Environment Friendly Garden

Having your own garden at home has always it's advantages and it is one of the most rewarding activities you and your family could enjoy especially when growing your own food. Being able to enjoy delicious fruits, vegetables and herbs from your own and backyard, plus growing your own food impacts mostly you and your family's health as well as the environment. Planting, harvesting and caring for a garden is a great way to get some outdoor exercise and a good stress reliever too. Growing your own food can also save significant money on groceries, it will surely be a big help in cutting the cost of the grocery bill. Not only that you and your family will be able to eat fresher and better tasting foods, you are also sure that your own home grown vegetables and herbs are free from chemical fertilizers and all other pesticides that can be harmful to you and your family's health when eaten.

You could start your own indoor or outdoor garden by buying heirloom kits which could actually find at any supermarkets or at any gardening shop that offers this kind of product. I first started with heirloom pepper kit which I bought online, then after a month of taking good care of them indoors, I transferred them to our backyard, where they can grow freely under the sunlight. After the heirloom pepper kit, I decided to buy the heirloom tomato and cherry tomato kits. I am pretty sure that all of these organic vegetables are a sure hit to me and my family. Not only that, it also has it's environmental advantages.

Knowing that when you grow your own food can actually help in reducing the carbon foot print and can help in protecting air and water quality, a gardener must really be proud of him/herself. Always remember that growing your own fruits, vegetables and herbs does not only provide food on your table but it can also be a great way in improving or enhancing the beauty of your home and garden.

The Many Uses of Vinyl in Home Decoration

Many of us love to buy things for our home especially if those are for decoration purposes, but do we really know what they are made of? Others are made by natural plants like, wood and lumber while others are made up of man-made materials like plastic, resin and vinyl. One of the synthetic materials that is widely used today is the vinyl. Many of us may have come across the term vinyl sliding, vinyl flooring, vinyl records, vinyl gloves and many more, but may not even know exactly what vinyl is. As we all know, vinyl does not come from natural substance, it is a type of plastic that is made from ethylene which are found mostly in crude oil and chlorine common in regular salt. When processed, both the substance will form into Polyvinyl Chloride or what we called PVC resin, or referred to as vinyl.

They invented vinyl for the purpose of developing a material that would help manufacture everyday products that were easier to make, more durable, and cheaper than what was available. Today, vinyl has become the second largest manufactured and sold plastic resin in the entire world. Vinyl is resistant to moisture and humidity, that is why it is very ideal or highly suitable to be used in the manufacture of many different products. One of the newest addition to these products are window boxes, this is a pure test to vinyl's strong and durable plastic material that can withstand any weather condition. These vinyl window boxes comes in different size, color and design that would fit perfectly in every windows of your home.

Vinyl is a very environmental friendly material too, although it is a plastic material but it can easily be recycled and it also helps in preservation of environmental resources. In comparison to various other materials used by the packing industry, vinyl requires lesser amount of natural resources to make, utilizes much lesser energy for manufacture, and also releases lower emissions into the environment. 

Uses of Compost in Our Environment

Organic farming and organic gardening are very popular nowadays because plants grow more naturally instead of using chemicals that can be harmful to humans and animals alike. In organic farming we are using any organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and as a soil amendment, or they are simply called as composts. Usually, these composts are stored in a compost bin which is more organized rather than just piling the composts near your garden. Compost is a key ingredient in organic farming and is beneficial for the land in many ways, including as a soil conditioner, a fertilizer, addition of vital humus or humic acids, and as natural pesticide for soil.

Compost is the single most important supplement you can give your garden soil. On the other hand, composting is a simple way of adding nutrient-rich humus which fuels plant growth and restores vitality to depleted soil. It is also free, easy to make and good for the environment, unlike the chemical fertilizers and pesticides that other farmers and gardeners are using. Building your own composts bin is easy and materials can be bought at any local hardware stores but you have to keep in mind that it will need your effort and time. Some are really too busy and prefers to buy instead of making one at home, which is actually very convenient plus you have the option to choose different types and color of compost bins that you like from the high quality garden composter to a simple general purpose compost bin.

In ecosystems, compost is useful for erosion control. Top soil loss is a serious ecological issue that we have encountered and still facing up to this time. The use of compost to control sediment run-off and fight erosion is a relatively new technology, now being adopted by local authorities, developers, farmers, and other major distributors of soil as another tool to reduce topsoil loss. Compost is very useful and helpful to us and our environment, let us all support organic farming and gardening. Hopefully, we all could, if not eliminate at least trim down or lessen the use of chemical products.

Gardening on Clay Pots

Cooking and Gardening are both my favorite hobbies after having a family of my own. During free time, I would love to visit my garden and check on my plants and different kinds of flowers too. Recently, I received a gift from my husband it's a three clay moss colored pots with wood crate and it's perfect for planting herbs that I could use for cooking. And the good thing is that, it has a wood crate so I could move all three pots at the same time, If I want to display them at porches or near windows. I was very happy and thankful because even if I don't say anything my husband knows what I really want and need. Clay pots provide a healthy environment for most plants. Due to the porosity of clay, it allows air and moisture to penetrate the sides of the pot.

There are advantages for indoor and outdoor use of clay pots. These clay pots have a thick wall that could protect plant roots from rapid changes in temperature which can be destructive. They also have a fair amount of weight and do not blow over as easily as some plastic pots. Although plastic pots are lightweight and flexible they do not have the wicking action that clay has making them excellent choice for moisture loving plants or for those gardeners who water infrequently. Since clay does have a disadvantage of drying quickly, avoid planting moisture loving plants like ferns or when attempting to germinate seeds.

Gardeners with a heavy hand at watering like me, always has a tendency to over-water, but using these clay pots, my herbs would really benefit from it. It would also lessen my grocery list since I don't have to buy from the market and it's readily available at home.