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Force of Nature – EPA approved for Covid

Force of Nature – EPA approved for Covid
Green cleaning (using non-toxic solutions) is a big deal here at Crow Wing Crest Lodge, and has been since day one of our ownership, over 20 years ago.  When Covid-19 struck in March 2020, like most of us, I felt confused, anxious, afraid (not only for our personal health and for those we knew and…
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Aromatherapy & “Pendulled Potions by Kim”

Aromatherapy & “Pendulled Potions by Kim”
Guests ask all the time from where I get my essential oils. Answer? Lots of places!       Essential oil sources I use commonly for both personal and Aromatherapy Class: New Directions Aromatics - bulk oils (by the gallon or quart, plus other raw materials) I use for cleaning products and sauna spritz'. Imani…
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To bleach or not to bleach . . .

To bleach or not to bleach . . .
Natural Cleanin’ Corner Kim Bowen, published April 2012 Community of Minnesota Resorter Reporter Magazine   To bleach, or not to bleach? If you know me at all, I reckon you’d assume my immediate answer to this question would be a big, fat “NOT!” followed perhaps by a rather annoyingly muttered “duh”.  Well, you’d be wrong. …
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Vinegar & iodine as wood furniture polish

Vinegar & iodine as wood furniture polish
Natural Cleanin’ Corner  (Kim Bowen, published in Resorter Reporter, state-wide Minnesota resort magazine) For a healthy Resort, and a healthy YOU!   Wood Furniture Fix-its   Got some water stains, spots or cup rings on your end tables?  Try: a fresh walnut (or other nut).  Break it in half and rub the freshly broken edge…
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Baking soda is your best buddy in the cleaning arena

Baking soda is your best buddy in the cleaning arena
Natural Cleanin’ Corner  (published in Resorter Reporter, state-wide resort magazine) by Kim Bowen For a healthy RESORT, and a healthy YOU! In this issue I’d like to yak about the toxic ickyness of chemical oven cleaners (even the “fume free” type).  If you have a self-cleaning oven, GREAT!  Using high temperatures as a cleaner is…
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For a healthy RESORT, and a healthy YOU!

For a healthy RESORT, and a healthy YOU!
Natural Cleanin’ Corner (Kim Bowen, published Jan. 2006 in Resorter Reporter, a state-wide resort magazine) Why natural products instead of store bought chemicals? 1)  HEALTH  (yours, your guest’s, your planet’s), and 2) they’re CHEAP, CHEAP, CHEAP!!! Yep, believe it or not, you can clean pretty much everything in your house and cabins with stuff like:…
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