DIY: Home Made Laundry Soap

I have this intense desire to nest and when it comes to my home, I am super-duper organized. I love to clean and I love to learn new tips and tricks. I believe in having  a home, not just a house with walls and a roof. One of the things I really enjoy doing is making things from scratch and getting back to basics. I am also a teacher, so I get screwed and live on poverty wages my income is limited. If I can save money, all the better!

Last night I made my entire year's worth of laundry soap. It is very easy, just a little time consuming as it is done in two steps. I learned this and modified the recipe from here. Think you might like to try? Here is how I did it...

More to Add to Washing

I forgot two important tools that all homesteads should have. One is a glass washboard and the other is a restaurant/commercial salad spinner. Yup, a salad spinner. Let me explain the purpose of each:

Doing the Wash Off-The-Grid

As I have stated in prior posts, I have no intention of lessening my quality of life when we move to the new homestead. I will change many of the ways I do things, but the quality of the end product will not be reduced and the method will not be torture.  A ton of folks complain about laundry, which astounds me because, really, the machines do all the work. I just add soap and fold. The machines do the rest. On my new homestead we intend to be off the grid as much as possible. This means my homestead will be people powered, solar powered, or wind powered as much as possible. While I will have a washing machine and a dryer, I intend to only use them when absolutely necessary so that I don’t have to rely on a petrol based generator to do wash.