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To develop a do-it-yourself hydroponic pot plants

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Hydroponics plants clean their health, the conservation of features such as easy, and gradually into people’s lives. The first case of a few tables, dining rooms and kitchen, put a bowl of green water culture of plants, look fresh, clean, refreshing.

Now in order to meet the needs of customers, the sale of the city flower of the water culture of plants is also increasing. Sometimes the city can spend at elections to buy ten thousand thousand pick a plant, back home not long wilt the leaves on the branches of a decadent. This is because in order to flower business benefits directly to plant roots washed clean of soil, soak in water plants. And the water culture of plants really are in the very hour of plant cultivation in the water on the adaptation, and has the root growth of water plants. This is not familiar with the water culture of plants for the people, how to distinguish real hydroponic plants is quite difficult. Well, apart from us at the time of purchase need to be carefully selected, the most viable means - home do-it-yourself to cultivate potted plants into hydroponic culture.

The first step to identify targets of water culture

General interior tropical foliage plants can be used to water culture, has the best aerial. Such as rubber trees, green basket, Monstera, Alocasia category, evergreen, pineapple, ferns, Chlorophytum and so on. More than plant the best start in the water culture seedling stage, when the water culture, plants easier to “tame.”

The second step, wash the root

The selected plants, dug up from the soil, gently hand-jitter, beat slowly (not too much force injury to the roots), net soil shaking his roots after all. Add 15-20 minutes, then gently hand-wash the roots of Sophie, after cleaning the water 2-3 times until completely soilless root. Bamboo can be used, if necessary, slowly excavated, the soil must not be left to do that, hydroponics This is an important element of success, must not be negligent. Wash the roots, the more appropriate cut off the old roots, flowers in hydroponics because the roots are viewing the same focus, so it is important to clean the root part.

The third step is root

Is the root-soil root root into the water. Specific practices are: to wash the roots of plants with good nutrition Add soaking liquid in about 10 minutes into the foam board or perlite in it the roots come into contact with the water (Note at any time to increase the oxygen content in water). Plants so treated water can quickly grow the root.

The fourth step, on basin

When roots grow to the water about two centimeters can be placed on the appropriate device in the bottle to the management of the water culture.

DIY: Using Eco-Garden

Monday, March 16th, 2009

To beautify their homes and sometimes does not lie in how much money, as long as you are willing to do, then let the house is full of green, live in harmony with nature to create an atmosphere so that life colorful, fresh and pleasant.


Citation natural break, as long as there is a balcony on the line, because the current fashion is to open up the balcony vegetable garden, plant summer blooming sunflowers, autumn silver Filifolium, Coleus winter lines, spring cyclamen and tulips. Of course, the most convenient are kinds of vegetables can also enjoy viewing, both fish and bear’s paw.


My home just to have a 6-square-meter balcony, you can layout ecological water pool, the development of “one-third of” vegetable garden. Nurture our own seed, plant Chinese cabbage,  cherry tomatoes and so on, and began farming wonderful experience. Daily face “vegetable garden” feel it’s green, than have a private garden feel even more comfortable. If you think in general the small balcony on an apartment building a small eco-pool, it is recommended to select the outer edge of frame 90 × 90 × 25 cm tanks better. Wai corresponding box on the tarps, poured into a bucket placed in the water overnight, but also check for leakage. Next, you put for a fixed plant hydroponics cup, saucer flower, foam Lianshi and pebbles, on the tank under running water. And, put into the eco-pond flower saucer, with a hasp, with the best color and white manner, in line with the aesthetic requirements.

DIY:Using decorative fabrics make fashionhome

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Creamy silk, dry cotton cloth, soft fur and feel coarse linen, are the most flexible home decorative elements. Flat piece of fabric can not only make the back cushion plump, elegant curtains, tablecloths, sofa sets or mattress covers, can also be your home a source of inspiration for decoration; corner stitching fabric after stitching is a rich character The tablecloths; the use of a double-sided sofa sets, will let you change scene in the bedroom.

Even if you are a sewing-illiterate person can proceed to the home textile decoration program, you can also use hot sol, playing nail gun, fabric glue, ribbon and other auxiliary materials, to easily achieve your fashion personality textile decoration .

Try to make decoration fabric color fabric use several programs at the same time, we should select an interior decoration as the main fabric. Typically, you will find a fabric itself contains several colors, it can become a source of inspiration for decoration. Will be spun off in different colors rearranged for each room to create a distinction between the existing model and organic links. Try to make the fabric color scheme, as the beginning of your home renovation is not a bad approach.

