Maintenance of wooden houses

26 Jan


The wooden houses must have an appropriate work plan for appropriate assembly, so as to make correct ownership of the site and its specific conditions so that the end result is pleasing to the customer. No way, the wooden houses, with all its variants available in their cases: huts, cabins, garages, sheds and garden furniture should be in place by a staff that is unaware of such important material being treated in this case. For that reason, in making the purchase of a respective timber construction, it is necessary to use the respective counsel for the customer to know all the basic features of the product you want to enjoy. Besides, factors such as price, the image that will show the final assembly of the model chosen, and so on. Are key to making a compelling work, full time and stimulated. There are styles of wooden houses that take longer than others, because you must establish with the client after consultation, what are the details or accessories, if this is particularly interested in some that could includable, to make respective adjustments serving the installation of such supplements. Although the garden furniture, for example, can be regarded as the easiest wood of all, their willingness and manufacture primarily not as obvious as it seems. To set the gears or the correct structures of wooden houses, call it whatever they are called, the place where you will mount the construction plays a crucial role, because the light and temperature conditions are important in structuring the final form of the building or accessory. The main issue then seems not to be ultimately economically, but the effective provision that the manufacturer or design expert will do for the customer, so that their intentions to renew and bring prestige to achieve a point of consensus. That there are many details to keep in mind, and suddenly it can be annoying? Yes, no doubt, but all this is part of a work plan that allows serious and organized, ultimately, achieve the perfect combination of harmony of construction and functionality itself. It must be, ultimately, the triumph of intelligence over the flashy and the functional face of the bizarre.

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Parks and green areas in Marrakech

7 Jan


If you imagine a city like Marrakech dry, warm and unpleasant to walk in the summer months you are very wrong / a. This city in northern Africa appears to the visitor’s eyes as a large emerald surrounded by red clay from the aircraft because its abundant greenery.

In any self-respecting tourist guide will refer to the great gardens of Majorelle, Menara, Jdid, El Harti, Agdal, Koutoubia, Mamounia, and, indeed, in the Palmeraie, but also the most famous are many parks in poor neighborhoods equally pleasant and well kept.

For / as inhabitants of Marrakech is very important to be surrounded by / as of plants, often in neighborhoods of more modest houses of the city, it takes advantage of undeveloped land to plant a small orchard that serves as a meeting and relaxation . Sometimes these parks, created by popular initiative, are cared for / as same / as neighbors / ace or someone who is paid to all / as.

In the evening, after prayers, the gardens come alive. The kids run around, the teens play their favorite sports-soccer and acrobatics, and the women rest sitting on the lawn under the shade of olive trees and palms while sharing animated chatter among them.

Keep in mind that, traditionally, women are not welcome in cafes so it is in the gardens where they are. Green spaces are also frequented by elders who play cards and checkers or simply talk about their things.

Neighborhood parks, which do not appear in guidebooks, which are not painted indigo planters or posters with the names of species of cacti, are the most vivid gardens but not have to miss the classics Palmeraie, a natural forest of palm trees located on the outskirts of Marrakech, which despite its area greatly reduced because of the construction of houses, restaurants and luxury hotels remains a true paradise not to be missed.

It is also especially nice the Majorelle garden, in the heart of the city with easy access by taxi walk from the Medina. This park was designed by Jacques Majorelle and acquired many years later by Yves Saint Lorent who restored and opened a museum of Moroccan crafts and posters within it. The price of admission to the garden is 30 Dh (3 € approx.) And 10 Dh. (1 € approx.) For the museum.

Essential also visit the Menara gardens, to the flag of the twelfth century at the time used for storing water, and the large pond that serves as a mirror of the Atlas on sunny mornings.

 

So if you want to relax and enjoy a peaceful holiday surrounded by fresh and pleasant parks, gardens and magnificent parkland, Marrakech is undoubtedly the perfect destination. Ocre City offers not only fascinating culture and traditions, monuments and countless tourist attractions but also many orchards in countless shades of green.

Furthermore, hotels in Marrakech are of high quality and very cheap, especially the typical Riads Marrakech, charming and very affordable. They can also stay in a nice villa in Marrakesh, closer to the field, where the landscapes are spectacular and the welcome people with open arms.

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Getting the most out of your kitchen

26 Dec


Many times when we equip our kitchen, when choosing furniture and appliances, think more in terms of the functional aesthetic. We spent a lot more effort to choose colors and materials that opt for shape, size and location, being probably the latter the most important factor of a well-designed kitchen.

Regardless of the size and layout of your kitchen, it must be furnished and equipped along the lines of ergonomics and safety at work since the end of the day what we do with it when we make our salsa verde dogfish is it a course work and taking this concept (we design a job) we have to start selecting kitchen cabinets and their location.

Here are some guidelines that we follow when furnishing our kitchen:

The last point, but perhaps the most interesting is, when designing your kitchen and regardless of its distribution, giving great importance to the triangle formed by the fires, cooking utensils and fire, to prevent movement, saving time and earning safety.

