Organic Housekeeping: In Which the Non-Toxic Avenger Shows You How to Improve Your Health and That of Your Family, While You Save Time, Money, and, Perhaps, Your Sanity

While this tome is packed full of useful information, I found the organizational structure bewildering. "Recipes" for cleaning solutions are not specially formatted to stand out from the text. The internal organization also causes duplication of information, such as the floor cleaning recipes first discussed in the Kitchen section then repeated under the oddly-named "Harmonizing" section. Both of these issues make it less useful as a quick reference after the first read through, which is presumably its intended use. I also felt the book tried to be too many things at once by including sections on car maintenance and organic gardening. Overall, there are much better books on this subject on the market. Skip this one.

The cleaning instructions are realistic and achievable, although a fair amount of the laundry section will not work well for a studio apartment dweller (like me) or anyone else who does not have their own washer/dryer. Hope she does a title specifically for the small space/urban housekeeper one day. Still, I've learned a lot and already made some of the changes Sandbeck suggests -- this is a library book, but I think I'll buy my own copy.

This book had so much personal opinion in it. I don't think it was what I was looking for. I just want to clean my house without toxic chemicals. I'm not an activist about it.

I must have had this book checked out from the library for about a year. I referred to it so often, that I wasn't sure I didn't own it when I bought it on massive sale this weekend. Luckily, I didn't, although I don't know how I lived without it.

Some great ideas on natural cleaners and other ideas on how to avoid poisons in every day products. My take away from this is: when in doubt, use white vinegar.

I would like to buy this one and refer back to it often.