How to Take Better Care of a Garden

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There are many things that can make a home look special. One of the most prized aspects to many homes is the garden. This is because an avid gardener will often put an enormous amount of effort into crafting a garden into a work of art. Yes, with the right effort, a garden can become a work of visual splendor. There are a number of ways a simple home garden can reach such lofty heights and they are not as tough as some assume. Here a a few tips on how to get there….

home garden How to Take Better Care of a GardenA house is only as good as its foundation and a house’s garden is only as good as the soil in which it is planted. If you keep the soil healthy then the flowers and plants that spring from the soil will also be healthy. That is why it is always important to add proper water and nutrients to the soil. This will do tremendous good as far as making enhancing the look of the life that springs from the garden.

Flowers with bold colors are always a great component to any home garden. There are many different types of flowers that can be added to a garden’s mix and all of them have their own unique value. However, brightly colored flowers have much special appeal. Namely, they can make any environment which they are introduced look upbeat and cheerful. This, of course, can make for a very inviting home and garden.

Conversely, just as you wish the best and the brightest flowers to remain in your garden, you will also want to keep weeds out. Weeds not only undermine the visual value of a garden, they can actually harm the plants and flowers that inhabit the garden. That is why it is critical to always be on the lookout for weeds and eliminate them as they appear.

Pests have to go, too! Just as weeds are a detriment so are pests such as insects. Bugs, slugs, and beetles can all wreck havoc on a garden. When you spot them, make sure you take the proper steps to evict them! If a pesticide you purchase at the store doesn’t work, you will probably want to call in a professional. Yes, the presence of pests is that serious.

Adding fertilizer at regular intervals is helpful as well. This will provide any benefits to the plants and flowers in the garden. As a result, your garden will remain perennially healthy and alive. Again, most of these tips are easy to enact. If you follow them, your garden will be safe, secure, healthy, and appealing. Now, doesn’t that sound like a good thing?

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Field of Lights : Bruce Munro

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After you see this incredible outdoor lighting installation, you will yearn to change the cheap solar lights in your garden. Bruce Munro, a British lighting designer will  installing his iconic Field of Light again this winter at the Eden Project in the English county of Cornwall. This immense installation will use 6,000 acrylic tube lights containing optical fibers. The effect of so many small lights coming on at night is akin to the blooming of desert flowers after a rainstorm. The effect of the lights by a lake or pond is particularly lovely.

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Munro was inspired to make his Field of Lights after a trip to the Australian desert years ago. He remembered stopping by roadside campsites each adorned with some large surreal sculpture like a giant banana or merino sheep. So, together with the blooming desert flowers, he thought he could make something surreal in the barren darkness of night.

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The lights at the Eden Project will cover 60 meters x 20 meters using an incredible 24,000 meters of optical fibres.  In the works for next year is his massive illuminated maze synchronized with choral music called Water Towers at the Rook Lane Arts in Frome.

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Strange : Abu Ghraib Coffee Table by Phillip Toledano

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The Abu Ghraib Coffee Table is designed by Phillip Toledano and is a really strange piece of furniture. In these days I know that designers can take inspiration from all over the place, but the product is just wrong, and I don’t see this piece in to many houses …just imagine who kids would react to something like this. Anyway this table is made from moulded resin and plexiglass and for those interested this product can be acquired from “America: The Gift Shop“- Via

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One Really Cool Idea for an Original Swimming Pool

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If you’ve ever wanted a really nice pool for your house what you’re gonna see today might be a design that you’ll love. This is a creation of Taiwanese sculptor/artist Ju Ming and is called the “Zipper Pond“. This creative lotus pond is now one of the feature attractions of the Juming Museum, located in Taiwan, and I’m pretty sure that a lot of pictures were made in this place. Finally if you were looking for a really cool pool design and you couldn’t found one to impress you, then I hope that this one at least inspired you.

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Architectural Lights – System 45 Lighting

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You cannot get any more architectural than the System 45 Lighting. It’s so sleek and simple. The light head can be angled in three different ways – vertically, horizontally or angled – to get three different light diffusions. Several of them together make a great artistic garden, patio or pool deck installation.

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Each light is equipped with a 24W fluorescent bulb and are available in aluminum, black and teak. The teak veneer can be maintained with teak oil or left to patina to a silvery color. Be warned though, elegance costs.  The Italian made System 45-71 inch typically costs from $1,384.00 – $2,168.00 . You can purchase the lighting from here. – Via

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