Jumaat, 17 Julai 2009

HOW TO GROOM YOUR GARDEN ?



IN A TROPICAL GARDEN
A WOOD AND STONE BE A MAIN MATERIAL


Growing a Garden on a Small Space

With well planning, a small balcony can offer some of the same amenities as a garden in the ground: lush foliage, colorful flowers — even vegetables. A small balcony garden has plants up front and up close where you can appreciate it. Plants provide seasonal interest and a bit of privacy, and you still have room for outdoor dining and relaxing.

A balcony offers a host of gardening challenges — no soil, perhaps too much shade or too much sun, and difficulty in bringing water to the garden. Don't give up your gardening dreams, however. You can grow a balcony garden if you keep the following in mind:

  • Create a focal point. The focal point in this plan is a small tree or standard (a shrub trained as a small, single-trunk tree). For extra color, underplant the tree with trailing spring or summer-blooming annual flowers (pansies, lobelias, marigolds, petunias, and so on).
  • Use window boxes. Fasten window boxes to your balcony's railing, so that they're viewable from indoors or from outside. Use them to create more privacy or to frame a view. Change plantings in the window boxes seasonally by growing annuals in the summer and stuffing the boxes with greens and dried-berry plants for winter and the holidays.
  • Grow container plants. Colorful pots of annuals provide surprising amounts of flower color at close range. Water draining from the containers can stain the balcony surface or drip on your neighbor below — keep saucers under the pots.
  • Don't forget veggies. Squeeze herbs and vegetables into your balcony garden. To save space, train climbers, such as cucumbers and tomatoes, on teepees or in cages.
  • Install an outdoor faucet. Consider installing an outdoor faucet to avoid the tedium of watering with a watering pot.

Size (not too tall or spreading) and maintenance (not too demanding) are your main considerations when making plans for a balcony garden. Also check on your sun and shade exposure throughout the day.

The following small trees and shrubs need sun most of the day and could serve as a focal point on a balcony garden:

  • Camellia (needs shade in hot climates)
  • Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
  • Hibiscus (standard)
  • Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergi)
  • Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
  • Palms (indoor/outdoor)
  • Tree rose (Rosa )
Hope you can try for your own garden, make it cool looking and be a nice place to hide.

* SOURCE FROM DUMMIES.COM



20 ulasan:

  1. Nice pictures and a beautiful kitty! Interesting words also!

    BalasPadam
  2. salam bro zed

    an nyeong ha seyo! (apa khabar daam bahasa korea lah bro)

    saya ni tengah pening kepala sebab saya baru beli rumah kat kawasan kaang tu la...

    rumah tu saya beli atas tangan orang kawasan luas jugalah tapi tak berjaga sebab saya ni keluar negara aje macam nak tinggal kat situ...

    so saya rasa kalau saya balik nanti mungkin kita boleh lepak dan berbincang macam mana nak cantikkan kawasan rumah saya tu...

    anyway comel lirikkan kuncing tu...
    saam dari seoul

    BalasPadam
  3. -that little cat looks sick la bro, do something bro...

    BalasPadam
  4. anda memang mempunyai idea yang bagus untuk membina satu situasi yang nyaman dalam rumah.

    BalasPadam
  5. That is interesting.
    You can visit octoberfarm.blogspot.com has strange and fascinating features about gardening and witches.

    Thanks for visiting my blog too

    BalasPadam
  6. Hi Mi,

    Thank you, for your words. My kitty just wake up form bed, ha...ha....

    BalasPadam
  7. Salam Bro Tunggaklangit,

    Khabare waras ( Bahasa orang Germany Batu Pahat) ertinya Khabar baik, take care yourself during in Seoul. That nice and quiet busy city in Asia.

    Proses membina sebuah taman akan mengambil masa yang agak lama juga, bergantung pada selera kita.

    Jangan pening kepala, panduan membina taman boleh diperolehi di blog-blog yang berkaitan dengan taman. Cuma kita perlukan pembina taman yang boleh diharapkan dalam melaksanakan impian taman kita sahaja.

    Boleh apasalahnya. Kucing saya membuat satu posing khas untuk pengunjung blog saya.Terutamanya saudara Ha..ha..

    BalasPadam
  8. Salam Bro Lenz,

    Actually My kitty just wake up for bed, not sick laaa. If stare into his deep eye, he just want to say hello bro Lenzs.... ha...ha....

    BalasPadam
  9. Salam Bro Buah Kelapa Turkey,

    Terima kasih atas kunjungan dan pujian, walaupun tuan tidak membaca entrynya.Ha..ha...

    BalasPadam
  10. Hello Cib,

    Thank you visted to my blog, I will visit to octoberfarm as your wish. Hope more news about gardeing.

    Tank again Chib.

    BalasPadam
  11. Hello Zed, thanks for your comments on Travel, always very interesting to your house, placed the cat in the picture is very soft, I love animals.

    Hello Marlow

    BalasPadam
  12. Hello Marlow,

    Don't mention bro, We all love animal because it a cute creature form Allah SWT too. Like you always place more animal shot in your blog.

    Thank again.

    BalasPadam
  13. garden tu saya setuju dgn cadangan anda, tapi yg saya kurang setuju ialah batu foot massage tu macam tak kena dgn taman Jawa anda..ada konflik sikit.ha..ha...

    BalasPadam
  14. Salam Zedmagel (:-D

    It's true what you said. It's not the space but creativity and determination that will make/groom a garden. I always imagine having a nice one but I always end up in the kitchen either cooking, baking or cleaning. Hmmm... I do have a pot of tomato, a pot of chilli, a pot of cekur and two pots of lettuce - so far from having a garden...

    Anyway, your cat look well-loved and well-cared for...

    BalasPadam
  15. Salam Sahabatku Dino,

    Terima kasih atas pandangan bro,

    kalau dah Java tu ke bintang atau ke jora pun unsur java akan dikaitkan juga.

    Ha ha..ha..

    BalasPadam
  16. Salam Mia Mom's,

    Imagine will make everything came true, if it from deepness of your heart. A pot of tomato, chili, cekur and everything is a path of a kitchen garden also.

    Continue cooking, let your hubby bring one big garden for you some day.Ha..ha..

    BalasPadam
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    BalasPadam
  18. Salam Sahabatku Arif Omar,

    Saya dah mencubanya banyak kali tetapi gagal,mungkin saya akan memanggil rakan yang mahir dalam IT untuk membuat perubahan seperti yang bro cadangkan tu.

    Terima kasih.

    BalasPadam
  19. Salam Sahabatku Ikanbilis,

    Terima kasih, sudi singgah di blog saya.
    Taman saudara jua cantik. Sikap jeles ke arah kebaikan sangat dipuji.

    BalasPadam