The Urban Farming Guys: Laundry Detergent for 20 Cents a Gallon

January 2, 2012 By Kim 2 Comments

Ok, so I was on Facebook perusing the status updates and a friend shared a link to The Urban Farming Guys website. I loved everything about The Urban Farming Guys purpose and passion for what they are doing. They seem like a great group of families trying to get back to where their food comes from, and turn around a struggling inner city neighborhood at the same time. I watched their video on how to make homemade laundry detergent and I was hooked. We are a family of 5 now so our laundry workload has increased and I thought I’d try it out. I decided when I was done with my $12 a bottle eco-friendly laundry soap I would make up a batch of detergent. It really was easy to make. Since we have an HE washer I cut the recipe in half and made a little less than 5 gallons. I used the Dr. Bronners Castile soap instead of Fells Naptha, but everything else was the same. We’ve got some sensitive skin issues in our house so I was a little afraid of the lye soap. So far we’ve been using it for over a month and it works great! I might make it a little more concentrated next time, but I love it.