It’s been a little while since my last “Green” update! We continue to purchase more and more natural, organic and green products as we find them. Getting products that work for your family can be a little bit of a trial and error, but it’s worth it!
As with so many other families right now, we are always looking for a combination of factors in the products we purchase ….
They need to be readily available at our local stores (occasionally I’m happy to purchase online if the rest of the factors I list here are met)
They need to be affordable! This is huge for us and putting out a lot of money on products that I haven’t tried is not going to happen often, so it pays when they offer a “kit” of some sort! For instance, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day products are fabulous and readily available at the supermarket I shop at most frequently! When I first decided to try out these products, the store was offering a seasonal cleaning kit (I believe it was called the “Spring Cleaning Kit”) for under $15. It came with a variety of cleaning products and really was an excellent way to try them out …. and discover that I LOVE them!!! I now use them all the time!
Seventh Generation is also a great resource for us and the same local supermarket carries a fairly wide variety of their products. Feminine Hygeine, baby care, cleaning, etc.
I would absolutely love it if our local store would carry an even larger variety, or even having a store close by that offered only natural, organic and green products … but I live in the sticks, so I’m probably dreaming. Either way though, don’t hesitate to look throughout the store for these products. What you find may shock you! Just because your local store has an area that is named “organic” or “natural” products, you may still find many products mixed in with everything else on the “normal” shelves 
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Are you going green? How has the process been for you???
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November 18th, 2008 at 5:24 pm 1
I use almost all green products! We use microfibre clothes to clean, which has almost eliminated the need for chemicals.
But the best thing my teenaged daughter and I do is–get ready for this, because many of you may be grossed out–is to use cloth menstrual pads. I know, it sounds icky. But it’s not that bad. And they’re really darned cute!
You can see them here:
http://tolovehonorandvacuum.blogspot.com/2008/05/diy-make-your-own-cloth-sanitary-pads.html
And learn how to make them, too!
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