Green Living Tip: Make your own laundry detergent! You can use either liquid Castille soap or a combination of washing soda/baking soda/borax/essential oils. I often wash small articles of clothing in my little hand-cranked washing machine, on my kitchen sink. I can do everything that way, except towels and sheets. For that, I go to the laundromat and then bring home the wet towels and sheets and hang them up in my apartment. Extreme? Well, I do live alone and don't have that many clothes.