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Major hosting troubles!

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I’m sorry that I missed Green Thumb Sunday.

I don’t know if any of you read my other blogs but I’ve had some major problems with my web host. Last Thursday they sent me an email telling me that they had moved my domains over to another server because something on my sites was over using the CPU resources on their servers.

I’ve spent the last several days going over all my sites, directories and folders, in order to try to figure out what might be causing the problem. Surely it isn’t purely because my sites are too busy?

I upgraded the software for 9 blogs and two websites. Yeah … that was a lot of work. That’s why I was missing in action.

To top it off on Sunday something went wrong with my main blog Tricia’s Musings and my web host disabled the index file so no one could access my site. We had a guest over for the weekend and Sunday was Canada Day so I didn’t even turn on my computer until the late afternoon. Naturally I almost had a heart attack when I saw that my site was disabled!

My sites are all updated and fixed up and I never did find out what was causing the problem. To the best of my knowledge my sites are still overusing resources. I may have to move them to a virtual private server.

So please forgive me for not posting any Green Thumb Sunday posts. It’s been a rough week.






Water For Life Ionizers – healthier water

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I’ve noticed a trend over the last decade or so, probably you have as well. Everyone seems to be very concerned with the water that they are drinking. If you, like many others, want to drink water that is pure and healthy why don’t you take a moment and consider drinking ionized water.

It’s said that ionized water is similar to the fresh water that you can get from a glacial stream or iceberg. A water ionizer such as the models sold through Water For Life Ionizers emulates the same type of conversion as that of glacial water.

When you use a water ionizer the water is purified using a controlled low voltage electrolysis. This ionized water can help balance the bodies PH. Our bodies PH levels tend to be acidic due to the type of food and drink that we take in – processed foods and soft drinks tend to add more acid to our bodies than we need, or in fact can process properly.

There are testimonials on the web site written by people that use the Water Ionizer system who state that now that they only drink ionized water and also use it when cooking meals they feel healthier, have more energy and in many cases they’ve had a decrease in symptoms caused by chronic ailments such as arthritis and similar disorders. The people who have written the testimonials feel that by balancing their bodies PH, and as a result lowering the acid levels in their body, that they are feeling better than they have in a long time.

There’s quite a bit of information on the website. You’ll find information about the specific types of water ionizers sold by Water For Life Ionizers, as well as scientific and medical information provided by doctors and scientists, client testimonials, FAQ’s and other resources.

If you are interested in learning more about Ionized water and water ionizers I suggest that you visit the site and take the time to read through the vast amount of information on the Water For Life Ionizers website.

Tips on how to learn more about the plants growing in your garden

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I often receive questions that ask me to explain in detail how to care for specific perennials. While I am working on having a very large index of care information for specific plants it does take time to create this information.

Now, even though I grew up in a family that gardened, I still found myself somewhat bewildered when I moved into my current home and started a garden of my own. I was growing a number of new plants – perennial and annual that I’d never worked with in the past. I too, had tons of questions.

What did I do in order to brush up on my knowledge?

Well, I went searching on the internet to find information on specific plants and gardening techniques. This was a wonderful method of getting information and my list of gardening related bookmark is huge! Unfortunately I also came across information that contradicted other information that I’d found.

That’s when I began buying gardening books. I bought a few good general gardening books, one or two about perennials and annuals, and a few that discussed gardening in my particular area, or at least in my Country. That was one of the best moves that I could have made. Now I’ve got 10+ very helpful gardening books at hand whenever I need to look something up.

Practice, experimentation, talking to other gardeners, and joining garden forums such as the Garden Web also helped quite a bit.

I observed my plants carefully in the first year on my own, taking notes occasionally as to the various plants bloom time, how often it bloomed, when it first started to grow in the spring and so on. I learned a lot just by observing my plants and caring for them as best I could.

Of course nothing pleased me more than when my mother, visiting from our home town and staying with us for a week or so, remarked as she gazed at our garden, “It’s so nice to know that one of our children inherited my green thumb”. What higher compliment could one gardener give another?

If you are just starting your garden, or still in the process of learning about new plants you might want to pick up one or all of the following books:

Perennials for Dummies by Marcia Tatroe ISBN 0764550306;

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Perennials: 10th Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition by Ellen Phillips and C. Colston Burrell ISBN: 0875965709;

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques by Tracy Disabato-Aust, Steven M. Still ISBN: 0881924148.

Enjoy your garden!

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