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The Garden of Charity and Carmen (I)

23 Dec


By: Dr. Martin Luis Lopez Dr. Geographical Sciences, biogeographic and Specialist in Landscape protection and conservation. Another place of interest in the garden Viñales is popularly known first as the Garden of Charity, and today under the name of two sisters, Charity and Carmen. Its origin is interesting: a familiar idea, the fruit of love of family members in general by nature, especially plants. It all started early last century when a marriage composed of descendants of Africans and Chinese, a typical reflection of the different roots of our population, began planting trees, brought from a nearby places, the mountains others and plants ornamental gardens from which no longer exist or forests that once covered most of one’s area or hummocks. Gradually conveyed the love and passion for nature to their modern descendants. Today due admiration to see this work, created with few resources but with the constancy of the daily work for many years. This was the beginning of the current Garden, which today continues to grow slowly. Its owners, Charity, and Carmen, two old octogenarian today and wanted by the community, keep a piece of history not only of the garden, but from the Vinales and lifestyle of those times. The pace of life in this place is like as a family living in the middle of last century. Situated on the edge of Viñales, in the direction of the community of St. Vincent and the hotel of the same name. It’s easy to get to it. Take the main road passes by the park and the Catholic Church and three blocks down, on reaching the fuel dispensing station known in Cuba as Cupet, the street splits in two. You take a left, where it is common to find many people waiting to take a vehicle. The garden is recognized by the presence of tall trees. A few yards you come to a rustic gate where two leaves hanging fruit in season, it shows what is inside. It is common to see visitors of all ages inside. Most often you visit the garden any time of day, but can also be done at night. In both cases, the journey is fascinating, but the experience is different. If visiting during the day is common finding in the door, along with fruits hanging on it, small lizards and harmless green or brown, (Anolis fulcatus and A. sagraei, etc.), feeding on them. Moving inside the house is reached along an entrance bordered by small Sellaginella sp. , Showy plants and ferns relatives whose color may be green or blue depending on the angle from which to observe. Some friends or relatives serve as a guide during the trip. Welcoming two-year rise cedar (Cedrela odorata) over 20 meters high and covered with beautiful representatives of the family Araceae (Scindapsus aureus), large and small glossy leaves, green and white, commonly known in Cuba as malanga garden. Next to one of these cedar stands a magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), a species that was introduced from the southern United States. UU. to decorate the gardens of the hotel in San Vicente, near Viñales, in which place there are still some copies. Its flowers are large, white, showy, fragrant, especially at night. Today only few of these fish are located in Viñales, with its very limited distribution in Cuba. In the high mountains of central and eastern Cuba is an endemic species of this family, (Magnolia cubensis), but smaller flowers. The vegetation almost covers the house, all her curiously decorated tile roof which is flanked by tamarisk trees, oranges, mandarins and showy shrubs and climbers of flowers, ranging from violet and red in Bougainville (Bougainvillea spectabilis and B . glabra) to the blue of the stone (Petrea humilis), the yellow Alamandas (Alamanda cathartica and A. neriifolia), red or white of the hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis), and pink or white of franchipanis ( Plumeria sp. different), all of which grows in apparent disorder. For some it is also known as the famous writer Dora Alonso as “the garden crazy.” They are also the entry and spread throughout the garden ferns of interest mainly for its beauty or its properties. Among the former are representatives of the genus Cyathea, known as tree ferns. Trees can be seen on two representatives of the genus Polypodium: Polypodium aureum and P. polypodioides. Both are used, according to local tradition, to combat liver disease. Regarding the latter, it is common to see over the trees, mainly in the summer, limp and apparently dead, to put it in a pot with water or after a rainstorm, its freshness recovers within minutes completely changed the physiognomy of the forest in the garden. Next to the entrance door is one of the most important plants in Cuba and known throughout the world. It is the only one of our plants since 1980, declared a National Natural Monument. Belongs to a family with few species represented on the planet, each of which is a rarity worldwide. This species coexisted with the dinosaurs, large reptiles Jurassic and disappeared, coming to us in spite of the great cataclysms of the Caribbean. It looks like a palm and it is not. It reproduces by cones. His name is Microcycas calocoma, popularly known as Palma Corcho. The name itself does not reflect its true appearance, since neither is small (micro) or is a cycad, much less a palm. Any curiosity. Everything described belongs to the front area, where they are most ornamental plants, which can be planted in small beds, on the ground or in pots that hang on the walls of the house. The colorful stems of flowers and multicolored leaves crotos (Codiaeum variegatum), the beds (Plectranthus scutellarioides) and the Chinese madams in various colors (Impatiens wallerana), among many other plants. It is also the garden area where the trees have been placed numerous ornaments, mostly toys. Furthermore, most fragrant plants are near the entrance, drawing the attention of passersby, which is accentuated in the late afternoon and early evening hours. Once inside and visited this first part, the temptation to go inside and enter the forest is irresistible. The rest of the garden will be described in the next article, in which some of the known species of orchids that populate this place and the different trees in this strange place. We invite you to visit the garden. You will not regret.

