A Lovely Garden Party

Throwing party or a small gathering takes a lot of time and effort. Thus, we make basic preparations and getting help from people you trusted will ensure that the event will be a success. A close friend of mine ask for my help to prepare for her thanksgiving party because she passed the board exam. Without a doubt, I immediately said yes, because I wanted not just to be part of that event but also in making the event a successful one. We already started planning from the guest list to the souvenirs or gifts that she will be giving to their guests. Since the party will be held in the garden, we are thinking of giving away flowers inside a key chain.

Selecting the people to invite is a bit harder than I thought. It's because we have to make sure that the group of people you invite should not have any rivalries or else problems will surely arise. Next step is making sure that there is ample foods and drinks as well as setting up limitation on guests' drinking alcoholic beverage. And lastly, are the gifts to be given to the invited guests. We bought square small terrariums with a unique mini terrarium keychain as a perfect gift. These square small terrariums are filled with an abundance of dried colorful flowers. Although we have not yet decided if we should add some games, just to hype up the party, but at least some of the most important things are already finish.

We are just hoping that the party would turn out well and that there's gonna be enough food and drinks for everyone. Hosting a party is always a stressful one, but the good thing about it, is knowing that you will be able to share whatever blessings you may have received.

Love Is All That Matters

 

Love is the greatest gift that we received from God. It is something that we should cherish and never play with, because, it is sacred and could either make or break a person. They say that you must first love yourself before you could give love to others. Because if you know how to love yourself, then, it is easier to love others and forgive them when in times they make mistakes. There are many ways that we could show someone we love them. One of the many forms of loving is by giving them gifts, it is not buying their love, but instead, showing them what you can give without expecting for anything in return. Material things, like, jewelries, perfumes, shoes, bags, teddy bears, bouquet of flowers with chocolates and many more are just examples of stuff that we could give to someone we love.

Last year, when my husband and I had our anniversary he brought me a gift which I treasured and cared for the most. It is a true love lucky bamboo. The arrangement was called true love lucky bamboo because of it's design. The lucky bamboos have been curved over several weeks to develop a single heart shape. Now, it has grown bigger and the heart shaped became more bolder. Every time I see the them, my heart would skip a few beats because I can see how my husband's love for me grows too. I am very thankful for God has blessed me with a wonderful family, something that is not perfect but it is something that I could call my own.

In life, we must always learn how to be contented with the little things that God has given us. Greed is the result of people who do not know how to appreciate life's simple pleasure. And love is the best solution, because when you give love, forgiveness, understanding and all other things would just follow.

Starting Your Own Small Vegetable Garden

My small garden of vegetables will not be complete without the peppers on the side. They say that patience truly pays something very rewarding. Now, I am about to reap what I have sown some months ago. It all started with a small tin container of XXX peppers foodie garden seed kit that I bought online and it comes with step by step instructions. But as soon as they started to grow, I had to transfer them to a bigger container and some I had to put in our garden for them to reach their full maturity. Knowing that you planted your own vegetables plus the fact that it is organic, you are assured that the food or meal you serve to your family is healthy. These peppers are an excellent way to spice up otherwise bland dishes and they come in a beautiful array of colors and shapes. They add flavor, color and crunch to many low calorie dishes.

Not all of us know that there are actually health benefits from eating peppers. All peppers are rich in vitamins A,C and K but the red peppers are simply bursting with them. When you grow your own vegetable, just like the XXX peppers foodie garden seed kit, from seeds until it is ready to be harvested, you will definitely feel happy and satisfied knowing that the vegetables you and your family is eating are free from any chemicals and pesticides that can be harmful when taken into the body. Besides being rich in phytochemicals, peppers also provide a decent amount of fibers. Both hot and sweet peppers contains substances that have been shown to increase the body's heat production and oxygen consumption, it simply means that your body is burning extra calories, which helps in weight loss.

You could start your own small garden by buying seed kits online or any gardening shop near you. Gardening could be a very nice hobby especially for homemakers or mothers that stays at home. Establishing your own vegetable garden is a cost-saving way of growing your own and enjoying your garden even more.

A Lavender's Worth To Every Human

 

Lavender as we all know is a very useful plant especially at home and also has medicinal use for health problems. They can also be used as part of an ingredient when making a recipe or cooking some delicious meal. If you are planning to get a lavender or thinking of planting them in your own garden, then there are things to remember. These lavender plants needs a little more care than any hardier plant, but putting that extra effort is really worth it. Aside from their delicate, light purple flowers, lavender produce a fragrance that can fill your whole yard and home even up to the streets. These benefits aren't limited to the months were the flowers are blooming.

