Learn to Make Homemade Laundry Soaps and “Green” Cleaners at MU Extension Class March 10

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The process of making liquid and powdered laundry detergents as well as homemade “green” cleaners will be demonstrated during the “Learn to Make Homemade Laundry Soaps” program held 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 10 at the Greene County Extension Center located inside the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center, 2400 S. Scenic, Springfield, Mo.

Participants will learn more about detergent and cleaner ingredients, how to combine them for effective cleaning, and will have an opportunity to test several types of homemade cleaners.

Participants will also receive recipe cards for making their own cleaners at home, samples of powdered laundry soap and will be entered in a drawing to win an entire container of homemade liquid soap prepared during the workshop.

The cost of the program is $15 per person. Advanced registration is needed (space is limited to the first 30 reserved and paid participants) and can be made by calling the Greene County Extension Center at 417-881-8909. A registration form is also available on the office website at http://extension.missouri.edu/greene.

This class is being offered as part of a new program effort at the Greene County Extension Center called “Urban Homesteading.” Future educational programs will focus on various aspects of urban (and suburban) homesteading.

For example, upcoming programs will address topics like pesticide certification, beginning lawn and garden education, gifts from the kitchen, food preservation, raising poultry in the backyard, energy savings at home, rural versus suburban land use, as well as other things that go in to making your urban (or suburban) home more sustainable.

Check out our new information link about Urban Homesteading of Southwest Missouri online at http://extension.missouri.edu/greene. There is also a Facebook page with the same name. Just search for Urban Homesteading of Southwest Missouri to receive regular posts and updates about coming programs in the region or use this link: http://www.facebook.com/friendsofthegarden#!/UrbanHomesteadingSWMo 

Information provided by MU Extension Southwest Region News Service.