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Submitted By: Ki Gray
What makes a neighborhood walkable? Streets and roads that are accessible for everyone; and have wheelchair ramps, lots of benches with shade and sidewalks on all streets.
Walkable neighborhoods have well designed streets that everyone can use, including bicyclists, pedestrians of all ages and abilities, people getting on and off transit vehicles.
Another thing to look for in walkable neighborhoods are well connected streets that improve traffic and provide many routes to any destination ...
In Category: Destinations
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Submitted By: Ki Gray
Canopy. That's a great word and a comforting thought when shade is what you need on a hot day. When it's canopy provided by trees, the word and the comfort loom refreshingly larger in the mind of any summer sun-smitten shade seeker. No man made shade offers quite the appeal of the dark and dappled shade of a live oak tree on a sun-baked lawn.
Austin has a rich urban canopy and, although trees can cause problems with utility lines above ground and roots that break sewer and water lines belo ...
In Category: Destinations
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Submitted By: Cindy Heller
Your house will look more beautiful with the addition of indoor bonsai trees. These plants are mostly cultivated by experts because there are certain techniques that should be used to limit the growth of the plants. They also need certain cares to make sure that they grow for years to come. When you buy one from a nursery, you need to continue taking care of the plant after it goes out from the shop. The price of indoor bonsai trees is not cheap so it is best to be careful with them.
A bonsai ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Melvin Ng
There are many types of Bonsai trees available and the first decision for anyone interested in growing Bonsai trees is what type of Bonsai tree to purchase. This is an important decision because there are various other things that a Bonsai cultivator must purchase and all of them depend on the type of Bonsai tree. The design of the pot, type of tools, etc. are all such factors. There is also the matter of really gathering knowledge about the tree that is selected. What are the trees optimal grow ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Aydan Corkern
As we all know, we have four seasons during the course of one year. Do you have a favorite? Spring is pretty when everything comes alive after its long sleep. Summer is nice as the weather is warm, and this is the time for all of us to travel. Winter is just cold and dismal. Animals go to sleep, and it snows a lot. I think the most beautiful season is fall.
During the fall season, the weather is just right most of the time. It is not too hot and not too cold. All of our colors seem to come a ...
In Category: Nature
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Submitted By: Ki Gray
The average home spends a whopping $1500 annually on energy costs an energy bottom line that is much bigger than it needs to be, because a significant portion of that energy is wasted and lost. The good news is, changing just a few simple things around your house can make a big difference and save a lot of energy and money.
More than 10% of a home's energy is consumed by light bulbs. By changing from standard incandescent bulb to compact florescent bulbs (CFLs), you can cut that consumption ...
In Category: Home Improvement
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Submitted By: Patrick Downey
Copyright (c) 2010 Patrick Downey
Bonsai trees (miniature replicas of larger trees) have been a source of beauty and awe in private gardens and public arboretums for decades. You will be able to choose any perennial tree or shrub species that will complement any décor and/or setting in the size and style you want for your bonsai tree. There are also bonsai trees that are available for both indoor and outdoor settings. There are sizes and styles and varieties of bonsai trees that will ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Alex Stacey
The earliest makers of artificial flowers were the Chinese. The Italians followed suit in the twelfth century. However, it was the French who mastered this art, giving their Italian counterparts stiff competition.
Artificial flowers can be made of materials like fabric, paper, clay, and even soap. The common fabrics used for this purpose include silk, rayon, cotton, muslin, and crepe.
The point to be kept in mind while making flowers from paper is that paper is not exactly the most durab ...
In Category: Product Reviews
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Submitted By: Aydan Corkern
Have you ever noticed the trees around your home and the amount of damage that nature does to them every day? If they have had a lot of water under their roots, it can cause the tree to die off because their roots will become rotten and this tree will die. Some of your trees will have all kinds of mold on them that will live off of this tree until the tree itself dies. We lose many of our trees because of this very reason, and our world needs these trees because they put oxygen back into our air ...
In Category: Home Landscaping
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Submitted By: George Dodge
The majority of bonsai gardeners stick with the more common coniferous, deciduous, or fruit trees when creating their bonsai art collection. However, more exotic varieties can be found that permit the bonsai artist to further develop his or her skills.
