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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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Your plants are as important as your health. You must have the necessary precautions when engaging in gardening. It is a constant work it takes days or even months so it is essential to care for oneself and is hydrated, wearing clothing appropriate to the situation, caring for your skin and if necessary or vicera a hat to protect from the continuous onslaught of the sun.

A major objective is achieved with the binding of small efforts. You can not think that the faster the job done best will come out, it is vital to get daily targets or timetables and also to take breaks between effort and effort and sometimes the thrill of reaching the goal does not think head and end up making mistakes, is a way to be moving through as required and with much patience. One can be excited to start the construction of the garden but one must be cautious and design the plan before you start. It is advisable to grab a pencil and paper and turn the idea into a sketch or a referral to a professional issue. That according to the budget will dictate. This saves time, effort and there is clear where he wants to go.

A garden gives another picture of a house. Get a beautiful garden is hard work that takes many hours of dedication but, but if I can do whatever works consciously. For a beginner the best guide is to follow good advice. We will give you 6 tips to ensure you have the garden of your dreams.

After having the design and to visualize our goal and make a list of materials and tools you need to do the job, because not started working with all the necessary enthusiasm and could stop wasting time, so it is advisable to prevent needs in order to work knowing that the tools are at your service.

Find out how to get the best tools as these can save half the time in the construction of your garden. Internet is a great industry with opportunities where you can only navigate patiently find places where you can buy these tools.

The meticulous research makes the work of art. We must take into account important factors when choosing which plants will be bought because the climate and soil play a major role and can become the factor of poor growth of a plant making an ugly image to your garden.

Remember that it is important to follow these 6 tips to succeed and achieve the main objective is to create a dream garden but most of all the idea of this process is that you enjoy while watching your garden grow

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Grow vegetables in your own garden and to eat healthy with them is an excellent idea. The cultivation of vegetables is not difficult, so people have done since ancient times, when there were no markets to buy vegetables and fruits for food.

What plants need?

• Sun: The plants should receive light and heat from direct sunlight for 6 to 8 hours a day, will therefore be better placed in an appropriate site for this purpose.

• Water: We need to irrigate the plants with water every day because they need this vital liquid on a regular schedule for the leaves do not dry out and become brittle.

• Ground is the most important factor of a garden because the plants are held throughout the year when the soil is rich in organic matter. There also will grow strong and free from diseases and pests. Therefore, make sure the soil is ready or properly nourished to allow the plants develop well. We must also note that the plants do not like wet soil or slope. We will have to level the ground first and also form barriers so that water does not come from other sources rather than the garden.

• Tools: Although you need for your vegetable garden is not complicated, however, must have the necessary tools for planting vegetables and their daily care. Basically need a shovel, a rake, a hose, a trowel, a hoe, a skimmer, stakes and a mower.

• Close: It is necessary that the area where the plants will grow free from the games of children and pets walk, so it may create a fence with plants or wire netting or other material at the same time to protect their crops and do not give an unpleasant appearance to your garden.

The more practical purchase with your vegetable garden more will be attracted / or activity, especially when you can harvest fresh fruit to prepare the meal of the day, without having to go to market for them. Besides the satisfaction of eating healthy foods is a luxury that not every family can be.

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Decorate and cultivate a garden is a joy that goes beyond the simple fact of growing plants or flowers. Work on your own garden is a health treatment. Produces well in the body, as we work face to face with nature and connects us with it. In addition, physically also is great because it allows us to exercise our bodies. But also, if we garden, we must not miss the opportunity to decorate. With minimal ideas to decorate a garden, it will become a fundamental part of the overall decoration of the house.

Choice of plants and flowers for the garden

The start time to decorate the gardens are hard and sometimes you can come to doubt if you’re doing it correctly or not. But soon start growing flowers and plants and the uncertainty has its rewards. We must begin by choosing plants or flowers that we put in our garden. To do this we must first consider the type of weather in our area and plants that are adapted to it.

One of the ideas to decorate a garden more important is choosing plants, always depending on their hardiness. Depending on weather in the area where we live, so shall also the survival of the plants we choose for our garden. A good way to know correctly what plants grow well in your area is to consult with a professional gardener. He may inform you plant species that are well adapted to the climate where you are and what’s not. It’s a good way to ensure the success of the plantation.

Also come into play the very nature of our garden because the soil type is equally or more important than the weather. Therefore, we must do a slight study of the characteristics of our soil to determine what kind of plants will grow well in our area.

And once we have weaknesses and strengths of our land, then proceed to decide what we want and where to plant or cultivate. We should do a study of the major problems that may arise and possible solutions we can develop.

Ideas for decorating a garden

Here is perhaps the trickiest part of the process, it is the moment when we began to decorate our garden. One of the best ideas to decorate a garden is to get a map of the garden and on the plane, conducting a small representation of the colors that we will give depending on what you’re going to grow.

This is a complicated issue because it is difficult to get an overall picture of the terrain. To get a little in a situation you can use cardboard, wood chips or anything that resembles and may represent the plant we want to put in each place.

Of course, you can decorate your garden yourself without outside help from professionals, but we assure you that it is unlikely that the first successes. As already mentioned in a land so large is difficult to get an overview of the entire distribution. Finding your ideal garden is an empirical question, trial and error to find exactly what you want for your land.

Although there are many possibilities, it depends on your imagination. You have to take into account the sizes, shapes, colors and textures with each of the plants and flowers.

Enlist the help of a professional landscaper

If you’re too clueless to seek ideas for decorating a garden, you can always enlist the help of a landscape architect who will design a garden journal, because he knows exactly what’s right for your land, what will do better and how maximize the characteristics.

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