Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer… If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can’t find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly. ••• To become a fan of FriendlySuggestions.com on Facebook, click here. Here is a suggestion from an...
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White vinegar in a spray bottle makes an environmentally friendly weed killer….takes a little longer to work, but it does work. - Barbara Wayne Cassidy
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As I take a break, on my day off, from scrubbing the Bathrooms with Bleach and Borax, I am listening to Pink Floyd. And, I think of the other Bs I have come into contact with recently. The Seed and Gardening Catalogues I have been receiving in the mail! Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Breck’s Bulbs...
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1. Request a FREE resource guide for bringing nature into children’s lives. Order it for your children or order it and give it to your friend’s with children. Or order it for your friends who are teachers. At http://www.arborday.org/shopping/sourcebook/resourceguide.cfm 2. Join the Arbor Day Foundation for $10.00 http://www.arborday.org/ As a member, you get 10...
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I received my Gurney’s 2010 seed & nursery catalogue in the mail today — with a $25.00 coupon worth in stuff if I spend $25.00. I’m going over to share the share the good fortune with my neighbors– we’re dreaming of some plants that will bloom all summer—like the All-summer bloomer Shasta Daisy’s—2 bare...
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Now that the snow is frozen hard, take some time to make some healthily well-needed food for the feathery and furry friends who share our world. Squirrels and birds alike will appreciate any kind of shelled nuts. Birds especially like the easy to take apart shelled unsalted and roasted peanuts. As you know, squirrels...
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Well, the other day my neighbor and I, fellow porch farmers, got the plants off the porch for the winter. It’s OK but I like seeing plants inside and outside, ones with flowers and leaves on them. It lets you know that there is something big and magical at work out there and it...
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I live in a historic building that is divided into four apartments. My neighbors upstairs and down are all great friends, my landlord can really pick some nice people as tenants. Historically the downstairs tenants, of which I am one, have had plants on the front porch. We have flowers and vegetables, in limited...
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