guildfordcycads

I live in an off-grid cottage with solar and a well. My well water is pretty hard so I run it through a Rheem water softener, and the wash water goes to a greywater field then outflows to a leech bed. (I do not use greywater on any edible plants.)

I use a 2.4cuft Comfee portable top load impeller washer, it is brand new as I had to replace my old one recently.

I have tried a bunch of “biodegradable” or “greywater safe” detergents, and settled on Ecos Pro. I say settled because I still can’t quite get my laundry truly clean! It generally comes out smelling ok, then as soon as I sweat in it, the perma-funk comes out. A few synthetic shirts are essentially unwearable straight out of the dryer!

I have tried adding washing soda, oxyclean, borax (I know, not greywater safe, but it was a trial and figured it would be ok in a small amount for a test), vinegar, and ammonia. I’ve disinfected my hot water tank and the hoses, I’ve tried hot water washes, I’ve tried using minimal soap, I’ve tried using maximal soap, and I’m out of ideas.

The hook is that I tried simple powdered Tide and it cleans clothes fine… so it’s not my machine and not really even my water, just a combination of all of those plus the need to use a more biosafe soap.

What can you all recommend as next steps in my attempt to get my clothing deeply clean?

Hello, I am passionate about permaculture and I have the chance to do a permaculture project in a mediterreanean climate (europe) and I have found a home which has almost 4 hectares, 98sqm house, one 50-60 sqm place to store agricultural items in a rural place at just few minutes from my actual hometown and a pool (not a natural one though and I still don’t know if it works)

The price is around 215k, but I’d like to realistically bring that down a lot because I would have to do a lot of works on the land and something on the house as well.

I’d like to negotiate A LOT and bring the price down a lot.

I know it just depends on every region and country and everytime is different, but what are some good principles?

The idea is that I want the house but at the right price because every penny I save from buying it it will go on the land.

Thank you and I really hope to join with this movement practically