Natural Alternative to Dish Scrubs

herbiegrowsbananas · « **on:** March 17, 2007, 19:42 »

Hiya

I was looking on:

http://www.choosethealternative.co.uk/products/scrubby.php

and, apparantly, the 'newest' trend item is the Scrubby, a simple loofah cut down the centre, and into more managable pieces.

So simple I don't know how no one did it before (or did they? lol, I certainly hadn't).

Any one got anymore frugal alternatives for the home / body?

muntjac · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2007, 19:44 »

yeh chop a brillo in half cos u only use half of it when ya scrub pan anyways .......

herbiegrowsbananas · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2007, 19:47 »

but aren't brillos full of 'stuff'?

muntjac · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2007, 19:52 »

no its called soap

richyrich7 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2007, 21:12 »

You can use mare's tail as well if your unlucky enough to have it, but it won't be as tough as a loofa.

muntjac · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2007, 22:11 »

we grew some at the kids school when my boys was small enough to be amazed lol

Annie · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2007, 22:55 »

Are they easy to grow Muntjac?

muntjac · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2007, 23:01 »

yes in agreenhouse annie treat em like cucumbers
the Loofah, is a vegetable native to South America. It can be eaten when it is smaller. I have stir fried them but only up to a size of about 4 inches. After that they become tough like an over ripe squash. Left to fully mature and then washed out they mke an excellent sponge. Seeds for this plant are readily available through vegetable catalogs and you’ll only have to buy seeds your first year- one mature Luffa sponge will produce at least 30 seeds. they come with fuol instructions on how to do them or just search for makinmg a loofah

muntjac · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2007, 23:04 »

seeds in grow ya own annie

Trillium · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2007, 00:59 »

If you want to be super thrifty, a handful of sand will always work. A bit messy, but it does work and its recyclable.
As for loofahs, they'll grow tall so have a strong, high support for them, or they'll take over the beds.

WG. · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2007, 01:07 »

Rhubarb leaves can be used to clean pots.

Annie · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2007, 01:12 »

I thought rhubarb leaves were poisonous,you`d have to rinse well.

WG. · « **Reply #12 on:** March 18, 2007, 01:13 »

Quote from: "Annie"

I thought rhubarb leaves were poisonous,you`d have to rinse well.

Well ya don't drink washing up liquid either, do you?

herbiegrowsbananas · « **Reply #13 on:** March 18, 2007, 16:38 »

People are selling loofah seeds on ebay, I'm tempted...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOOFAH-PLANT-GREAT-NOVELTY-PLANT-5-SEEDS_W0QQitemZ160096606512QQcategoryZ57224QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Annie · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2007, 19:34 »

Quote from: "whisky_golf"

Well ya don't drink washing up liquid either, do you

No,but have been known to lick my plate! :oops:

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