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Been traveling a lot lately. Here are the sites I found most useful lately! Let me show you some sites that impacted me recently. You wouldn’t comprehend how these were timely finds for me.
Going Camping
A couple days ago we got back from camping. We were late so we had to hike at dusk to the camp site a mile or two off the trail. Can you believe how long it took to find the right camping tents for this escapade? I didn’t have time for a lot of shopping because we were going camping in just one week. We got the camping tent we ordered…you know, you sometimes worry about online orders. We had a really good experience shopping online. Camping in the country was awesome. Fresh air, awesome scenery. So refreshing!
Left the House Locked and Loaded
Installed a home security alarm before we left on our trip. It was awesome! What do you do if your pics are all on your computer and a breakin happens? Sad day. You know it feels like such an invasion just to think about theft. So we sought out some good home security info online and found the right company to install a system. I was surprised how easy it was to get it installed. The peace of mind is totally worthwhile.
Energy Drinks that are Healthy
I sit on computers all day…I wasn’t ready to camp for a week. The best drink we took on our camping trip by far were the efusjon drinks. I couldn’t have been happier to be so energized the entire time with a bit of efusjon mixed in. Energy is something I take seriously so the ‘a’ team at efusjon is awesome. We bought in for the drink and you should too. It’s worth every penny. Get in on the opportunity now!
Check you later. Hope these sites are useful for you!
Landscaping is the one gardening endeavor that can consume lots
and lots of your time and energy. If you are thinking of tackling
it on a grand scale, you will need some major preparation. If you were to consider hiring a professional landscaper, you would most
probably find that the costs would be quite horrendous.
Now that’s fine if money is no object, but I personally get great
pleasure from my own endeavors, gardening is after all my great passion in life.
I would strongly suggest however, that you have a clear idea
in your mind about how you would like your garden to look, rather
than simply starting off without a clear plan in mind.
Having said all that,here are simple but indispensable tips to
guide you in making your landscaping activities extremely
rewarding.
Draw Your Landscape Plan.
However not just any plan. It needs to be a well thought out
landscape plan, or you are certainly doomed to lose money as well
as time and energy. You really need to take account of the style
and function of your landscape, and a good idea of the plants that
you also want to include. Focus on that area where you spend most
of your time, because this is where your landscaping labors should
all be directed.
Investigate A Free Planning Service.
Hiring an independent designer would probly cost you hundreds of dollars, but you might well discover that many nurseries offer a
free planning service, particularly if you are likely to be
spending some money with them.
Take Account Of The Style Of Your Home.
When planning your landscape, the style should complement the
design of your house and your personality as well.
There are various landscape styles which you can choose for your garden:-
1. Formal - This style uses lots of straight lines and perfect geometrical shapes. Orderly arrangement of plants instead of
random positioning is employed, and close arrangement and pruning
is used on many landscaped gardens with this style.
2. Informal - This kind of landscaping goes well with houses which
have a cozy look to them. Beds with curved edges instead of straight lines and random placement of plants suit this landscape style.
3. English Garden - This style emphasizes on the harmony between the house’s architecture and the garden.
4. Formal/Informal Garden - This style often comes with a brick
walkway that exudes formality. This walkway leads to the rear with
a circle of plants. The arrangement of plants resembles the English garden style, but it has no formal borders.
5. Oriental - It is often the kind of garden found in houses with
small backyards. It uses rocks, evergreens and water, and a wide variety of plants to create several angles with this style.
6. Woodland - This landscaping suits a house that has a wooded
backyard and an inclined terrain.
Keeping those tips in mind will not only make your landscaping a
very fruitful activity, but will save you considerable expense
as well as time.
Don,t be frightened to use your imagination and flair for color in
this project, after all it is primarily to please yourself and your
family. I suggest that the satisfaction that you will gain from
creating and designing your own personal landscaped garden, will
make you feel like a true artist.
About The Author
Marie K Fisher is an avid gardening enthusiast with a passion for exotic flowers and wonderful colors.
She is a regular contributor to Garden Center Showplace a leading online Garden Center.
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more Featured Articles and Tips on Gardening visit http://www.gardencentershowplace.com.
It happens every year. One day it’s blustery, bleak, and cold, and the next it’s warm and sunny. You want to begin spring gardening, but you didn’t prepare like you should have. What do you do? It’s easy.
Spring gardening can be a fun and relaxing activity, especially if it’s done correctly. By following these simple tips, you will make the most out of spring gardening.
