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When my soap nuts/wash berries arrived I opened up the cloth bag dubiously to peek inside and find intriguing shiny brown nuts/berries. Cracking them in half was easy to do without aid of a tool apart from my hands, I used 5 halves and washed my son's cloth nappies. I waited for the machine to fill and start washing, then opened the lid so that my son and I could peer in and see what these soap nuts/wash berries released into the water (saponin). I expected to see suds or bubbles or something, I used nothing else but the nuts/berries, no softener and only stain spray on some clothes, when I didn't see suds my faith in these Indian imports was hampered HOWEVER I did a load of the families darks and whites. I hung out my washing (when it goes on the line it normally comes in starchy). I first noticed how much softer the cloth nappies felt when grabbing them off the line, whilst folding my mountain of clothes everything smelt clean (no fragrance but no unwanted odors) and felt clean. I trialled adding a few drops of oil to the bag and overall I am happy with or without the added fragrance. I use only cold water washes so I can only imagine using warm would only get better, I am very pleased with the result of these little wonders. Thanks Scarecrow Farm for helping me get one step GREENER! Loving it.
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