Money-saving decorative details - pre-washing and ironing if you are able to regularly clean and in order to select the fabric can be washed, then you should consider before making their first clean look, this can reduce the shrinkage problem in future. Sofa sets, tablecloths, pillowcases, decorative bolster, as well as other sets to go through such a pre-wash treatment. put one in the entire volume of the cloth are Baptist before trying to enter the water to wash cloth.

After cleaning the fabrics do not iron directly without the use of wrinkled bed curtains Wai and clearly reveal the owner’s negligence. Ironing the fabric formation, is a decorative details do not have to spend money that allows the cheapest could hang fabric looks good.

DIY: Fabric’s unique folding table method

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Cotton table cloth dining for the day-to-day fishes add elegant style romantic, dinner knife and fork when necessary, such as Add folding table cloth under the plate or in a concise table above, style fresh Meaningful.

We chose a sunny colors 100% cotton napkins, at the beginning of production at any one table to select Ironing fabric formation, refreshing clean napkin better. Cloth folding table, follow these steps

1. First of all, the cotton napkin placed flat, fine texture side up.

2. The napkin along the long side of the direction of folding, with his hands along the crease to flatten.

3. Will be folded napkin 90 degrees anti-clockwise rotation.

4. To gently roll up the top layer of napkins to just over half of the position, his hands will be compacted crease.

5. The second layer in accordance with the previous step up folding on the first floor below, his hands will be compacted crease.

6. Repeat the above steps folding third layer, compacted by hand will crease.

7. The napkin to the left of the vertical stack back, folding the napkins to the back edge at the back half of the entire napkin, the hands will be compacted crease.

8. Repeat the above steps to the right side of the vertical stack to the back.

9. The tableware from the fabric of the top insert opening. Nevertheless, a unique fabric design is completed tableware.

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DIY teach you the production of small animals fabric

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Self-made fabric of small animals, so that’s a small decorative embellishment at any time in which creativity, but also to allow the feeling of warmth in the hearts of off ripples.

Ingenuity of the people really envy you, a block of rags in their hands will become a vivid only small animals, in his arms, as if the childhood years.

DIY matte light: a romantic evening

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Like the romantic style of the President to try to make use of small sand with a matte effect of any of the lamps. And the husband may wish to join hands to create a romantic at the same time to promote each other’s feelings.

Ready: find a few 40-watt light bulb or so, some of the high temperature of the small grains of sand, glue, paper and brushes.

1. Cleaning the surface of a light bulb (I will be keen to lower wattage. In the best light bulb is about 40 watts). The small number of high-temperature sand (or man-made particles), glue, paper, paper towels or used disposable sponge brush.

2. Bulbs will be a clean surface, a few points on the glue.

3. With a soft cloth or sponge painting on the light bulb

4. Hold the end of the light bulb will be carefully sprinkling sand on the bulb.

5. Wait 24 hours after the application can be. In the meantime, you can use a soft brush gently rub the surface like light bulbs, if the location of individual gap is too large, you can paste the sand again. Until paste evenly on the surface, not too close or too sparse until the light bulb.

6. To expand your ideas can make a more beautiful lamps. Has brought about a plexiglass cylinder shape, pasting Repeat the steps you will be a stylish avant-garde lamps.

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DIY: teach you to make a conch shell lamp

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The remainder of the decoration of some scrap wood floor, good texture, and threw a real pity. How to use it up? But wait, or eating a seafood restaurant first to say it! Tu, have to eat enough food, pay the bill before the leave, I remember some good pick conch, shellfish like to take home Oh, Shan Ren has its own magical effect. Of course, if you have visited the seaside tourist resort, by the way also seized a number of shells, stones and the like, but it would be better. Look at this article will teach you these things together, combined with LED lantern components to produce a practical and beautiful shells Night Light.

Well, hang on the wall is decorated during the day, evening lantern is to facilitate daily life at night.

Materials:

Abandoned the family when the renovation of the scrap - wooden floor (48 X 20 cm)

When renovation of the remaining screw, nut, wire

On to lighting waste removed the pieces of hardware

From the coast to buy back a large conch (L 29cm) and to retrieve the small shells, small screw, Shanhu Dan Small, small stones

LED light-emitting components (can also set up a small light bulb shape)