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Watching crocus’ bloom

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This is a time lapsed video called ” A day in the Life ” , and it is in fact a day in the life of a small cluster of crocus’. Crocus flowers open when the sun hits them in the morning and by the evening the flowers are closed are ready for the long cool night.

I grow crocus in my lawn and to me they are always the first sign of spring. Since they are the first flowers to bloom for me, I keep track of their opening and closings – never quite like this video did, but I enjoy watching them open and close. Now I can just watch this video whenever I want to.






Custom designed Conference Tables

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If your company is need of new or possible more board room tables then I have a site that you, or the buyer responsible for your company should look at. Unique Concepts, the sponsorer of this post, has created Custom Boardroom Tables that are just as gorgeous as they are functional.

It’s important for a business to have an area where it’s employees or a specific team of employees can sit and share ideas and concepts about upcoming projects. To do so using a table created specifically to the companies needs would only benefit the work that ends up being done at that conference table.

Unique Concepts is well known for their conference table designs. Each design comes in a range of sizes, shapes and styles. The tables are also made of a variety of materials such as solid wood, veneers, laminates, stone, and glass and there’s even some metal designs.

Their high end design conference tables can be designed with inlayed patterns and to enhance the beauty of the table as a whole.

Each design can be customized to your companies needs. For example electrical or A/V equipment could be incorporated into the design or function of the table, as well as grommets or channels for cables. The addition of such features will not distract from the design and beauty of the conference table, but it will add to the over all function.

Unique concepts website has an online show room where they display a wide variety of conference tables. Just click on the images for a description and larger view of each table.

I’ve never really worked in a company that had, or had much need for a conference table, other than the hospital where I am now employed. Unfortunately, we don’t have such nicely designed conference tables in the majority of our hospital departments. I only wish that we did. These tables are, as I said early, just lovely to look at, and appear to be well thought out and beautifully designed.

More flower garden tips

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Large groups of contrasting flowers or flower colours planted side by side can create a spectacular effect.

If you don’t have much space in your garden don’t over do it with a large number of plant species – fewer plants in multiple plantings often works out better.

Some plants with colourful flowers in spring or early summer can also produce tasty fruit later in the season. Consider planting Cherry, apple or crabapple trees.

To add height and dimension to your garden do consider planting climbing vines and flowering vines on trellis’, and arbors. We do this with several species of clematis, and honeysuckle.

when planting- particularly perennials, trees and shrubs – consider the mature size of the plant and follow the instructions as to how much space they will eventually need.

Curved flower beds or curved groups of plantings are much more visually appealing than straight rows or perfect circles.

mulching your garden with attractive wood chips will not only help hold moisture into your gardens soil, but it will help prevent weeds and other unwanted plants from growing in your flower beds. Also, mulch will eventually break down and add organic matter to the soil and enrich your flower bed in general.

Don’t water on windy days – the water you are using will evaporate faster.

Attract the good bugs to your garden like lady bugs, praying mantis, and the non-stinging Trichogramma wasp to your garden for natural pest control. They are the best aphid destroyers!

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