Scratch is Back

For this long, labor day weekend we're going to get busy making our own from scratch products. We've been slowly accumulating the needed products (washing soda was the hardest to obtain - we got it in Great Falls on our way through last month). And now we have run out of the store laundry detergent.

We're going to try a powdered version. Because it has the best reviews. It looks pretty easy, grate some soap add a borax and washing soda, viola! Shampoo may also be on our weekend creation list. Its a bit more scary since its hair, but again the recipe is simple. We may need to add some olive oil though so that could be quite the experiment over the next few weeks. Dishwasher detergent will also be on our scratch list, but for now we have quite a bit left from our store trip in '06.

So where ever you are, whatever you are doing to celebrate the unionization of labor, remember your ancestors and think SCRATCH!

UPDATE: We made the laundry detergent - works great. We did a load of sheets and then shower curtains. Everything looks great!