Greetings,

I am looking to wash my windows now that spring appears to have arrived. Is there a mild organic soap or household mixture that I can attach to my hose that won't harm the soil?

As well, is now a good time to aerate my lawn in Ontario?

a product called SIMPLE GREEN....i think its organic.....anyone????

Yeah, used Simple Green for many years, good stuff.

Then again, vinegar and water, then use old newspapers to buff still works best!



John

my new book on eco-freindly cleaning says that you can use club soda to clean your windows w/o rinsing.

I can attest to the club soda - have used nothing but club soda for a year now and it works great!

I have lots of windows and have always used a spoonful or 2 of vinegar, a tiny drop of green liquid dish soap and a bottle of water, fill up an old sprayer bottle for the mirrors and inside windows (try newspaper, too!) and use a hose-attachment thingy for outside the windows. If I spray the windows using high pressure when the sun isn't shining on them they sometimes don't even need wiping! They dry spotless!

that's be much better for outside windows. club soda is hard to project that far, no matter how good a sprayer you've got!

I want to try the viniger and dish soap idea. How much water are you adding those too? What kind of sprayer are you using?

You can use an old windex-size spray bottle or you can buy an empty one. For the outside windows I bought a sprayer bottle that attaches to the hose (it's about the same size.) I add a tablespoon or 2 of vinegar and a drop of soap (don't use too much soap like I did the first time!)When I'm doing all the windows I'll use a bucket and squeegee for inside and just triple the amounts.