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What a beautiful pathway

on October 01, 2014

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Create soft meandering pathways instead of those that follow a straight, structured line. Many paving materials work in cottage gardens, including wood chips, stone, old bricks, and flagstone.

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Vegetables You Can Grow in The Shade

Basically, a good rule to remember is that if you grow a plant for the fruit or the root, it needs full sun. If you grow it for the leaves, stems, or buds, a little shade will be just fine. Salad Greens, such as leaf lettuce , arugula , endive , and cress . Broccoli Cauliflower Peas Beets Brussels Sprouts Radishes Swiss Chard Collards Spinach In some ways, growing in a site with part shade is easier than growing in full sun. You won't have to water as often, and crops that are quick to bolt in hot weather, such as lettuces and spinach, will grow quite a bit longer given some shade.

How to stain concrete yourself

Reactive Acid Chemcial (RAC) , create marbled variations of color on cured concrete by chemical reaction with the minerals in the concrete. Every concrete floor will react with its own unique pattern. Once sealed with clear sealer , your floor will pop with an elegant look.

Indoor Aloe Vera Plant Care Tips

Hope you enjoy these great tips for optimal Aloe Vera Plant Care. Aloe Vera Plant Care Tips: Water once every two weeks Aloe Vera can survive through drought – very hearty Only water when soil is completely dry Aloe Vera consists of almost 100% water so they don’t need Aloe Vera needs LOTS of sunlight – experimenting is ok (100% exposure is best for indoors) Outdoor aloe vera plants often thrive when they are not 100% exposed to direct sunlight, so putting them under a bigger tree that blocks about 60% of the direct sunlight is ok. Indoor Plants often thrive the best when placed in front of a window that faces the East or West If leaves of the aloe vera plant turn brown or orange with spots, this is an indicator that the plant isn’t thriving well in direct sunlight. In this case, try putting the plant in the shade for a few days with lots of water so it can replenish itself Aloe Vera Plant Care – Plotting Always use drainage pots Terracota drainage pots are ideal be...

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