Use Cloth, NOT Paper
The Presidential race is over. Now begins a new campaign: dirty your dish rags and washcloths! Bring back the bar mop dish cloth!
So I say, save some money and room in the landfill and go cloth in the kitchen (and on bottoms–butt that is for another post). The first step is to go to your local store, be it Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Big Lots, etc. In my Granola Mom Organic Store, through Amazon, I have some rags priced at $8.48 for a set of eight. At Target, you can get a set of 4 for $2.99. These basic rags come in pretty colors or your basic white. Buy about 30 or so, depending on how many are in your family. I try and have enough cloths so that I am washing them every three to four days.
I have a basket filled with clean rags above my kitchen sink, right next to my precarious, barely used, paper towels that our visitors frequently gravitate to.
When I am finished using my cloth, I often hang it on my oven handle to dry. This way, if I am slow to wash the laundry, the cloth won’t grow mold in the basket. When the cloth is dry–in a few hours, I just throw it in a basket that sits on a bar stool at the kitchen counter. You could also store the dirty basket on top of your refrigerator, in the pantry, or under the sink.
But you say, then I have to wash it and pay money for laundry detergent. Well, I have an answer for you. Make your own laundry detergent!
Great post, Jodi! What nice bar stools you have…:)
Make your own laundry detergent? You have sparked my interest. Please continue the flow of information.
You are amazing. Simply amazing. And inspiring! You have now become my “enterprising woman”! (i.e. my Prov. 31 mentor! Hope you are up to the challenge!) Way to go! Your hubby must be seriously PROUD of you!!!
Love, Laurel
Thank you so much for taking the time to link up today! I am loving using cloth napkins/ towels! It really is an easy switch and much more cost effective.
Two Words- NORWEX TOWELS!!!