Victorian Farm; BBC TV

Penelope_Penguin

Natty68 wrote: »

Penny I wouldn't call them irritants in the washing as they are fully washed out of the clothes during the machine wash. They are only irritants if they get on your skin if you are using them for cleaning and you get a rash or something like that.

In that case I don't understand how it is that borax, washing soda and vinegar rinse out and cause no irritation, when modern washing detergents don't rinse out and remain as irritants

But great that it works for you :T

Penny. x

thriftlady_2

mardatha wrote: »

We don't have wilkinsons up here. I need to look for borax! I have excema now and again inside my elbows and on my fingers, its a real PITA.

Boots' sell borax, washing soda and soap flakes.

mardatha

and Boots do online deliveries--thanks that's great... is worth a try isnt it !

shopndrop

Thanks Natty68 - we do have a Wilkinsons close by so will give it a try. As my eczema is quite bad at the moment and I am having hospital treatment, I will try just about anything. I will certainly give it a go and see what happens.

geordie_joe

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

In that case I don't understand how it is that borax, washing soda and vinegar rinse out and cause no irritation, when modern washing detergents don't rinse out and remain as irritants

I think it's because Borax, Washing Soda and Vinegar are natural products that contain only one ingredient. Whereas modern detergents have lots of ingredients, some of them designed to cling, hopefully to the dirt but nothing is perfect.

I also know that cold water doesn't get modern washing powder out of clothes very well. Or at least it doesn't in my washing machine.

rosieben

I'm trying my first load without washing powder/liquid. I have to say that nothing in this load is actually very dirty so perhaps not a fair trial; I'll try it again when I've been gardening or something!

Maybe we wash things unnecessarily, though. I read an article many years ago suggesting that we all wash too much and are obsessed with artificial smells to cover our normal scent (which is not unpleasant). The author wasn't suggesting that we dont wash or bathe but just that we seem to have become uncomfortable with our own bodies

mardatha

I just bought a used dvd from amazon of the green valley one. For a moneysaving site yer all costing me a bl00dy fortune...

rosieben

mardatha wrote: »

I just bought a used dvd from amazon of the green valley one. For a moneysaving site yer all costing me a bl00dy fortune...

but you love us really, you know you do!

I'm trying not to read all of the Victoria Farm book at once, just to read the parts relevant to the programmes I've seen, iyswim, but its so tempting just to read it all through.

thriftlady_2

mardatha wrote: »

I just bought a used dvd from amazon of the green valley one. For a moneysaving site yer all costing me a bl00dy fortune...

Uh-oh -was that me again It's a good one though;)

mags50_2

rosieben wrote: »

http://www.carbolicsoap.com/bhousehold-soapb-c-233_241.html and they sell the dolly blues, loads of other stuff too.

and I remember having to learn the hard lesson that wearing anything perfumed on a summer picnic was not a good idea!

Just had a look at this site..and was really thrilled to find this
http://www.carbolicsoap.com/please-remember-postaprint-p-877.html

I have an original one that came from my Grandad's...I have had it hung in our bathroom ever since our girls were little...I often look at it and it brings back such happy memories of my Grandad :T

There's another one I remember being hung in my Mum's bathroom...'John and Mary thought they knew much better than their Mummy's..they ate their tea with hands not washed..now both have painful tummies'....or something along those lines. Does anyone else remember it?

We love watching the The Victorian Farm.