Showing posts with label garden fountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label garden fountains. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Falls Colors
Think of all the wonderful golds, brown, and bronze colors of Fall and make a plan to add some to your own gardens. Of course, you will want a multitude of chrysanthemum in all colors. Create a focus around your garden fountain with a mass of yellow chrysanthemum in pots of various sizes. Sprinkle in a few begonias and impatiens for good measure. Depending on where you live it may be a little early for pansies, but do keep them in mind, those happy little faces can't help but make you smile.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
The Difference in Rain and Water
Every day during the extremely hot June weather I watered my flower beds. Everything looked as if it was barely hanging onto life. The roses had no buds or blooms, in fact, all of the flowers that usually keep me happy during the hot summer months looked like they had contacted fatal diseases.
My attempts at fertilizing were futile. It seemed the more I watered the worse things looked. In desperation I ventured out with my handy pruning shears and dead-headed every flowering plant in sight. I had read that a blooming plant's mission in life is to produce seeds in order to proliferate for future generations, therefore the more blooms the more seeds. When dead headed, which by the ways means to cut off the blooms before they turn to seed, the plant will produce more and more blooms in an effort to fulfill its mission.
By the time I was finished dead-heading roses, cutting back Iris, Butterfly Bushes, and geraniums, my yard looked like it had warped back to the ending of the long hard winter months. I didn't even want to think about gardening much less go out and look at mine.
Just as I was getting ready to take bids on cementing the entire area around my house, July came with unusually rainy weather. This was surely a sign that I should have more faith! We had rain almost every day for about 3 weeks. I began to wonder if somehow I had been miraculously and mysteriously relocated to Seattle.
The cooler weather and RAIN brought my garden back to life. It seems that all the fertilizing and dead heading paid off handsomely and for the remainder of July my roses bloomed profusely. They are still blooming, but the hard August sun makes the rose bushes appear to have become Moses' burning bush. The geraniums however seemed to be fully recovered and I believe my re-blooming Iris has regained enough strength they will be able to do their thing for the rest of the summer.
It was absolutely amazing to me the difference between a few rain showers and watering everyday made in my garden. Of course the cooler weather brought on from the rain clouds would make some difference, but a portion of my garden is in deep shade, and the rain as opposed to the water made as great a difference there as in the full sun area. My newest research is being done in the area of rain barrels or larger garden fountains. I plan to have several before next summer.
My attempts at fertilizing were futile. It seemed the more I watered the worse things looked. In desperation I ventured out with my handy pruning shears and dead-headed every flowering plant in sight. I had read that a blooming plant's mission in life is to produce seeds in order to proliferate for future generations, therefore the more blooms the more seeds. When dead headed, which by the ways means to cut off the blooms before they turn to seed, the plant will produce more and more blooms in an effort to fulfill its mission.
By the time I was finished dead-heading roses, cutting back Iris, Butterfly Bushes, and geraniums, my yard looked like it had warped back to the ending of the long hard winter months. I didn't even want to think about gardening much less go out and look at mine.
Just as I was getting ready to take bids on cementing the entire area around my house, July came with unusually rainy weather. This was surely a sign that I should have more faith! We had rain almost every day for about 3 weeks. I began to wonder if somehow I had been miraculously and mysteriously relocated to Seattle.
The cooler weather and RAIN brought my garden back to life. It seems that all the fertilizing and dead heading paid off handsomely and for the remainder of July my roses bloomed profusely. They are still blooming, but the hard August sun makes the rose bushes appear to have become Moses' burning bush. The geraniums however seemed to be fully recovered and I believe my re-blooming Iris has regained enough strength they will be able to do their thing for the rest of the summer.
It was absolutely amazing to me the difference between a few rain showers and watering everyday made in my garden. Of course the cooler weather brought on from the rain clouds would make some difference, but a portion of my garden is in deep shade, and the rain as opposed to the water made as great a difference there as in the full sun area. My newest research is being done in the area of rain barrels or larger garden fountains. I plan to have several before next summer.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Useful information and resources pertaining to fountain benefits.
Alabastrite VS Concrete
Material choices for your fountain.
There are many choices that must be made when choosing the best decorative fountain for your home and garden. Of course you need to decide the placement of your fountain. Will it be in the garden, on the patio, in your entry hall, or that quiet little corner where you relax every evening? This answer will bring you to the choice of materials for the fountain.
There are two primary types of materials that manufactures and artisan use to create fountains. This is a brief description of each type which might possibly help with the decision.
