Giveaway now closed: Congratulations to Kris J for winning the Prize Pack.
With a houseful of children I try to be conscientious about the toxicity of the cleaning products that we use. It’s one of the main reasons that we make most of our own. However, I almost always have regular cleaning products on hand for deeper more thorough cleaning (and because my husband feels better using something store bought, especially for deep cleaning in the bathroom. 
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Seventh Generation has come out with a new line of non-toxic, disinfectant cleaners that can be used on high chair trays and counter tops with no rinse step required. The disinfectants use a component of the herb thyme and kill over 99.99 percent of germs* naturally and are effective against the Influenza A Virus, including H1N1.
With the fresh scent of lemon grass and thyme and the knowledge that these cleaners are safer and more natural than many others on the market, these cleaners were a delight to work with. I still don’t allow the children to use these cleaners, but am much happier about them being around them.
To help promote this new line of safer disinfectant cleaners Seventh Generation in conjunction with My Blog Spark is giving away a Seventh Generation prize pack to one Raising Olives reader.
The prize pack contains:
- A bottle of Seventh Generation multi-surface disinfecting cleaner
A bottle of Seventh Generation disinfecting bathroom cleaner - A container of Seventh Generation disinfecting wipes (I love having these on hand for quick wipe-ups when the kids are sick.
- Two rolls of Seventh Generation paper towels
- A nice large tote for storing and transporting your cleaning supplies
- The book “The Conscious Kitchen” by Alexandra Zissu – From what kind of fruits and vegetables to buy to the most healthful sources for meat and dairy to energy saving appliances, Ms. Zissu shares “the new way to buy and cook food – to protect the earth, improve your health and eat deliciously”.
To enter:
- Leave a comment on this post telling me about how you tackle spring cleaning at your house, any great tips?
Additional entries:
- Tweet about this giveaway
- Post about this giveaway
Please leave a comment for each additional entry.
This giveaway will end at midnight on Thursday, April 15.
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Hi, I'm Kimberly. 
I actually don’t “spring” clean in the traditional sense. I try to do a deep clean of one room every month or so. I have enough rooms that it takes me all year to get the whole house done twice.
I already use these products for cleaning, esp. the bathroom. My older children clean the bathrooms and I am comfortable with them doing so with these products.
Thanks for posting this give-away!
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My best spring cleaning tip is to make my husband do it!
Or, plan a gathering at our house, which always gets us in gear with cleaning everything.
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Spring cleaning must always involve opening up all the windows, some serious decluttering and deep cleaning.
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Our tactic? I guess maintain throughout the year, so we don’t have a huge project come spring. Although we do wash outside windows and siding in the spring!
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i listen to music/podcasts while i clean to make it more motivating.
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I round up all our boys and put them to work:)
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I have to just decide to do a little every day for a while.
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being allergic to dust and cat dander and all that stuff, I make sure that I open those windows and let the fresh air in first thing! Then I take cleaning in steps, room by room, and try to get rid of the clutter first since I am kind of a pack rat when it comes to paperwork. After that, cleaning is a breeze!
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just tweeted http://twitter.com/micaela6955/status/12080799171
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I invite friends and family over–that makes me clean! Otherwise, I could live in a messy house!
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We tackle spring cleaning by throwing a party! We throw open the windows, grab cleaning supplies and tackle one floor at a time..top to bottom:)
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By avoiding it!
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I don’t really Spring clean but just get in the mood to deep clean and organize. I actually wish I felt like doing it more often. I just started changing over my cleaning products to natural ones and I’ve been really pleased with them. So much better for all of us who have to breath them in!
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We tackle spring cleaning the first week school is out.
We work from top to bottom, including walls and windows.
We do one room a day with everyone signing up for the parts they’d like to do. We play music, listen to stories on CD,and tell jokes while we work. After the work is finished, they know they have free time the rest of the afternoon, so they’re pretty motivated to work diligently.
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I like to methodically go through each room one at a time including their closets.
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i tackle spring cleaning by letting my husband do it. lol. He doesn’t help with the every day cleaning, but about twice a year he does major ‘hardcore’ cleaning.
thanks for the chance!
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Tweeted!!
http://twitter.com/patchouligirl91/status/12159324533
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Hi, I usually tackle the grime and dirt and odors and general germs with a big commercial bottle of simple gree. You have to dilute it of course and it goes a long way. You nfeel confident that you are cleaning the dirt away naturally and echo friendly. As far as organizing is concerned clothes and home decor must switch shelves from back to front vice versa.I do agree with everyone as far as tackling the project of spring cleaning in spurts, because your time doing it this way is well spent, especially if there is yard and garden work to do on the outside of your home as well.Room by room is a great idea, because you also have to remove the drapes and hang lighter weight curtains and bedspreads. Also for some of us that live in those colder climates we probably will change from the bear and moose decor to seashells and beautiful flowers.There is nothing like a well dressed spring garden.
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I don’t really have any good tips but I learned alot from the other comments. My sister and I help each other with spring cleaning. It seems to go faster when someone helps.
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I blogged: http://cace-readysetwin.blogspot.com/2010/04/helpi-need-to-start-my-spring-cleaning.html
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Make small goals! Clean one room or area at a time
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http://twitter.com/DesMoinesDealin/status/12191455543
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plan on cleaning on rainy days
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I let it sneak up on me.
No really, I don’t like “spring cleaning” and never think I do it, but then out of no where, I usually realize that I’ve started it anyway. Like my oven was starting to get nasty and I did a full cleaning out it. When I mentioned it to someone, they told me “grats on my spring cleaning.” But I wasn’t spring cleaning! And then I realized that wait, I had done other things like that, too….like cleaning out my deep freezer…and my desk. And gah!
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With spring cleaning I like opening up the windows and doors and letting the clean fresh air in while I clean.
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