hClorox now making natural products

hClorox now making
natural products

More proof that green is going mainstream: The Clorox Co. has introduced a line of natural cleaning products.

The Green Works line is made from ingredients derived from lemon oil and coconuts.

The products are nonallergenic and biodegradable, are not tested on animals and come in recyclable containers.

The line has an all-purpose cleaner, a glass and surface cleaner, a toilet bowl cleaner, a dilutable cleaner and a bathroom cleaner.

None of the products is a disinfectant.

The products range in suggested retail price from $2.99 to $3.39 and will be widely available starting this month.

Book offers tips, tricks
for improved gardening

Roger Yepsen is sort of like that seasoned gardener next door who’s always sharing tips and tricks to make things grow better.

Yepsen and the editors of Organic Gardening magazine have compiled more than 400 clever ideas into “Newspaper, Pennies, Cardboard & Eggs for Growing a Better Garden.”

The book is filled with pointers, shortcuts and ingenious suggestions, such as using eggshells as biodegradable seed-starting pots, making homemade seed tapes, sharpening a hoe and even growing a better pumpkin.

The book is published by Rodale and sells for $17.95 in softcover.