soap has a skincare benefit, the soap is made by a husband who wanted to make a soap that his wife would love for him to use, and it’s just an exceptional soap to use. I’ve tried a lot of handmade soaps and this one really stands out. It’s a a heavy, slightly oversized bar with a delicate natural fragrance from certified organic essential oils (unscented is also available), and it rinses very clean. I’m very happy with this soap.
Hook & Loom
Delightful area rugs in colors and patterns hand-woven on special looms from their unique recycled Eco Cotton or wool. “Handcrafted patterns and a unique springy feel lend cozy credibility to any room…Using our unique and innovative process, we create colored yarns from recovered textile fiber. Then we hand-weave our cotton rugs from this new yarn without dyes, chemicals, or latex. The result: delightful, durable rugs that last for years, and won’t bleed or fade in the washing machine. They’re soft on your feet and spectacular on your floor.”
Michigan Sloyd
Wooden spoons and other utensils made in the”Sloyd” tradition. Sloyd is a Scandinavian-based handcraft movement and educational system with woodworking as the traditional focus. Items produced through Sloyd are meant to be practical for everyday use: spoons, bowls, cups, buttons, coat hooks, furniture, etc. The woodworker lives and works on a 6th generation family farm in Harbor Springs, MI. He has spent the last several years learning traditional methods to transform the trees and branches of his local woods into everyday household goods.
All Natural Wood Floor Refinishing
The portion on the right is dry and has been wiped down. The portion straight ahead I did this morning and the oil is soaking in and drying. Obviously the dull part on the left is the floor before I refinished it. I love this!
Question from Judy
Hi Debra,
Here is a natural way to refinish very old floors where much of the finish has worn off. We are doing it and I think it’s going to be great! Thought you would like it.
- Sweep floors
- Any greasy stains? Use WHITE VINEGAR. Scrub the stains in a circular motion with a sponge. Use the scrubbing side, but make sure you buy the ones that have the non-scratch scrubbing side. Let the vinegar dry. If stain is still visible, do it one more time. Let dry.
- Scrub the same stains with Dawn and hot water – in a circular motion. then with the grain. Let dry.
- Mop entire floor – we used Murphy’s Oil Soap and water. Let dry.
- With the soft side of a sponge, spread olive oil over entire floor. Let dry. This could take up to 24 hours. Then take a clean towel and wipe over entire floor (vigorously).
That’s it.
On one of our floors, I let the oil stay on for only about 6 hours, then used the towel, because we needed use of that floor! It still looks fine. We did all of this in December, and the floors still look great!
DON”T SLIP! FLOORS ARE VERY SLIPPERY UNTIL AFTER THE TOWEL IS USED!!!!
I’m doing it a little bit at a time, and there’s no lines where you stop and no smell, and it looks fabulous!
I found out about this because I’ve been wanting to refinish my floors but it was too expensive and I didn’t want the chemicals in my house. Then I went to the home of a friend for dinner who lives in an old house and her floors looked fabulous! I asked her what she did and she gave me the information. And now I’m doing mine and they look great too.
I’m so excited! I can’t wait to do the whole house.
Debra’s Answer
This sounds great. I need this for my floors too! I’m going to try it.