An excellent alternative to the more traditional bonsai is Wisteria, a native of China, Korea, and Japan. In the wild, Wisteria can reach 30 feet or more in size. However, since Wisteria doesn't conform to any of the normal bonsai styles, fo ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Jon Kelly
Christmas Card Recycling has been a holiday craft project for many decades. I am sure some people are thinking, why bother with Christmas card recycling? Let's first go back in time to where life moved at a slower pace and where Christmas was not so commercialized. Handmade gifts were lovingly made and greatly appreciated. Christmas was less stressful and thinking of and giving to others was the greatest priority. Christmas card recycling allows quality time spent with children and there is ...
In Category: Crafts
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Submitted By: Ki Gray
Austin takes its trees pretty seriously. This spring the Austin City Council considered rules for how developers can both treat existing trees on a property and quotas for planting future trees. This effort comes through the city's Watershed Protection Department and would represent the first major change to Austin's tree rules in 25 years.
As reported by the Austin-American Statesman, these rules are part of an ongoing effort to reduce the effects of urban heat islands, which are exactly w ...
In Category: Environmental Reviews
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Submitted By: Bob Bastian
Do you know that bonsai trees are a great looking plant? You will find that you can make your room and home look just as you want it to with your bonsai. You will find that you can get a great look with silk bonsai trees as well. You do not have to have a real life plant to create a great looking space.
The silk bonsai trees that you find in the stores today are going to be a great addition to any home or office. You will be able to use your bonsai anywhere that you want in your home. You c ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Ruediger Schmidt
If you desire to study how to sketch a tree, initiate your drawing with a primary sketch consisting of branches, trunks (inside structure), and leaves (peripheral structure).
When drawing trees, the single most important factor is lighting. Examine the light direction and shadow quality in the tree you are sketching and start a fixed pattern of shading the leafy areas.
When drawing, shadowed areas will be darker and will need heavier lines; partially shaded regions require a considerably l ...
In Category: Painting/Drawing
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Submitted By: Melvin Ng
The term bonsai brings up a mental picture of miniature Japanese trees that are cut and pruned to certain specifications. However, the term bonsai literally translated, means plant in a tray. These trees are much smaller than what one might normally expect they do not really have to be just a few inches tall. They can be grown in pots in the garden.
A lot of people believe that the training and maintenance of a Bonsai tree is a very cruel practice. This is because these people assume that th ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Lee Dobbins
Flowers are one of the most delightful creations that nature has to offer but not all flowers need to grow at ground level. In fact, the flowering crabapple tree offers a gorgeous cascade of flowers right at eye level.
Crabapple trees are very popular for being able to provide aesthetics throughout the year. They give delight in all four seasons. During springtime, the delicate colors of the buds and leaves of crabapple trees can be very pleasant. The buds can be of one color and the opened ...
In Category: Home Landscaping
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Submitted By: Chris Jensen
May need to start selling them as they grow! Schefflera are some of the easiest plants to propagate. Have read that they can be propagated by air layering, but will admit that I don't like the idea of marring the appearance of the mother plant, even temporarily. Instead of air layering, pruned branches from myschefflera and put the in perlite.
Perlite is a great rooting medium. It works even better if you first dip the end of the pruned branch in some powdered rooting article. You will want t ...
In Category: Home Landscaping
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Submitted By: Victor Epand
What plants, other than ferns and cut-leaf maples, would you recommend to be included in a japanese garden? There is a great variety of plants that could be used in a japanese garden. It depends on what type of garden you have in mind. Japanese gardens have evolved from primitive "Tei" gardens, to gardens that were influenced by the Sung and Tang Dinasties.
These gardens were very sumptuous and depicted dramatic landscape features. There were also Buddhist gardens that depicted paradise on ea ...
In Category: Indoor Plants
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Submitted By: Lee Dobbins
Gardens are one of the most important aspects of your home in terms of aesthetic value. The first thing that people see when they approach the house is the landscape and to make a great impression of your house, your garden should be vibrant. There is no better way of making a garden stunningly beautiful than adding brilliant colors amidst the green backdrop and this can be done by planting flowering shrubs.
What Are Flowering Shrubs?
The term flowering shrubs refers to a particular group ...
In Category: Home Landscaping
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Submitted By: April Kerr
Bob Ross was a versatile painter and television anchor from America who was born in the year of 1942 on 29th October. Bob's place of birth was Daytona Beach in Florida. Before he became famous as a painter, he had a long career in American air force for about 20 years.
His posting was mostly in Alaska and he used to take care of the medical services there. After retiring from the air force services he earned huge fame in all over the world for his paintings and television shows.
Bob Ross ...
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