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Showing posts with label how to landscape a garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label how to landscape a garden. Show all posts

Aug 27, 2012

Garden Pests: How to Combat Slugs and Snails

As your garden is a special place, you want to keep it free of pests and insects that damage. One of these garden pests are slugs and snails. In virtually no time, slugs and snails can ruin a crop or crop.
That being the case then how can you combat slugs and snails? Is there an effective remedy for success? Here we have some methods.

Garden Pests: How to Combat Slugs and Snails


One of these methods to combat slugs and snails is to put a liquid bait. For example, you can fill a small container with water or beer. The beer is quite effective as the smell of this attract slugs and snails. When approaching these fall into the small bowl and drown.

Another method, a little more dangerous because of its toxicity, is making piles of active as metaldehyde throughout the garden. This will make the snails out and want to eat it approached, causing death within a few days. If there are children at home, we must take special care not to leave the garden because this ingredient can be lethal.

Using yeast is ideal for combating slugs and snails love this item as these. You have to prepare a bottle deep enough for snails (maybe one of jam) and place in warm water, sugar and yeast. Then they dig holes in the garden and buried the jars prepared with yeast. Slugs and snails will go directly to the trap. Every day should be reviewed and throw slugs and snails that have been trapped. Every so this preparation should be replaced as moisture, heat and other external agents can ruin it.

Finally you can put cabbage leaves around the plants with some poison for slugs and snails to go there that are eliminated.

There is also a method that does not require any money but more effort: remove snails and slugs by hand. To this must be checked each day as they tend to reproduce rapidly. The snails are edible, meaning they can be eaten and many say they are delicious and highly nutritious. If you dare, you can gather them and throw them in the pot.

Garden pests can cause damage to crops, flowers and any type of planting but these pests can be controlled. Slugs and snails are perhaps one of the easiest to combat pests but why not be trusted.

Jun 11, 2012

Ideas for designing a Mediterranean garden


A Mediterranean garden is one that is adapted to soil and Mediterranean climate characterized by hot days, winters not as strong, some drought period and plants with a very strong aroma. It is not the same as a xeriscape which optimizes water use to a minimum, rather it is a garden adapted to the Mediterranean climate. Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco are among the countries taking the lead in Mediterranean gardens because in these places this climate prevails.



It is true that this type of garden design is to live in a Mediterranean climate or at least a lot like this climate. What characterized the Mediterranean garden and What species can be planted in this kind of garden?

The most important elements of a Mediterranean garden are lush trees and flowers and plants brightly colored and very aromatic. It is also common to create some space where there are rock gardens herbs such as Lavender, Rosemary and Thyme. The aroma and color are two essential elements of a Mediterranean garden.

What kind of trees can be planted in a Mediterranean garden? The pines are ideal for this type of garden. They are also typical of such gardens Palms, olive and fig trees. Besides having a beautiful appearance with a delicious aroma. Ideally, leafy shade are to have a strictly Mediterranean style.

The species of plants can be grown in a Mediterranean garden are carnations, lilies, jasmine, oleander and others. These plants are summer, easy to maintain and do not need as much water as other species. Remember to plant species must be resistant to heat and direct sunlight, since that is the main characteristic of the Mediterranean climate.

Mediterranean gardens are colorful and attractive so it is good to include items such as brightly colored pots, mosaic paths with attractive designs. If you design a space with pebbles can paint the stones of different colors or with colors that blend with the rest of the garden or house such as doors, windows and even the tiles.

Given these two premises of the Mediterranean garden: colors and delicious aromas more suggestions on what to plant species may be, the rest is left to his ingenuity and imagination. Make every effort to design a Mediterranean garden and have the most original garden throughout the area.