A lavender plant is also a soothing herb which can calm your stomach, mind and skin problems. Bloating and poor digestion can result from an overgrowth of bacteria. As per research of medical experts, It is the polyphenols in lavender that can help you reduce the bad bacteria on your gut. Lavender oil can help in your scalp conditions as well as some inflammation problem in your skin like insect bites. You also may have heard that breathing in the smell of lavender makes you drowsy, research show that the scent lowers heart rate and blood pressure, putting you in a relaxed state. That is why these lavender plants are well recommended because of it's many uses. One can either grow them from seed so that they can adapt to their environment right from the time they germinate or you can buy the ready-grown lavender shrubs and transplant them into your garden to avoid the extra work.

Lavender also fends off pests. For us humans, the scent of lavenders may be pleasant or aromatic but a lot of insects avoid it, making it, an organic natural repellant. For whatever purpose you may have in mind, lavender plants are a great addition to your home and garden as well.

Making Your Personal Garden of Herbs Indoors

Herbs have always played an important role in  our lives especially in improving our health. Growing your own herbs at home makes it easier to use them anytime you need it for cooking or medicinal purposes. They say that a meal or a food becomes more tasty and interesting when you herbs to them especially when they are freshly picked from your own garden. Knowing that these herbs are free from any form of chemicals fertilizers and pesticides, you are assured that what you are eating or adding to your meals daily are healthy. The first herbs was brought by early settlers to America for use as a remedy for illness, as a flavoring to foods, storing with linens, strewing on floors, or burning for their pleasant fragrances. Some herbs were even used to improve the taste of meats in the days before preservation techniques were developed.

Today, herbs gardens were almost an essential feature of pioneer homes. They are usually place in sunny corners of the house to be readily available to the busy homemaker. Herb trio in birch container is just one example of the many herbs that I have indoors. These herb trio is composed of sage, rosemary and thyme, I liked these three the most because I usually add them to our daily meals plus the fact that they can be used for medicinal purposes. I usually place these herb trio in birch container on the windows of our kitchen so that it could still receive the full sun that it needs the whole day while it is easier for me to reach them whenever I need them in my cooking.

Always remember that you don't really need an estate to grow a gorgeous and useful herb garden. Most of  these herbs are perfect even when place in a container or pots and planters, they will definitely thrive on your deck, patio, balcony, or front steps, provided you offer them the right growing conditions.

Potted Plants And It's Benefits

Planting has always been a great hobby for me. I could still remember the first time I tried planting a flower on a pot. I do not have much about plants that time, but all know is I want to have my own little garden someday. And little by little, from flower pots and containers to my very own garden that is now full of different types of plants. I now realized that container gardening has help me in a lot of ways because I was able to try varieties of plants that I'd like to grow and testing it on different types of soil especially if it grows well on the type of soil that we have. I had done some research regarding container gardening, and as far as I know, container gardening dates back thousand of years to ancient cultures. One of the most famous container gardens in the history of civilization is the Hanging Gardens of Babylons.

Container gardening has a few disadvantages, but the positive aspects far outweigh them. One of the greatest benefit of container gardening is saving space. Many people nowadays live in apartments or homes with very little yard space by using pots and planters, it allows them to have a garden on a porch or patio or even indoors. Another major benefit of container gardening is allowing you to move your plants from one location to another if bad weather comes or if your plants are getting too little sun or too much. And you can even move your plants on a whim if you decide that they would look better elsewhere. Another thing is that, plants that are grown in containers have fewer problems with disease, and just in case it gets a fungus, then it is less likely to spread to all other plants and they are much easier to treat rather than those plants in the lawn.

Keeping your plants well-fed is also easier grown in pots because you are ensured that the fertilizer you use gets to your plants directly. Lastly, the variety of containers available allows you to design in a way that both fits your needs and complements your unique personality. There are many more advantages but those that I have cited are far the major benefits of container gardening.

Innovate Your Own Garden With Railing Planters

 

Mostly plants are placed in a pot or container or planted directly to the ground. But, in the world that we are living in today there are now many possibilities and innovations that some homeowners do for their garden to be more unique. Compared to rockstars and Hollywood celebrities who is almost in the news headlines everyday, there are actually unsung heroes among us quietly changing the way we live. They are environmentalists, horticultural visionaries, urban farmers, soil scientists and landscape artists, who have turned their personal passions into pursuits that collectively reshape our homes, gardens, neighborhoods and public spaces.

One does not need to be a gardener to feel the impact of their efforts. In a busy city where people come and go and traffic is everywhere, you'll see trees grow lush and green, or in the new wilderness parks that bring nature to ever sprawling down towns. You'll also experience it in restaurants that offer never-before-tasted vegetables, and in supermarkets or shops where you can now buy sustainably grown cut flowers. At home, your garden may not be that simple anymore, a landscape artist may add some vertical garden with containers or a living wall planter that can add to the beauty of your garden. Other artists may use your railing as a support for some flowers in a planter. These are actually called the click railing planters.

They can be installed simply and securely with just a snap. You could place the planters on any kind of railings, as long as it can hold the pots or the planters, and with just two adjustable tabs they snap into place at the base of the planter. With the click railing planters, your garden will transform from the simple ones to aesthetically pleasing and provides innovative solutions to gardening in spaces that would other wise be unusable.