Author Archives: Cynthia Rand-Thompson

Good Clean Fly-killing Fun!

Fly Goo
In a spray bottle with an adjustable sprayer, mix 2 ½ teaspoons liquid soap** per quart water, to make a 1% soap solution. Now, you’re cleaning while you kill flies. Add some Lavender essential oil to add aromatherapy to your Fly Goo brew!
Stops flies in their tracks. Long distance shots work best with a [...]

New Customers get 15%-off at RTNatural.com

That’s right, 15%-off for new customers who place an order at our store, RTNatural.com, between now and August 31st, 2009.
Just enter NEWCUST during checkout.
There’s more: Seeds are 20% during the End of Summer Special, now $1.20 per pack. 
Both of these are great deals, [...]

the Balcony

The first in a series I’m going to call, “If it were me, but it isn’t”.  Yesterday I visited a friend’s home for the first time, and you know how that goes—on the drive home one inevitably thinks, “Well, if it were me…”  In this case, my landscape brain got switched on by the trip [...]

How to Assemble Bee Hive Frames – The Green House

Here’s a great video on setting up a bee hive frame, from The Green House.  Not knowing this has been THE thing that has kept me from getting started with bees.  Thank you Green House!

Bare-root Planting Instructions

Well, it’s almost fall again… Which means, time to get those plants in the ground so they can get established with benefit of the annual rains.  Maybe you get more rain throughout the year in your area, but for us, in Mediterranean climates, we are wise to coordinate our efforts with olde Mother Earth!  Here’s [...]