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Showing posts with label gardening ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening ideas. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Worry-Free Containers For People On The Go
Maintaining a flower or plant in planter or a container may seem to be a bit hard especially when the plant needs to be watered from time to time. Since, most of our time we are spending it at work, we might as well bring these potted plants at work so that we could take care of them properly. That is just one of the many resolution to the problem but, what about weekends? Who will take care of them during the two days off that you have from work? Is transferring them back and forth a solution? It will just take up much of your time and your effort, you will just end up getting more tired and stressed rather than happy and relaxed. But because of our modern world, manufacturers have come up with the idea of having a self watering planter.
Isn't it a brilliant idea of having a windowsill self watering planter? We do not have to worry anymore about our plant, we could leave them freely either at home or at the office and we are still pretty sure that our plant will be watered at the right time with just the right amount. It has a perfect mix of style and functionality and is definitely for those who loves different flowers and plants but is always on the go or on vacation. The windowsill self watering planter features a water reservoir that draws excess water up and keeps it at the plant roots where it is needed the most. These planters are made of strong weather-resistant and UV resistant plastic, that is an assurance that we could leave our plant outside and we do not have to worry about the plant and the planter itself.
This is by far the most wonderful product that I have met. It is thanks to the makers of these planters that now we can be worry free of maintaining the water on our plants or flowers.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The Best Way to Garden
Do you remember how fun it was to play in the dirt? Well roll up your sleeves, its time to play on the dirt again. Adding an extra room to your home may not be easy but turning your outdoor living area into a place of beauty is easy as a container. Container gardening is one of the easiest way to garden. It offers flexibility and makes good use of limited space. Use containers where ever you have a little bit of sun, even if it is in a patio or in the front steps of the city condo or appartment. Here are the great ways to make use of your outdoor living area.
The first two things that you need are the container and the plant. There are lot of containers that you can choose. from. that It ranges From planters to hanging baskets and while choosing e the right plant for a specific container. For flower box containers, the basic rule of thumb is to choose 3 different plants. Pick one that you like and find two plants that match with each other. Moreover there are three basic types of plants that you need to plant in your flower box, the thriller like the eye catching Impatiens in Accent pink, the filler that fills out primarily the entire flower bed like Impatiens in Pink Swirl and the spiller that spills all over the side of the planter like Dichondra Silver Falls. Combining these three plants will give you a spectacular view on your windows and patio.
For hanging baskets, put it on a place where sunlight is present and a place where it is easy to water. Make sure that you secure it well, as when they watered they get heavy. Wire is the most popular hanging basket material, it might be cheap but plants will grow over it in time. If you lined it with moss, this will help maitain the moisture. You can grow herbs, tomatoes, ivy and other plants that grow in this container. Putting water retaining gel and slow release fertilizer will give your hanging basket a great start.
Glass Globe terrariums are the revolutionary type of hanging basket. These modern looking glass globe bubble style hanging terrariums is both Eco-Symbolic and Eco-Friendly. These hanging bubble glass terrariums look amazing in a residential or commercial setting. Succulant plant are the best type to plant inside the terrarium. They need little water like once a month and use warm water because terrariums don't like cold water.
Containers are great way to get an instinct way of garden where ever you live. Do not forget that vegetables and herbs can grow in them too.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Christmas is the Best Time of the Year
Christmas is fast approaching. Do you have something new for your house? Something to make the house more special and inviting for the holiday? Every year, new home accents for Christmas are coming out. In fact, home designers are creating unique and innovative concepts of home accents for Christmas to attract customers and avail their merchandise. And among the most popular products include Christmas wall decor, terrariums and illuminated planters.
During Christmas, most decorations are Christmas trees, lights, mistletoes, reindeers, Christmas balls, poinsettias and many others. As mentioned above, wall decor is the latest trend of home decoration that most owners are using to create a much pleasant look inside or outside of the house. Wall decors are made of wood, iron, metal, steel and aluminum. There are modern wall designs that are now formed into different home decoration structure that could give much beauty to our homes. Stores are now adding wall decors as their new line products for different holidays. They also have designs like Christmas trees, artificial flower design, etc that could add splendid look to our living space on Christmas.
There are also glass containers that are being developed as household ornaments. We can put something inside of it like plants and small animals that would create such a lovely and unique home decoration. Most people, who are into botanical living, tend to create glass container plant designs which they call glass terrariums. These are originally designed containers for home decoration. Some are using terrariums as pots. They place soil, succulents and primary plants to grow on the container. It may look really weird to put live plants to grow on them. The terrarium is really designed for interior and exterior decoration. Most creative minds make use of their unused aquariums to create glass terrariums. They use bigger glass containers to accommodate more and bigger plants.
Home accents are normally great addition to our house. Without them, our house is just a plain crib just used as our shelter. Come and participate the Christmas spirit by having unique and great interior Christmas decorations that we can afford in the local stores. Let us make the best time of the year perfect.
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