Be Kind to the Environment... And to Yourself

 Washday comes round with monotonous regularity...
I researched these laundry balls as an alternative to the traditional powder wash and 3 rinses...
Too much water and effort in my house bus.
I found these balls at 'Health Post NZ' - look up their web site.
I looked at others but this was my choice...
Even though it was more expensive at $80.
Biowashball is composed of natural cermaics contained in a plastic non-toxic sphere.
When new it is charged for 2 hours in the sun then for 1 hour every month.
It emitts infrared rays which break the hydrogen molecules of water.
This gives the water high penetration capacity.
It emits negative ions which weaken the adherence of dirt on fabrics.
The Biowashball has a pH of 10, equivalent to chemical detergent.
Compared to 'normal' washing it eliminates pathogenic germs, allergic risks, bacteria, and safeguartds from bleaching and oxidation caused by chlorine in soap powders.
It contributes to well-being, saves money and protects nature.
Can be used in machines or hand washing.
No need to rinse, - so a huge saving on water.
The life span... Take note of this...
3 years if doing 4kg of laundry a day. I hardly do that much a week so it might last longer than me.
Look it up http://www.biowash.co.za/
It is made in Switzerland and won 'Well Tech Award' Italy 2009 for the 'Best Environmental Design Product.
I have had my ball for several months now. I use it for all my clothes laundry.
One thing I have noticed is that my black clothes don't get that faded washed out look.
My linen... Sheets, towels, napkins etc I save up for 6 weeks and take a huge load to the laundrette.

A Day 'At Home'... Doing This and That...

We have had a lot of overcast days and rain lately...
Also I haven't travelled far...
So my house batteries were critically low...
This caused my fridge to stop working.
It runs on LPG but needs 12 volt electricity to keep the spark going
(as I understand it!)
I'm parked at Uretiti Doc Camp... a few others here...
So help immediately appeared in the form of four men...
Who all  put their heads together...
One hooked me up to his generator for a couple of hours...
And Lo and Behold... My battery charged up enough to keep me going till the sunny day we had yesterday.
(The other option of course is to run my motor and charge the batteries through the generator.)
So I made hot scones and invited them all for morning tea/coffee.
By special request they were cheese and onion...
My friend took some of the dough and cooked little scone/bread loaves in his camp oven.
It was all delicious... None left over!

Next for the day... while the sun was out... Was to finish my laundry.
Some had been hanging for a couple of days
getting well rinsed by the rain...
The rest was soaking in a bucket that was getting fuller...
And fuller from the rain.
The rain is very useful at times.
My friend increased the clothes line length so it all fitted...
And it blew in the sun and mostly got dry.

My garden needed some attention.... All the rain caused the pots to flood over the top and it washed out quite a ot of soil...
So the plan is to top them up a little with 1/2 a bag of potting mix that I have.
With some help  and my 3ft ladder I got them down...
They are still waiting for me to attend to them...
But I did pick some herbs; spinach, thyme, parsley, some viola flowers and a calendular flower for my salad.

While the sun was out... At the end of the afternoon we ventured onto the beach.
It was a cold southery wind so didn't stay long and the walk was brisk...
But the clouds were spectacular.
Then home to my friends fire and a whisky to warm up again.