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Elephant Ear plant reacting to light

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It’s interesting to see how plants react to light isn’t it?

I’m sure you’ve looked at your house plants or various plants in your garden and saw that they were facing the sun, or that the flowers were open fully in full sun. However, at night or when not in full sun you might have also noticed flowers closing or plants leaves turning to try to capture whatever small bit of sunlight they could reach.

Here’s a time lapse video of an Elephant Ear houseplant reacting to the sun. It’s facing into the plant owners home in the beginning but watch what happens as the window that the plant is near becomes brighter and brighter as the sun comes through it.






Tufenkians semi-annual rug sale

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This is the time of year when many of us are stuck indoors most of the time because of the cool weather we are experiencing. I know that this is traditionally a time when I take a good look at my home and begin to re-arrange furniture, or buy new furniture and carpeting. Which is why I wanted to write to today to let my readers know about Tufenkian Carpets. The are the worlds leading designer and supplier of handmade carpets. Carpets sold in their stores and online are Tibetan and Armenian.

I’ve looked at their designs and I must say their carpets are beautiful and the quality appears to be superb. Which of course is why I wanted to let you know that they have rugs for sale Los Angeles, Scottsdale Arizona, and in their New York city locations.

It’s time for Tufenkian’s semi-annual rug sale. If you purchase a rug from the company at one of their locations or online you could save up to 75% on handmade Tibetan carpets. Plus if you register on the website you can save an additional 10%.

If you are like me and you’re starting to think about changing your homes decor be sure to visit Tufenkian’s and take a look at their rug sale. Their designs are lovely and I’m sure you’ll be pleased with the styles and quality.

Cyclamen in a lovely pot

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If you’ve received a Cyclamen as a gift or found one in your local grocery store at this time of year I’ve got some tips for you on how to make it look wonderful

It’s a unique way to make your cyclamen look eye catching in your home. Put the cyclamen in a terracotta pot that’s covered with shoots of pink heather.

It’s very easy to do – just follow these instructions:

1 TRIM the long, flowering shoots from the pink bud heather – being careful to make them slightly longer than the height of the 4-5in terracotta pot.

2 SOAK the pot in water overnight, then use all purpose glue to attach the heather shoots to the outside walls of the pot making sure the entire pot is covered.

3 POT up the cyclamen into the decorated pot making sure the corm (the underground plant stem) is at the same depth as it was in the original pot.

Cyclamen don’t like warm rooms so be sure to keep it in a cool room, on a North facing window sill if possible.

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