The first step to spring gardening is sharpening your tools. Go early and have all your tools, such as shovels, hoes, and pruning shears sharpened to a fine edge.
You may even want to splurge on buying a second, well-sharpened blade for your lawnmower. That way you will have a spare if the one currently on your lawnmower needs to be taken to be sharpened. A sharp mower blade is very important is you want to have a beautiful lawn. Dull blades can injure your grass and allow disease to creep in, which can be costly in the long run to correct.
If you plan to put in a new lawn or plant bed, or if you had problems getting things to grow properly last year, you may want to call for soil testing. A soil test will tell you exactly what type of fertilizers and/or soil conditioners are needed to assure your yard looks the best it can.
A very helpful tip for spring gardening, especially if you need a little help getting your yard into shape, is contacting landscaping professionals early. The later in the season you call, the better your chances are of having to be put on a waiting list.
You may also want to make arrangements early to buy sod or for sod delivery if you plan to put in a new lawn. You should choose only moist rolls. Any that have dry roots or yellowed turf are no good.
Keeping a journal is a great way to keep track of plants during spring gardening. You can write down what was a success last year, what was a failure, and what plants should be moved with the change of seasons. It will not only prove useful this year, but also next year when you may not remember all of the small details.
A definite must is throwing away any outdated chemicals. Following the instructions are the label are easy. Also check to make sure those you are keeping are stored where children and pets cannot get to them.
Tilling the soil where you plan to begin your spring gardening is important. Your soil should contain no ice crystals. Handfuls of the soil should easily crumble.
When should you begin planting? This frequently asked question can easily be answered. Weather, soil conditions, and what you are going to plant are the answers.
Lastly, while engaging in spring gardening you have to remember to prune. Since, for some plants, the flowers that will come up next year have set within 10 days of the end of a bloom, timing is very important.
Now that you know what to do, your spring gardening won’t be so much of a chore, but more of a pleasure.
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It’s fun taking something apart and putting it back together again in a new creative way. I work in an office where we had a lot of old promotional type posters that were very expensively matted and framed. Now that we’re moving to a new office we wanted something new, but didn’t want to spend a lot of money decorating. We decided to disassemble the old frames and re-use the mats to frame new prints.
We made a visit to a local craft store and found an abundance of inexpensive artwork in all sizes, ranging in price from $1.49 to $40.00. Definitely within our budget. We picked out several beautiful floral prints and framed them with the old mats and frames. Disassembling the old prints included tearing off most of the prints that had previously been glued to the mats, but I just tore it all off and used scotch tape to tack down the new prints.
The new prints don’t have to completely fit your frames or mats, either. It was hard finding prints that were just the right size. Don’t be afraid to move the print around in a mat that’s a little too small. Often you can cover some edges of the print and not take away from the overall effect of the picture at all. Just trim edges where necessary to make the print fit (after you’ve double checked your positioning within the mat). You can also buy bigger mats to make a smaller print fit in a larger frame.
If you don’t care if all of your frames match, it’s very inexpensive to shop thrift stores and yard sales for cheap prints and re-use the mats and frames for new prints. Or go through some of your own old prints and redecorate!
Also, when looking for inexpensive prints, don’t limit yourself to poster prints. Postcards and greeting cards also look great framed. Add a mat and you’ll never be able to tell the difference.
You don’t need a lot of special tools to get started. All you really need is possibly a screwdriver for disassembling frames, a ruler to make sure your print is straight, some tape for attaching the print to the mat, and a pencil and scissors for marking and trimming prints that don’t quite fit.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to have great wall art. It just takes a little planning ahead to match print sizes to frames and match colors. Have fun, and use your imagination! A beautiful picture really brightens up a room, and you can create your own easily and inexpensively.
About the Author
Originally published at Suite 101. Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom of four. For easy do-it-yourself home decorating ideas for busy moms, visit http://www.frugal-home-decor.com.
Those of you familiar with my writing are accustomed to raves and rants about doing things in cooperation with nature instead of fighting against her; many years of trying it both ways have convinced me that the natural way is less costly to install and maintain, is easier on our fragile natural resources - and more fun!
So when I began researching water features several years ago, I was concerned with the most natural, low maintenance systems. My research unearthed numerous horror stories of thick, “pea soup” green ponds which had become nightmares to their owners. Drastic measures were taken to rid the ponds of the algae problem - extensive, sand-based filter systems and extremely expensive ultraviolet light sterilizers were used in an attempt to solve the problem.
