Folk Wisdom for a Natural Home Author:Beverly Pagram Returns us to traditional ways of cleaning and caring for the home with: 100s of wise-but-forgotten housekeeping skills, combining the nature-respecting self-sufficiency of our heritage w/the health-and ecology-conscious ideals of today. A treasury of folk recipes for safe/thrifty household products using home-grown herbs and common household in... more »gredients. Ideas for shampoos, pot-pourris, notepaper, drawer liners, essential oils, and candle holders. Tips for allergy-free products. Room-by-room chapters & a practical reference section. Fascinating gems of folklore sprinkled throughout the text.« less