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Easily Create a Vertical Garden
Build a vertical garden is not just a dream, especially now that more and more using the earnings alternative media. Stay adjusted only with the budget.
What you can imagine in the manufacture of vertical garden? The difficulty of construction and water system? So, how to plant and growth media should be used?
Possibly, you end up desperately before attempting. Yet in many ways a simple, vertical garden is a beautiful, lush and durable can be made, you know. Just follow the following trick.
Similar with Hydroponics
In principle the planting system on the vertical garden is no different than planting generally. Provided all requirements are met plant, the plant will grow optimally.
We may never astonished with hydroponic cultivation system, where plants can grow with very fertile soil without the use of the media at all.
The secret, plant nutrients (fertilizer) is supplied with over watering plants. Plant roots embedded in various types of growth media used. Where the media only serves as a tool to hold the roots of plants that can sustain plant body. Read the rest of this entry »
Let’s Have Nice Free Time in Your Own Garden
A garden is the best place to have a fresh air if you are already come home from work. In a garden you can play with your kids and also with your pet. It is really nuisance if your garden is full of mess. Of course you don’t want this important part of your house become useless. All you need to do is plant some beautiful flowers and plants. However don’t forget the other important thing, it is garden furniture. Garden furniture will be very useful for you to have a tea and relax after you going home. You can also chat and share with your family on the bench.
You may be wondered where you can get high quality furniture with fair prices. It is because the quality of material is necessary. The furniture for your garden has to be made of from the materials which are resistant to weather changing. In Cupar Garden Centre, you can find garden furniture with good material and nice design in low prices. They also have many discounts for their products every month. So let’s make your garden to be a recreation place for you and your family.
Pas Plants in the Patio
Patio now become another alternative for households not having enough land to create a garden in front of the house. Dry garden patio alias can also be equipped with furniture such as tables and chairs or garden statuary fountains. In fact, for a broader patio can be equipped with a barbeque, fish ponds, to the swimming pool.1. In Pot or On Land
If you want a patio creation of the most inexpensive and simple, just place the potted plants or potted miniature fountain which has become the desired area. In addition to water plants such as Papyrus, Water Jasmine, Typha, tropical plants are easy to maintain, can also be an option, among other things elephant ears or similar Caladium (one of the most popular among other tropical plants).
The type of this genus Alocasia having large leaves shaped like hearts or elephant ears. These powerful plants in the tropics and has a beautiful leaf shape. Another plus, this plant can be placed in pots in dry gardens and easily moveable location, so do not monotonous. Other plants are Anthurium, Aglaonema or type of Palm. Want a more natural? Place directly on ground crops (planted) in the patio. Call it Calathea, Heliconia, Pandan Bali, Sanseviera, Bromelia and others. Another alternative is no less interesting, if groundcover (surface) was planted with grass just plug coral stones or gravel and natural stone temple random kind of stone.
2. Note Harmony
Way stacking the rocks in harmony. Plants or can be formed in such a way with no monotonous pattern, Which also should be noted the source of light must be entered into the patio area and the existence of good water drainage, So that the flow of rain water does not inundate the patio area so as not to flood, let alone an eyesore (view) is beautiful.
To make it look more beautiful, the plants should be set according to the design concept. Higher plants placed in the rear position. For example, a red flower Heliconia plant, Walisongo, and Calathea. Then medium sized plants placed in the middle, for example Sansiviera, Monstera, Marantha, or Diffenbachia. And, the small front put in, such as Ivory Box, Mini Garlic chives, and purslane. Well, pretty, right?
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In order to Terrace Cool, Select up Orchid Pool
Functions front porch was not trivial. How to change it so cool? The home without terrace less complete, So, whatever the rest of the land, try to make the porch, at least the front porch, so it is still possible to be made on the back porch or side porch. Terrace is a “transitional space” between the exterior and interior space. So that this transition space that will make anyone who wants to go into space in the media delivered or terrace, so that makes him more acceptable. There was a sense of welcoming and friendly welcome.There are at least 2 things to consider and making a terrace. The first concerns the frequent activities on the terrace. That is why, different functions of the front porch with a patio or terrace side. Front porch is a room to greet guests. The guests were admitted into the living room. However, there are times when a guest is even more pick and likes to be on the front porch. Guests are usually so close friend who wanted to talk casually on the front porch.
Meanwhile, the side porch or patio is more private, closed from the crowd, usually used to sit enjoying the relaxed atmosphere. Unwind from the day’s work fatigue, while drinking coffee plus light snack. The second is considering the physical condition, particularly related to the sun. The house overlooking the East, making residents freely welcomed the publication of the sun. Sat briefly on the front porch facing the sun can be an exciting choice of activities.
However, if the house faces west, frequently making residents complain of heat. Sitting on the front porch was still hot. Arguably less comfortable, But this is the challenge for you who have a house overlooking the West. Therefore, how “fake” to the front porch can be conjure beautiful and cool?
1. Relief and Swimming
One way to make a cool porch, though the house facing west is a relief. Can on the left or right wall. Create a relief as natural as possible, so impressed in the mountains. For example stalagnit patterned vertical relief, created the impression that the high front porch and feel beautiful when added waterfall / fountain. There was also relief combined with vertical stripes of rocks pots abstract print. In relief, given some ornamental plants, for example soka, betel ivory, kadaka, krisdoren, purslane, ferns, sea torch, or maidenhair ferns. You can choose yourself according to taste. That way the porch will look elegant, because the arrangement of the plant is very compatible.
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Privileges Water Plant
Water plants have different privileges with other ornamental plants, including the media in the form of water plants marshland. This is because the plant was originally swamp plants that normally grow in rice paddies and swamps. Likewise with the media pot, Often, these plants in pots are sold in a black bucket sizes ranging from small to large. This bucket pot ideal was used, not as polibag other plant species. Because the pot holes are not black bucket underneath, so the water left pooled on the surface of the media. Well, plants need water the moist media and always wet.