Any book where you have to spend days shopping to source the ingredients, mix together five or six hard to find ingredients, and only then start cleaning? Realistically speaking, it's not going to get a lot of use in my house. (Also, the essential oils may or may not be dangerous to my fragrance sensitivities, and I wouldn't want to find out after I had made my carpets anathema by using the freshening formula. For instance.) There are a lot of good hints for specific cleaning dilemmas, but again realistically speaking, I'm more likely to find them online. I'm going to release this book into the wild, because it is beautiful and useful, but not for me.

How to use a few easily and cheaply available substances for cleaning in the home. Demonstrates that many proprietary cleaning compounds are seriously harmful to health. Contains useful recipes for many household purposes with advice on how to best use them. ( )