Garden design | what you should consider
With the arrival of summer we spend more time outside in the open spaces of our homes, which are more or less ignored during the colder months. But that outdoor space is welcoming, comfortable and practical depends on how well we’ve done our planning when decorating. Following these basic principles will help you create a pleasant environment in the garden.
Creating spaces for large gatherings and intimate conversations. Your space should be able to adapt to many situations, whether it’s an afternoon tea with friends one morning to sunbathe in solitude, or a great dinner or cocktail. Arrange the furniture in groups to adapt to all situations.
Create both shady and sunny sites. There are times when you lie down in the sun, and sometimes prefer to take refuge from him. A good outdoor space will provide sites for the two situations.
Plants on the Balcony
A garden in the heights
If you have a balcony or terrace, what do you expect to create your own oasis in the hills? You can create a warm and cozy if you decorate with plants there, and make that space your favorite for breakfast or watch the sunset. Before starting your work, it is important to make sure to choose those that do can survive on the site plan for them, that is, to tolerate the amount of sun they receive, according to the orientation of your balcony.
Railing against
Depending on the space you have, you might consider several options. For small spaces, you can choose plants that go against the railings. In addition to leave space for some fresh air out in the evenings, they can also help provide a little privacy to the environment
Create your own landscape
If you live in a building of several apartments and get along with neighbors, you could even suggest that the settlement of the balconies is similar. Thus, given the place is lovely, and everyone will feel good to live in a place like that. What we should consider is that the plants require daily care, so that they stay nice and fulfill their true purpose.
On the walls
An excellent choice for decorating a terrace, are climbing plants, it takes up little room, with a fine against a wall planters will do that to settle there, giving a splendid view to the place. The most commonly used for this purpose are often the Passion, the ivy and jasmine.
Plants that resist
We must admit that not everyone has “good hands” for plants. In this case, and if you like cacti, these plants could be the ideal choice to give life to your balcony. You are very resistant to any weather and also look good almost anywhere. Not have to water them daily and this may be an advantage.
Watch the temperature
On the balconies that receive sun all day, it is possible to lower the temperature so that plants will encounter the least amount of difficulty in their development. The stone tile floor does not refract heat. Thus, the site will be cool in winter and summer, and avoid overheating of the pots.
House Plants
There are many reasons to have indoors plants. For example, are a decorative element that gives so much life to the rooms. They also help clean the air that can vitiate the cleaning products, carpets, pets … Some people even seeding culinary herbs from home and the same time fulfilling the two functions I mentioned earlier.
It is important to know that there are plants whose optimal medium is inside a house. But there are a large number of them which are suitable for indoor cultivation. Some support the conditions for a long time, and others just a couple of weeks. But all, without doubt, have their natural needs of light, temperature, water and nutrients.
Eight tips to care for house plants
1. Water them with water at the time, tap or bottled, when you feel the dry land to two centimeters of the surface. Those that are in large pots you review once a week, the girls two or three times a week.
2. Enter two inches of a finger or a pencil in the land of the plant if the soil dries out it is time to pour water on it, if you do not put more wet because you can drown and rot their roots.
3. Take the water to the plant by soaking the ground and trickles splashing only a little to the plant itself. It is important that the pot has holes to flow down and drain the water naturally.
Gardening: Flower Cultivation
For those who’ve never planted or have not had a garden, the mere fact of thinking of making one is stressful, but if you follow these tips you will like it, you will find it as easy and rewarding.
You have to prepare the land, prepare it is getting the grass, crushed, water it, to stay moist in depth, to find the root when I grow soft soil and nutrients can get. Choose a time that there is not much sun, or morning or early afternoon but the sun the plant will wilt. So when you go to perform maintenance work, watering, remove the pastries.
As you worry about preparing the ground, something very important is the space between a plant and another, between a seed and another. The plant you in a deep hole, so you can hold, and not feel both the transplant. If a seed is to a proper depth so they can grow their leaves and can grow deep roots. When you put the plant or the seed fills the hole with earth you had taken out, squeeze with your hand do not use tools.
The Courtyards
The courtyards that haven of tranquility, a place to rest, where log out, breathe clean air. These courtyards are generally broad, if so you have place to plant large, that fill with perfume the yard and house.
It is important to use to decorate the yard of house, with natural elements, grass, boulders, logs, plants with large leaves, fruit trees, large wicker baskets, wheelbarrow with flowering plants, a wagon wheel or cart to the you can weave different elements.
Give a special touch when the aromas of flowers, plants, fruit trees, mixed and invade the whole space, the climbing plants are always a very good view. For the floor, the best are rustic materials, baked clay tiles, stones.