Tips On Caring For Your Valentine's Day Flowers
With Valentine's Day just around the corner, we thought this would be a great time to share a few tips on caring for cut flowers.Imagine it's Valentine's Day and you've just received a glorious bunch of roses. You put them in your best vase and you stand back to admire them. You'd love to make them last as long as you possibly can, but other than keeping them out of direct sunlight, you're not sure what to do.Here are some tips on how to extend the shelf life of your roses:
- Remove the roses from the vase and put them in a temporary container.
- Clean the vase by washing it thoroughly in water with household bleach.
- Fill the vase with fresh water and add a half teaspoon of household bleach for each litre (16 fluid ounces) of water.
- Remove your roses from their temporary container and lay them flat on a counter top.
- Remove any leaves which will show below the waterline in the vase.
- Cut about 20 mm (3/4 inch) from the base of each stem immediately before placing it in the vase. This removes any air bubbles.
- Don't place roses in drafts or direct sunlight, or near fruit, heaters, TVs or refrigerators.
- Change the water daily to extend the vase life of your roses.
Easter Lilies, A Coastal Treasure
Bill Ferry, spokesman for the Easter Lily Research Foundation announced the launch of their updated web site www.easterlily.net. The site has a fresh look as well as more links to information about the planting, growing and harvesting the beautiful Easter Lily.On either side of the border between Oregon and California, and within view of the Pacific Ocean, the soil and climate that is ideal to the raising of Easter Lily bulbs. This is the same bulb that is later greenhouse grown to produce such magnificent flowers.This small region, no more than a half mile wide by, perhaps, 12 miles long, contains such a superior mix of soil and weather that virtually all Easter Lily bulbs in North America are grown here. This is productive land. Seldom touched by freeze or drought, the soils have their beginnings in the nearby ocean.
This verdant land was once ocean floor.According to Lee Riddle, Director of Horticulture at...
Easter Lilies, A Coastal Treasure
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In the early stage of Alzheimer?s, what is the best environment?
In the first stage of Alzheimer's disease, memory loss is not as pronounced as in the later stages of the disease. People still remember places they live in and familiar faces. They are still lucid and involved in their own decisions. If your loved one lives alone, you may wonder if he lives in a safe environment. If you believe the environment may not be safe, you can hire a geriatric care manager to assess the situation, and if necessary (and if your finances support it), in-home care to come and visit your loved one on a daily basis.
Those people will be able to report back to you and you will be more relaxed knowing your loved one is getting good care. If a geriatric care manager is not appropriate, and your loved one is not living with you, you may have to move your loved one closer to you. You can discuss the situation with him. If he were to live with you, would he need constant supervision or would he be safe alone while you are gone? If you feel more comfortable with...
In the early stage of Alzheimer?s, what is the best environment?
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