Tip of the Month: Green Cleaners

Do-it-yourself Green Cleaners

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• Drain Cleaner: Pour a half-cup of baking soda down the sink and add at least a cup of vinegar. Cover the drain and wait a few minutes, then rinse with a mixture of boiling water and salt.

• Window Cleaner: Mix two ounces of vinegar with a quart of water in a spray bottle.

• Silver Polish: Put a sheet of aluminum foil into a plastic or glass bowl. Sprinkle the foil with salt and baking soda and fill the bowl with warm water. Soak your silver in the bowl and tarnish migrates to the foil. Dry and buff.

• Brass Cleaner: Cut a lemon in half, sprinkle it with salt and rub the lemon on the metal. Buff with a cloth.

• Rust Remover: Use vinegar to remove rust on nuts and bolts and other mineral deposits such as calcium deposits.

http://www.earthshare.org/2008/09/springclean.html

Commemorative Poem: Aileen & Maire

These women knew their place

for Aileen and Máire

We plant a garden

on cleared, re-seeded ground

to remember new beginnings

to look towards the hills of Hollyfort

where hope dared to dream

in the tobacco fields and ditches.

We plant three granite stones

for remembrance

a path to lead the way

a flag to fly

in the face of despair.

These women nursed their visions

never faltered in the chase

for in the story of this land

these women knew their place.

Carol Boland 10/4/2016

1916 Connemorative Event - Sun 10 April 2016