Building a pool :

You dream to have a pool at home, to enjoy the pleasures of swimming or wading alone, with family or friends … Covered or not, kit, fiberglass, concrete or wood, or classical design, Now think about the possibilities.

The pool kit above ground is the easiest to install and less expensive. Inflatable tubular frame, self, in polyester or wood structure, it has the advantage of being dismantled in the fall. The formula kit also offers models with recessed into the ground. The pools are conventional concrete, at the above-ground or buried, it is a matter of convenience, aesthetics and especially budget. In the form of a shell piece, fiberglass pool can be quickly buried installed once the earthworks completed. Nature, aesthetic, or sublimated with a touch of exoticism, the pool wooden module in all forms and can be custom made. Whatever your choice, consider the nature of your land and its accessibility in the work.

Depending on the dimensions of your pool, a statement of work or a building permit application may be necessary. Since 1 January 2006, the law requires secure private swimming pools to prevent accidents involving children at a young age. To do this, several possibilities exist: the alarm sound, safe, protective barriers, tarpaulins and blankets.

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A balcony garden:
A house with land is not necessary to look at gardening. If you live in an apartment, a small balcony is sufficient not only to have the flowers, but also for herbs, vegetables and fruit.

The geranium is, without doubt, the most common plant on the balconies and window ledges where its bright colors bring a touch of gaiety to the façades. For planting or out, wait for late April that any risk of frost is removed quickly and get on the inside when the cold season arrives. The climbing nasturtiums or pea are very esthetic to the balcony as long as you wrap around the railings.

To start a garden apartment sow herbs in a garden, thyme, basil and cilantro do little maintenance apart from regular watering.

In separate pot, place the seeds of chives and mint flavor to your summer dishes. The cultivation of vegetables and fruits requires more attention than the spices. Soil and fertilizer are needed to help them grow and watering should be done twice daily, morning and evening, after hours of heat.

Enjoy the terrace in autumn :
Indian summer or autumn temperatures, the off season, with its narrow and days a lot of leaves, although inevitably announces the arrival of the next winter. This is when ever enjoy the pleasure of a moment on the terrace.
Wait a bit before storing for winter, barbecue and garden furniture and equip your terrace with heating and lighting adjusted. Gas or electric, they are on foot to be moved easily; mini versions, they sit on the table for a friendly warmth without bulk.

The wall murals are perfect for lighting your patio optimal. A decorative purpose, terminals, or posts recessed spotlights provide a light that can be very nice evening. You can combine several types of individually powered lights that you activate as needed. The trend favors the terminals to be recharged with solar energy the day, even in winter, and return automatically at dusk. Combined with a new generation of light bulbs, they provide a very white light. (more…)

A beautiful garden for the summer:

Summer is the season where it benefits most from his garden. The garden and orchard are in full production, the flowers spread their most beautiful colors.

Land preparation:

To have a beautiful flower garden in summer, we had to prepare the land and enrich it. Annual plants have a lifetime short enough (June to October in general) and therefore need to find quickly and in quantity of food necessary for their development. Stir ground granulated cow manure, compost, fertilizer horticultural bedding plant or a slow release fertilizer. Once the plants growing, there will be watering added liquid fertilizer.

Buy plants:
Focus on good quality purchase: Plant robust, a good appearance and little or no flowers as they are in buckets. A well-flowered plant stall on the horticulturist is attractive but has already begun to suffer! It will require more energy and time to adjust to his new environment, the risk is not strong enough to suffer its first shock.

Parterres and garden:
Weeding thoroughly flat strips and plates of vegetables, to avoid invasion by weeds, from the first storm (heat + water = grows fast). Then mulch the soil with wood chips, straw to reduce evaporation and the direct action of sunlight at the feet of plants.

Pelouse Lawn:
Prefer more frequent mowing clippings short not to weaken the lawn by removing much of its foliage. The effect of the burning rays of the sun could burn the grass.

Watering:
Who said the sun, said water for plants. Watering is a passage.Plants have different water needs. Flowers and vegetables require regular supply of water but short supply, while fruit trees prefer an abundant watering in dry weather.

Drizzle as much as possible at the base of plants to avoid thermal shock and evaporation. Preferably in the evening as the water evaporates much less than full day under the sun.
Prioritize  watering which facilitates accurate and without much loss. A sprinkler disperse about 25% of the water in the atmosphere, this water does not, therefore, to plants. Once this advice into practice and respected, the gardener can take quiet vacation.