May 06, 2010 // Posted by: qwcdirect // Category:
Garden & Landscape,
Home Care,
Home Improvements
Creating your own water garden is quite an easy task to do as you just follow the following instructions that will help you decorate your lawn into something that friends and family will admire every time they visit your home.
For the plants that you are going to plant in the garden, first ensure that you wash all the soil from the roots, although you should be careful not to smash up the roots. Once this is done take a container and half fill it with water then place a few pieces of charcoal in it so as to purify the water. The plant should be placed inside the container but the leaves should not touch the water as this may cause them to rot.
After preparing your lawn so that it can receive the plant, you can transfer the plants to the garden and plant them. Enjoy the water garden with your family and friends.
April 17, 2010 // Posted by: qwcdirect // Category:
DIY,
Eco Homes,
Garden & Landscape,
Home Improvements
The planting season is quite near and most home owners don’t like planting vegetables in their back yards thus they opt to use the planter box to grow all their vegetables as it is more convenient. Well building the planter box is quite easy for those who have never tried to do so.
Have a planter box in your home is convenient as it does not take up a lot of space and also they are neat and cost effective. In order for you to reach one corner of the box without stepping into it, it should be 4 feet across and also rectangular. The length of the box should be at least 8 feet and 4 feet wide. Landscaping timber is best for this job. To keep the walls from toppling over, hammer stakes in the ground alongside the walls. Fill the box with soil and you are ready to plant.
April 14, 2009 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape,
Home Improvements,
Kitchen Care
Kitchen garden is a nice way to beat staleness of herbs and vegetables. Think about it: even if you buy the freshest vegetables and herbs, they might become stale by the time you use it. A kitchen garden can be a brilliant substitute in such times. It is your very own ready supply of fresh vegetables and spices. Also, you do not require much space to grow your own vegetable garden.
Aeroponic technology has ensured that you can grow vegetables and herbs without soil and other major nutrients that plants need. You can use artificial lighting for rejuvenating the plants. You can create these kitchen gardens at the back of your house and even try harvesting a bigger produce than what you may personally require. The extra produce can help you in earning some money. All you need to do is can or tin the food and sell them.
Most of you might have spend too much of your time for gardening your house with beautiful plants. Yet most of you will not take special attention and care in protecting them in the summer season.
If you are going out for a vacation, find some time for caring the plants before you leave for the summer holidays. Measure the room temperature with a thermometer and ensure that your plants are safe in the rooms. Water the plants properly before you leave for the vacation. This should be done without considering whether they need water or not.
Keep all the plants together in the room after covering the floors of the room using newspapers. Open the curtains and ensure that the plants get enough light even when you are not there to care them. Keep the ventilators in the room open and make sure that the heat is not drying up the plans properly.
July 08, 2008 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape,
House plants
Plants in the garden would dictate the greenery, serenity and calmness of the living environment of a home. So, proper maintenance should be given to plants for their longer life cycle. Plants should be plotted in an area where they will get best light from sun. This would ultimately result in the long life of plants.
Apart from that, it will be better off to select plants for your garden which need relit ably less temperature to survive because, there are limitations for you to provide good light for plants all the time. Early morning water spraying would greatly help the plants to survive in severe weather conditions.
It is always preferable to fix the plants in pots that have a drainage hole. When you water the plant each time, special care has to be taken to make the underlying soil wet as this would help the plant to survive.
July 06, 2008 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape
Annuals are beautiful flowers, and your garden directory won’t be complete without annuals. But due care has to be given in each and every phases of maintaining this flower right before the purchase till the completion of one year.
Annuals have typically got a short life cycle of one year and this need to be replaced every year. Even before the purchase of this flower, you need to inspect this flower carefully. Because, annuals are highly vulnerable to diseases and a thorough awareness of common diseases and pests should be made before deciding to plant the annuals. The classifications of annuals should be known before cultivating it. There are warm-season annuals as well as cold-season annuals. Warm season annuals are best suited in the hotter part of the season where as the cold-season annuals are best suited for the colder part of the season.
Several techniques could be employed to maintain annual flowers. These techniques should be practiced.
July 02, 2008 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape,
Room interiors
If you think to transform your bedroom or study room or any room to a garden room, which has a garden theme, there are certain things to be followed after the decision is being made.
Color is the primary element to be thought when thinking about a garden room. A color which will give convey the serenity and calmness of a garden should be selected. Green would obviously be a prominent consideration. Also, colors like white, off white and yellow could also be considered.
There is no garden without water. Incorporating that feature to your bedroom is relit ably easy. “Table fountain” seems to be the first choice for everyone since it is very popular. The effect of a table fountain like this is immaculate since the sound of splashing water would just enhance the mood of your garden room. Scent is another feature and you need to have an artificial one of rose or lavender fragrance.
June 30, 2008 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape
Landscaping of your home is quite a skillful art to be practiced. Here, the critical thing is it should match and supplement your home. Size and constructional features are the pivotal duo when the matter concerns to home landscaping.
Planting the most attractive foliages is too crucial to manipulate. This is because you need to take special care to accomplish the same very close to your home or near by the entrance. If it is place somewhere away from the entrance, people who see that would not mind to have a look at your home.
The trees and plants should very well supplement the size of home. A two storied home can afford to have big trees to bring the serenity and calmness. But a single storied home will look elegant and exquisite if you plant small brushy plants. Plants with less maintenance should always be preferred since that kind of plants which are resistant to pests will serve the purpose.
June 28, 2008 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape
Design and implementation of the garden will surely be a thrilling experience. But, there should be time consuming planning phase to accomplish a good garden.
Initially, you need to have a basic idea and a structure of the garden you are going to implement. This should be very well in harmony with your home size, surroundings and the area available for construction. Numerous garden designs are available in the market place as well as websites and external considerations should determine the selection.
Precise calculations on measurements of the garden have to be taken. Straight distance as well as diagonal distance will come into picture since the garden will have different layouts and irregular shapes at some portions. Proper identification of the kind of soil with which you are working for the garden is critical since the selections of plants have to be made accordingly. Sunlight passage to the chosen area should be carefully estimated for better maintenance.
June 26, 2008 // Posted by: admin // Category:
Garden & Landscape
It is really appeasing for your mind and body to have a garden pond surrounding your home. To accomplish the same and to have a gentle water flow in and out of the pond you need to have a good pond pump.
The first calculation has to be made on the size of the pond you have. The capacity of pond would suggest the kind of pond pump you need to have for your garden pond. Second calculation has to be made on the place of power source. Pond pumps should be purchased in accordance with this since, power considerations would come into picture with respect to the distance of power source.
After getting these calculations done, you can purchase one, and it is highly recommended to go through the user manual before installing the pond pump. After installing the pump, it should be checked for operability. If it is not working as desired, instructions have to be followed to fix it, or, a service has to be referred to.