The trouble with living alone is that it's always your turn to do the dishes...

Anybody else have that spring cleaning fever like I do?

Here are some great recipes to clean your home completely naturally with no harsh chemicals or fumes. They actually do work very well...

Floors: scrub with a mixture of 1/4 cup vinegar per 1 gallon of warm water. Since vinegar is not the best smelling thing in the world, you can add a few drops of an essential oil, such as lavendar, to the mixture.

Drains: Pour one cup of baking soda down the drain, then add 3 cups of boiling water.

Toilets: Put 1 cup of borax in the toilet and leave it overnight.

Bathtub: Mix baking soda and a plant-based detergent together until a mix the consistency of cake frosting forms. Use this to scrub the bathtub.

Windows: In a clean spray bottle, mix 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar with 1 cup of water, then add just a dab of a vegetable based dish soap.

The dish soap will remove the invisible film that builds up from years of using commercial cleaners. After the initial cleaning with the vegetable-based dish soap, you will only need to use the vinegar and water because the film will be removed and wont cause the vinegar to streak.

Oven: Make a paste with 1 cup vinegar and 1/4 cup powdered laundary detergent. Start by heating the oven for 5 minutes at 350 degrees then turn it off; spread the paste over the oven and let it sit for one hour. After the hour is up you can scrape the paste off (a plastic spatual works well for this)

Vinegar really is the way to go. A straight solution of vinegar kills 99% of bacterial, 82% of mold, and 80% of viruses.

feel free to share any great "all natural" cleaning recipes you may have...