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greenhouse

Gabriel Ash planthouses and glasshouses can be used as greenhouses, but they can be so much more! A glasshouse is essentially like a larger version of a standard planthouse, but with many more possible variations in design and uses. You can use your glasshouse to house and display exquisite exotic plants the same way you can in a planthouse, but glasshouses can be designed much larger so that they can accommodate seating or even hot tubs or swimming pools. Imagine relaxing in your hot tub on a cold winter’s day or swimming amid a tropical paradise! You could use your glasshouse as an outdoor dining area where you could entertain guests while basking in the splendour of a brilliant sunset. A glasshouse from Gabriel Ash is the perfect setting for an artist’s studio, or simply a place to sit and reflect amongst your beautiful plants. It will allow you to get the most out of your garden by enabling you to spend more time outside during spring and fall when the weather is not always pleasant. Glasshouses can serve the same purposes as greenhouses or planthouses, but they can be built with ample space so that you can use them for so much more!

The expert craftsmen at Gabriel Ash build all of their glasshouses the same way as their greenhouses and planthouses; from the finest Western Red Cedar, using a combination of old world experience and modern technology. All glasshouses, greenhouses and planthouses that Gabriel Ash has designed have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s official seal of approval, an honour that has not been bestowed upon any other greenhouse manufacturer. Gabriel Ash offers a large selection of elegantly designed glasshouses that you can choose from, or if you have a specific design in mind, you can use their bespoke glasshouse service to design the glasshouse of your dreams. Gabriel Ash’s expert designers will work with you or your architect from the initial sketch to the fully erected finished product. Your glasshouse can be a stand-alone structure, or it can be designed as a ¾ structure that is abutted to your house or another building. For a roof, you can opt for traditional glass, or you can give your glasshouse a different look by covering it with Red Cedar shingles that will be more weather resistant and insulating than glass while offering a certain degree of shade during the hot summer months.

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Organic Vegetable Gardening

Organic vegetable gardening is the way of growing vegetables and fruits with the use of things only found in nature.

Why would one want to indulge in organic gardening?

1.One can easily make compost from garden and kitchen waste. Though this is a bit more time-consuming than buying prepared chemical pesticides and fertilizers, vegetable gardens certainly help to put garbage to good use and so saves the environment.

2. Organic farming does not use chemicals that may have an adverse affect on your health. This is especially important when growing vegetables. Chemical companies tell us that the chemicals we use are safe if used according to direction, but research shows that even tiny amounts of poisons absorbed through the skin can cause such things as cancer, especially in children.

On the average, a child ingests four to five times more cancer-causing pesticides from foods than an adult. This can lead to various diseases later on in the child’s life. With organic gardening, these incidents are lessened.

Remember, pesticides contain toxins that have only one purpose – to kill living things.

3. Less harm to the environment. Poisons are often washed into our waterways, causing death to the native fish and polluting their habitat.

4.Organic farming practices help prevent the loss of topsoil through erosion.
The Soil Conservation Service says that an estimated 30 – 32 billion tons of soil erodes from United States farmlands every year.

5. Cost savings. One does not need to buy costly chemical fertilizers and pesticides with organic gardening. Many organic recipes for the control of pest and disease come straight from the kitchen cupboard. Sometimes other plants can be grown as companions to the main crop. An example of this is the marigold, which helps to repel aphids from vegetables.

Mixing 1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap and 1 cup of cooking oil can make a cheap garden pest spray. Put 3 tablespoons of this mixture in 1 quart of water and spray on plants.

6.A simple mulch of pine needles will help to suppress the growth of weeds as well as keeping the moisture in.

7. Organic gardening practices help to keep the environment safe for future generations.

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cut flowers fresh

Flowers are formed to increase love and bring freshness in life. Flowers lighten the heart and enhance the appearance of your room. Any individual purchasing flowers wish that their flowers should look as fresh as possible. The florists have to handle a great quantity of cut flowers so as to keep it fresh for a long time. There are basically 5 tips that help you maintain the sparkle of cut flowers as if these were still on the branches of their plants. If you have received a gorgeous bouquet of fresh flowers or you have cut the loveliest flowers from your backyard, you need to try to keep it fresh and flowering. Here are some ways by which you can keep your cut flowers fresh long enough:

- Get the freshest flowers in the market: If you buy flowers from some florist or from the flower market, assure that these are bright. The flowers you buy must not be preserved in cold storage before it reaches you. You should check the quality of flowers you wish to buy either to gift somebody or to deck up your house.

- Arrange a right container: The container in which you will be putting your beautiful flowers must be of sufficient height. It should be able to cover at least 3-4 inches of the flower stems with water and should even support the bunch of flowers. Before you decorate your flowers in any pot, please wash it nicely so that there are no bacteria in it, as bacteria decreases the life of your flowers. While cleaning your flower holder, assure that there is no foamy remains in it as the leftover chemicals might prove to be very harmful for your fresh flowers.

- Trim the endings of flower stems: Trimming the ends of flower stem in diagonal cut is suggested. The diagonal cut enlarges the surface area thus facilitating the absorption of sufficient water for the flowers. Trimming should be done by putting your flower stem below the cool water level. Cold water is perfect for flowers to remain blossoming for a long timeas warm water dries it.

- Make your vase ready: Fill sufficient water in your jug so that it covers 3-4 inches of flower stem. Put some flower food or aspirin capsule to increase the life of your flowers.

- Cut the leaves on the flower stem: The leaves of the flower stem are submerged in water and this leads to creation of bacteria. The bacteria are harmful for the life of your flowers. So it is necessary to cut the leaves in order to avoid bacteria formation thereby enhancing the life of your cut flowers. Also change the water from the flower vase in two to three days and also put fresh water at least once a day.

So, now if you wish to keep cut flowers fresh long enough, these five tips will be of immense help to you. Now you can make your home look beautiful and fresh if you adorn it with lovely and vibrant fresh flowers and maintain its freshness with some easy methods.

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