My neighbor made us all a half gallon of washing soap from a recipe on the internet, I will see if I can find out how she did it.
You are doing a great job! Borax or boric acid powder in roach areas will help some.
remembering to turn out the power bars is something I am working on. I have LED nightlights in some rooms so i dont have to turn on lights at night.
I have some dimmable flourescents...they are not awesome, but they are OK when you get used to them in your dimmers.
The dimmable lights are great. If you can install lights with sensors, it will be good too. I've just had my place renovated so I don't have the opportunity to do that now.
I hope you manage to find out what your neighbour did!
Isn't borax toxic? I'm scared to have borax anywhere near my dogs. I also read that my husband's ezcema cream has borax content. Really confuses me. I'd need to google a bit on this.