I felt that the above “solutions” were merely treating the symptoms rather than the causes…the UV light did indeed kill the algae, but also killed all the beneficial pond organisms - those that contributed to the reduction of algae - so the problem returned soon with even greater severity.
I finally found a system based on cooperation with natural systems - one that was inherently low maintenance; following are several of the basic principles of this system, principles that contribute to a healthy, low maintenance water feature.
One of the most important conditions to provide in the pond is a rock and gravel floor…the millions of tiny spaces created are colonized by beneficial microorganisms which break down organic waste deposited by fish and decomposing plant parts. Using rocks and gravel creates a huge biological filter, reducing maintenance for the separate filter and creating a clean, healthy environment.
Rocks and gravel also: (1). provide a home for helpful aquatic insects and snails (2). protects the liner from sun and damage from larger animals (3). is more natural looking than a smooth surface (4). is not slippery like smooth surfaces (5). will hold the liner securely in place.
Including aquatic plants in your pond also contributes to a healthy ecosystem; plants use the carbon dioxide and nutrients that are produced by the beneficial organisms in the gravel and in the biological filter. Without plants, there would be a nutrient overload in the pond, resulting in toxic conditions for other pond life. And yes, algae is plant life - a small amount of algae is normal, and even beneficial, to the pond ecosystem… we just don’t want the algae to get out of control.
Aquatic plants also provide: (1). beauty for the pond (2). oxygen for pond animals (3). shade from intense sunlight (4). food for insects and fish (5). shelter for small pond creatures.
Other factors contribute to the beauty and health of the low maintenance pond ecosystem. Colorful fish provide hours of relaxing entertainment, as well as feasting on algae, mosquito larvae and other insects. Though most pond owners feed a small amount of food to their fish, in a well-balanced pond, fish can feed themselves.
It’s also important to provide an efficient skimmer to catch the larger surface debris, and a biological filter, through which the pond water is pumped.
In conclusion, a healthy, clean and beautiful pond ecosystem relies on the interrelationship of all parts. Each link is important for the survival of the whole.
My initial research into water features turned up a multitude of systems and options - along with a lot of conflicting ideas and advice. The systems that impress us as the most user-friendly, lowest maintenance and most compatible with nature are now produced by several manufacturers…we’ve been providing these systems to satisfied clients for over five years.
If you have any general or specific questions or concerns about water gardening, feel free to contact me.
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What is the absolute best way to clean carpet? Carpet manufacturers are almost unanimous. The best way is to use hot-water extraction, also called steam cleaning. Shaw Industries, for example, which is the world’s largest carpet manufacturer, recommends only hot-water extraction.
It is also recommended that you use truck-mount units, since portable machines don’t have as much suction power and heat. Hot-water extraction is not the only way, though. You can dry-clean your carpet as well. A discussion of both methods follows.
Dry Cleaning Carpet
There are several variations of dry cleaning. None of these, by the way, involves rinsing your carpet when finished. One method uses a foam that dries in your carpet and then is vacuumed up. It is doubtful that all the residue can be extracted.
Another method uses a cotton bonnet that spins. This is meant to absorb the dirt in your carpet. There are some questions as to how deeply this method can clean your carpet.
Finally, there’s a dry-cleaning compound that looks like wet sawdust. This is brushed into your carpet, where the dirt adheres to it. When it’s dry, it is vacuumed out.
Given their doubtful effectiveness, why are these methods used? The primary reason may be that the equipment costs less. In fact, it is thousands of dollars less than hot-water extraction equipment.
Steam Cleaning Carpet
It is actually hot-water extraction, but it steams a lot. It is also the best way to clean carpet. A good truck-mount hot-water extraction unit forces very hot water into the carpet under high pressure, and then sucks it (and the dirt) out thoroughly. “Steam cleaning,” as it is commonly called, has the following advantages:
- The high heat kills bacteria, fungus, mold, and dust mites, making it the healthiest way to clean carpet.
- It doesn’t leave residue, if it’s done correctly. Detergent residues attract dirt, which can damage carpet.
- The high pressure cleans carpet more deeply.
- The strong vacuum also cleans carpet more deeply.
- Heat really helps! Above 118 degrees fahrenheit, every 18 degrees higher changes chemical reactivity by 100%. Hot water extraction cleaning is done between 150 and 200 degrees. Is that too technical? The bottom line is that it’s just the best way to clean carpet.
About the Author
Steve Gillman has worked in the carpet cleaning industry for years. For more carpet-care information, and specific stain-by-stain removal instructions, visit http://www.HowToRemoveCarpetStains.com
