A long time ago, gardening was an exclusive realm of the property owner. Nowadays even the flat dweller can start his dream garden without having much trouble. One’s dream can be achieved by container gardening, which means the gardening in a special container. This type of gardening gives you the satisfaction of landscaping without constant mowing. In the container, you can plant some perennials, annuals, and even shrubs and small trees.
Don’t think container gardening can be achieved very easily? Then its best that you stop reading this article as you will have to do a little work. Container gardening requires proper planning just like that of conventional gardening. Planning consists of finding out information on the different plants, duration of sunlight you are getting in your apartment, and also choosing your beloved plant variety.
It is usually advisable to purchase the plants from your nearest nursery unless you have the right conditions to go for indoor seedlings. You can’t keep the tender plants of container gardening outside below a temperature of about 45° F or in harsh winds.
There is a misleading notion that all plants grow in the ground and won’t grow in a container. This is not true. Moreover, most container with holes for drainage can be used for your container gardening.
Container gardening requires a small amount money during first stages. But its low maintenance with good satisfaction afterwards. You will need a bit of fertilizer and a lot of water according to the specific needs of the plants.
There are numerous pot growing vegetables varieties for container gardening. Providing sunlight and water will easily help you get tasty veggies for your ratatouille or salad. You can even get more satisfaction by serving these varieties nurtured by your own hands to your beloved pals.
Don’t worry if you do not have a balcony or deck. Get approval from your landlord for window boxes, a newer type of container for this type of gardening. It is highly possible to grow many bloomy annuals year-round and indoor vegetables by your sunny window. There is another type of garden called community gardens, which will satisfy the city dwellers.
There is no reason to stop your container gardening because you have entered autumn. You can continue your container gardening by choosing the plants that are resistant to the cold. The common plant varieties that stand up to the frost are Eulalia grasses, Mexican feather grass, Cornflowers, Lavender cottons, Jasmine, Million bells, Stonecrops, etc.,
In order to increase the life of your garden from late spring to late fall; you can replant to suite the prevailing weather. You can also have healthy plants during winter if you have an indoor container garden!
Living room should be in the east (leaving the south-east corner) or in the north.Above any of the entrance doors on the inside of the room no photographs of any God should be displayed.
1. Living room should be in the east (leaving the south-east corner) or in the north. However, it is more beneficial in the north.
2. Compared to the south side rooms the northern room should be bigger and shorter in the height by 1″ to 3″. This is an important rule of Vastu Shastra.
3. The slope of the flooring of the living room should be in the east or in the north.
4. The door of the living room should not be in the south-east or the south-west direction. The eastern and the western doors are very auspicious for the living room.
5. The internal furniture, show cases and other heavy articles should be in the west or the south direction.
6. The sitting arrangement of the head of the family should be facing the east or in the north direction.
7. As far as possible T.V. should not be in the north-east or the southwest corner. It should be in the south-east corner. If it is in the north-west corner it is on for a long time, thereby a lot of precious time is lost. If the T.V. is in the south-west corner frequent breakdowns are expected.
8. The telephone should not be in the south-west or the nothr-west corners. It should be in the East or in the south-east or in the north.
9. The Indian style sitting arrangement should be in the east, the west or the north.
10. It is better if the portraits of the God or water falls are hung in the north-east corner. Stuffed animals should be in the north-west corner.
11. The colour of the walls and the tiles used in this room should be white, yellow, blue or green. As far as possible it should not be red or black.
12. The fancy chandelier should not be at the centre of the room. It should be slightly towards the west. The idea is that heavy gravitational force due to the heavy weight of the chandelier should not fall at Bramha’s place.
13. Portraits of birds, animals, women, weeping children, scenes from the wars, etc. should not be displayed in the room.
14. Furniture of this room should not be circular, triangular, egg-shaped, hexagonal or odd-shaped. It should be square or rectangular.
15. Due to paucity of land, if the furniture is to be kept in the east or in the north direction, it should not be in direct contact with flooring. It should be light and hollow and placed on base 1 to 3 inches above the floor.
16. The ceiling of this room if slanting towards the east or the north, is good (it is not essential).
17. There should be no outlet in the middle of the room.
18. The cooler should be in the west and not in the south-east section.
19. In the modern architecture the height of the living room is kept more than double that of the other rooms. There is no harm in doing so. However, the staircase should be in the south, the west or the south-west corner of the room. It should be rising up towards the south or the west direction.
20. Above any of the entrance doors on the inside of the room no photographs of any God should be displayed. Only the photograph or tile painting of the Lord Ganesh should be displayed above the entrance door on the outside.