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Convert a garden terrace or extra space in your home
April 22, 2012 | 
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Some tips to make an outdoor area in a room over your home, especially in the months of good weather.
Decorate with rugs or mats and vases with plants or candles: A mosaic of small rugs transform the space into a Moroccan courtyard and a vase of flowers and candles on a table adds an extra dimension of simplicity.
Use mirrors to expand and get reflections: mirrors give the impression of space and reflect light bouncing shady areas.
Cushions: A large cushions provide comfort. The cushions can be kept inside at night or when it rains, so it is best to choose one from inside instead of a specific garden, in a fabric that we really like.
Place lamps: Create classroom environment and outdoor versions of indoor lights (see Lights for outside).
Roof: A roof that blurs the division excels in / out. Add spotlights that illuminate down the bottom of the deck.
Plants: Plants are large fashion house and are much easier to handle than many small, do the Read the rest of this entry »
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Tips for caring of your house plants
Autumn not only affects our garden but also to our plants indoors. Here are some tips to care for them during this time
Regroup plants, especially if there will be heating the atmosphere, since placing several containers together will create a microclimate that will keep the humidity in the area.
- If the heating season begins, watch the appearance of mites, which prefer dry environment and elevated temperature. His presence will be felt by yellow spots on leaves and in some cases, by the appearance of a thin cloth on leaves and stems.
- Remember not to put your houseplants outdoors in the rain, because the temperature difference causing the harm their leaves turn yellow and fall.
- Remember that it is time of the attack of fungi, especially rusts (detected on the lower leaf surface as small orange or black pustules) and powdery mildew (white powder on the upper surface of the leaves). Diseased leaves should be cut and sprayed with a specific systemic fungicide (tebuconazole, triadimefon).
- Use caution when moving the hanging as Pothos, Philodendron singonium or. If you changed the direction of their stems, leaves begin to lose because it modifies the flow of sap.
- The palm trees stand out in indoor environments. Can be used: Areca, Raphis, Kentia. They do not need Read the rest of this entry »