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Landscaping: Plants and Drought

15 Dec


There are a number of plants that will be very records to put in our garden, taking into account the water savings. The first thing we have to distinguish the climate of our plantation area, we all love the bougainvillea, but can not withstand low temperatures. Therefore we distinguish different situations or climates: 1. – Climate Atlantic climate AtlánticoPor interpret those places where the minimum temperatures are low but rarely rub zero degrees, but instead the maximum usually not very high. Rainfall is also interesting factor to take into account, these areas are widespread rains, and the problem of drought is in a second paragraph. Thus the Atlantic climate zone we can narrow in the north of the peninsula. In these areas I recommend to be somewhat cautious and especially do not think that there will never lack water, taking appropriate measures to avoid waste. In this particular year in Galicia are passing a very bad not only for fires but because the rain makes its appearance. The use of drip irrigation in the gardens and sprinklers or nozzles with developers for the turf are the most interesting measures. What we should never do is the use of irrigation with hoses as water wastage is considerable. If you’re a hedge watering hose, for example and watered while we decided to do another job, most likely to forget us count the time it takes the hose spraying water to our plants and we have a problem not only when the amount of water supplied, but more serious and will be sure that our plants will have an excess of water unnecessary. Normally we can grow the same plants we plant now, I am inclined to these areas by: * * Azaleas Rhododendrons Camellias * * Agapanthus * Buganvillas Caryopteris varieties * * * And Ceanathus a large number of them. I left for her final hydrangeas, I call my plant reference, which is our indicator of the lack of water, are among the first plants to highlight the lack of water, besides lack of trace elements such as iron, iron chlorosis is one of the most typical and identifiable, as the leaf turns yellow but the veins remain green in one volume, surely we all have seen more than once. With regard to the trees we can plant and as the bushes can opt for a large number of them, but in this case I would highlight some that are more special to me: * Albizia julibrinssis var. Rosae, is a tree by its striking pink flowers in summer but also its compound leaf gives a very striking sensations when they are moved by the wind. Its ramifications are often warped and elegant foliage is assimilated to the fern. Supports well be planted by the sea. * Liquidambar stryraciflua. This tree is one that must not fail in a garden, this tree is large in size therefore not very suitable for small gardens, but its trunk winged its large palmate leaves and especially its deep red color before losing sheet, are very pleasant in winter because most of the trees the leaves change to yellow and then fall, not the liquidambar changing to a deep red before falling, so the contrast is incredible. * Bettina pendula alba (Birch). In contrast to earlier in this tree in addition to their slender trunk should highlight their immaculate white, which will gradually peeling, is very appealing especially for children, as they checked in quickly and easily than trees have life and that each variety is different from another, especially in these small details. * Gingko Biloba. Another interesting tree, its features are impressive, is the oldest tree, the leaves of two lobes, which therefore is called biloba are his curiosity as he can be close to confirmed, to have only primary venation. As curiosity is the plant and animal species that stand closest to the epicenter of the atomic bomb. Therefore it must be another tree in our garden shows * I would like to close the chapter are to highlight some more trees, including chestnut, hornbeam, Prune, lagestroemias, etc.. But especially maples, there are a number of interesting varieties in this area are perfectly from the dwarfs (palmatum) we can find varieties of different leaf types and colors, to the largest with innumerable varieties, all magnificent. Interestingly, the real growth of the tree to assess if we can put in our garden or not, if we put a tree too big garden may be too much in shadow, making it even smaller. Another point to consider is the type of soil, although these delimiting the geographical area by the climate and in this case the Atlantic climate gives us a niche specific soil factor is interesting, especially if we find too much clay soils and growth of many varieties of trees and shrubs will be reduced due to this factor. Finally we discuss the conifers. First to make a difference in their height, we say that we have a large varieties and other dwarf varieties so that we focus putting in a garden or another. In small gardens attached large never plant varieties, such as cedar or spruce, is very typical plant the Christmas tree in our garden, but this grows and grows and when it is 6 meters and not as funny or as flashy as we has covered the garden. In this climate we are in, the Atlantic, the varieties that are going to adapt are endless, the only thing we consider is that a garden Commits need very well drained, especially in areas where rainfall is abundant, not we allow these trees have an excess of water and they will begin to have a large number of diseases, especially root as is phytoctora. Another recommendation is that the sea Conifers with not all fit, because the salinity of water, I will not give a list but a recommendation at the time of planting conifers in a garden by the sea, we look at the gardens Municipal our environment, or in private gardens that are around us and with this experience and we will plant our species, with greater security. At a general level, the most commonly used in small and medium gardens are dwarf varieties, for the creation of rockeries, we highlight the following: attach to rock gardens * Ellwoodii * Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Minima Aurea Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Minima Glauca * * Chamaecyparis obtusa Nana * Compress comunis Juniperus Picea Glauca Conica * * * Spruce Picea Glauca Abies Alba nidiformis * Pinus Mugo PumillaRamón Escobar’s chief of staff of Landscaping

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