Alabastrite
The names polyresin and alabastrite are used interchangeably. Alabastrite is the material name used by manufacturers for polyresin items. So when you see the descriptive phrases for fountains including the terms “made from Alabastrite” or “polyresin fountain,” they are actually both the same. Alabastrite is a white, chalky, crushed stone material which when processed is softer and more transparent than concrete and can be molded easily into fountains with a lot of detail. The molded fountain can then be painted with various colors to produce the works of art we display in our online catalog. Although fountains made from this material can be placed outside in the garden, the water soluble paints can fade and wash away after a couple of years. These fountains are better placed inside the home where dusting is the only cleaning necessary to keep them beautiful for many years.
Concrete
Concrete fountains are the best choice for outside placement because the material is heavy and harder and withstands the elements. Concrete does allow a certain level of detail and the overall cost of a large fountain is lower. Concrete fountains can be painted, but if used it normally is an overall color for the entire fountain. Some concrete fountain owners prefer the natural weathering and believe it makes fountains lovelier as they age. If desired, apply clear concrete sealer to slow the aging and weathering process. Normally very little upkeep is required unless the fountains are exposed to extremely cold or freezing temperatures. In that instance, if it is not possible to store them in an enclosed area they can be covered with burlap type fabric. If cracks or broken edges should appear it is possible to purchase concrete filler at your local home repair store.
Concrete fountains and polyresin fountains are beautiful additions to any yard, garden, patio and home. With just a little care they stay beautiful for many years and add to the enjoyment of your home. http://www.fountainlady.com/
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=3231693
Material choices for your fountain.
There are many choices that must be made when choosing the best decorative fountain for your home and garden. Of course you need to decide the placement of your fountain. Will it be in the garden, on the patio, in your entry hall, or that quiet little corner where you relax every evening? This answer will bring you to the choice of materials for the fountain.
There are two primary types of materials that manufactures and artisan use to create fountains. This is a brief description of each type which might possibly help with the decision.
Alabastrite
The names polyresin and alabastrite are used interchangeably. Alabastrite is the material name used by manufacturers for polyresin items. So when you see the descriptive phrases for fountains including the terms “made from Alabastrite” or “polyresin fountain,” they are actually both the same. Alabastrite is a white, chalky, crushed stone material which when processed is softer and more transparent than concrete and can be molded easily into fountains with a lot of detail. The molded fountain can then be painted with various colors to produce the works of art we display in our online catalog. Although fountains made from this material can be placed outside in the garden, the water soluble paints can fade and wash away after a couple of years. These fountains are better placed inside the home where dusting is the only cleaning necessary to keep them beautiful for many years.
Concrete
Concrete fountains are the best choice for outside placement because the material is heavy and harder and withstands the elements. Concrete does allow a certain level of detail and the overall cost of a large fountain is lower. Concrete fountains can be painted, but if used it normally is an overall color for the entire fountain. Some concrete fountain owners prefer the natural weathering and believe it makes fountains lovelier as they age. If desired, apply clear concrete sealer to slow the aging and weathering process. Normally very little upkeep is required unless the fountains are exposed to extremely cold or freezing temperatures. In that instance, if it is not possible to store them in an enclosed area they can be covered with burlap type fabric. If cracks or broken edges should appear it is possible to purchase concrete filler at your local home repair store.
Concrete fountains and polyresin fountains are beautiful additions to any yard, garden, patio and home. With just a little care they stay beautiful for many years and add to the enjoyment of your home. http://www.fountainlady.com/
http://ezinearticles.com/?id=3231693
Thursday, April 22, 2010
New Solar Fountain
I am so excited. I received my new Asian Temple Solar garden fountain on Tuesday. It looks great....one fly in the ointment...the sun hasn't shined since I got it. Fortunately, it has an ac adapter so when the solar is not charged, it automatically switches to the auxiliary power. So I can see how lovely it looks and sounds...just can't check the solar yet.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Winter Daydreaming
Those cold wintry days are perfect for planning Springtime gardens. Fortunately, I have a large collection of birdhouses to choose from at Fountainlady.com When Springtime finally arrives I look forward to early mornings, setting in my glider on the patio, drinking a wonderful cup of hot, steaming coffee, and watching a wide variety of my fine feathered friends bathe in the water of the garden fountains, flit from tree limb to tree limb, feed their tiny offsprings, and enjoy their fine homes. As the days go by and my daydreams have become reality I can only appreciate those cold, wintry days when I had time to dream the dream that made all this possible.
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