Have you ever collected a houseful of laundry and sorted surmounting loads preparing to tackle a week's worth of wash at once and began to pour your first measure of detergent only to discover a trickle of drops...! "Oh, yeah", you remember, "I was supposed to restock this last week."  

This was my story last weekend. Sigh... But no need to put off laundry or make a mad dash to the store to spend money that is not in my budget this week!  I've found a homemade laundry detergent recipe that I like even better upon second try. And I especially like that it took me less than 30 minutes to put together. 
Here are a few ingredients to keep on hand in your laundry cabinet...

For as long as I can remember, summer time has been spelled T-O-M-A-T-O-E-S! All my born days, my Daddy and uncles have carried on the family tradition of growing tomatoes in their gardens continuing to toss around tips of the trade to perfect the art. And after a few years of trying myself, I have come to believe whole-heartedly that growing tomatoes is an art, especially in our Carolina clay during 100* summers that rarely see a drop of rain.