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Spring plants are growing fast

April 13, 2008 by Tricia

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Now that spring is here and I can actually see my garden it’s interesting to look out at it and see what new things have popped up from the ground or how much each new plant has grown. Some seem to grow several inches in a day or so!

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I think these are tulips.

The tips of this plant were bright flaming red when we first uncovered them from the leaves that they were buried under.

I think all of the crocus’ in the backyard are blooming now. I planted them in the lawn and near the edges of the garden beds rather than directly in the beds. It looks more natural that way and it’s amazing how pretty they look popping out of the grass as they do:

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The way things are speeding along this spring I won’t have long to enjoy the crocus.

Is anything blooming in your garden yet?

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Filed Under: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Home and Lifestyle, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Tricia's Garden Tagged With: amazing, backyard, bloom, blooming, cleaned up, crocus, garden, garden beds, green thumb, Green Thumb Sunday, interesting, lawn, leaves, photo, plant, pretty, spring, sunday, tulip

Tired of shopping retail for swimwear – I’m buying online this year

April 12, 2008 by Tricia

I was just talking about how pool season is coming up and that got me thinking about swimsuits. If you’re shopping retail and you need a swimsuit you might be out of luck by now.

That’s what I hate about shopping retail for seasonal items. If you want to get a decent swimsuit or any swimsuit at all you pretty much have to shop for it in January or February in this area. Same goes for shorts and other summer wear.

Oh sure, the stores might still have some summer wear in stock, but by the time the first heat wave roles around there won’t be one suit in sight! Instead the stores will have winter coats and boots. I’m sorry but the last thing I’m thinking of in the dead of winter is a skimpy bikini and likewise I’m not thinking of down coats during a heat wave!

Has that happened to you too? The first hot day in spring or summer comes along and you feel like putting on shorts or slipping into a bathing suit so you can go for a swim and when you go shopping for new items the stores are out of stock. Frustrating isn’t it?

That’s why I’m so happy that there are online stores that specialize in seasonal wear. Take SwimSuitsForAll.com as an example. You can purchase swimwear 7 days a week, 24 hours a day year round.

Another thing that I like about this online swimwear shop is that they have a wide selection of styles ranging from tankinis, bikinis to one piece swimsuits and everything in between. They even carry plus sizes.

I was looking at their pre-season sale items when I noticed that they also carry swimwear for those with long torsos. That’s me! I have long legs, but I’ve also got a long torso. Most of my life I’ve had to purchase a bathing suit one size bigger than I really need just so I can get the length. I’m going to spend some time looking over their selection. Perhaps I’ll finally be able to get a swimsuit that fits properly.

Take a look at their swimwear. I’m sure you’ll find something cute for summer and the great thing is you can buy it whenever you want rather than relying on retails strange stocking schedule!

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Overlapping petals

April 12, 2008 by Tricia

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This weeks theme is Twisted

Geranium Johnson's Blue

I was busy looking for some interesting picture that I might have taken in the past to use for the Twisted theme when I realized that many of my garden plants have stages where they appear twisted.

Take this Johnson’s Blue Geranium for example. The petals are slightly twisted when the bloom first appears. The petals overlap slightly in a clockwise fan shape.

This is actually a very pretty tiny flower. The photo above is a macro so the flower appears much larger than it is in real life. I guess the flowers are only an inch or less in diameter, but the plant is just covered in flowers and buds when it blooms.

Filed Under: Gardening, Home and Lifestyle, Photo Hunters, Photography, Recreation, Toronto, Tricia's Garden Tagged With: bloom, blooms, buds, delicate flower, flower, flowers, garden, images, interest, interesting, Johnsons blue geranium, life, macro, overlap, overlapping petals, photo, photo hunt, photohunt, photos, picture, plant, plants, pretty, small flower, twist, twisted, twisted petals

Getting ready to open your pool? learn more about chemical free pool systems

April 10, 2008 by Tricia

Now that spring has arrived I’m sure many of you have taken some time to enjoy the nice weather. Perhaps the weather’s nice enough in some areas that you’re even starting to think about how you’ll enjoy your summer?

We don’t have a pool. Heck, with our small yard we don’t even have room for a pond. However, some of our friends have pools and they are already starting to talk about preparing their pool for the upcoming hot days of summer.

Do you already have a pool? Perhaps your big landscaping project this year will be the addition of a pool or spa? If so, I’m envious!

If you already have a pool or if you’ve been thinking of installing a pool have you thought about what kind of treatment you will use to maintain the pools water quality?

I know if we were lucky enough to have a pool I’d want to try to use an environmentally friendly pool treatment system. You see, we have an organic garden. We don’t use any chemicals on our land to get rid of pests or to fertilize our plants, so it only makes sense that we’d try to maintain a pool or pond with the same chemical free standards.

If you’re interested in learning more about environmentally friendly pool treatments you should visit Ecosmartepool.com. They specialize in chlorine free pools and spas.

I think everyone knows that Chlorine treated pool systems aren’t the best. Certainly chlorine isn’t very good for the environment.

Now you might be thinking that salt water pools are a safe alternative? I know I did before I read some of the articles at Ecosmartepool.com.

Salt water pools actually use chlorine generators to keep the water clean. Chlorine generators can make it easier to maintain your pool, but they require a lot of maintenance and one type of Chlorine generator makes a byproduct that is messy and not easily disposed.

Wouldn’t it be much better overall if you could use a system that was 100% chemical free?

EcoSmarte specializes in chlorine, salt water and hazardous chemical free pool systems, spa systems, and pond systems. They also carry EcoSmart filter glass media which is used for pool treatment systems.

The EcoSmarte pool systems use natural oxygen to maintain clean pool water. There systems are easier to use than chlorine based systems and safer than ozone. The natural oxygen system is also much more effective than bromine or bacquacil.

The people behind EcoSmarte believe in protecting the environment and are in fact against Salt water and chlorine based pool systems. They even donate 5% of their profits to environmental charities.

You’ll save money by using the EcoSmarte pool system too. Think about it. You won’t be purchasing chemicals regularly to maintain your pool system. Plus, the EcoSmarte pool system is energy efficient. It costs less than $1 a month to operate.

With all of those benefits it’s certainly worth considering isn’t it?

EcoSmarte offers a 60 day satisfaction guarantee and a 5 year warranty on all purchases. Visit their site to compare their pool treatment system to several other types of treatment systems, then if you’re interested in learning more about their product you can contact them for more information and a product brochure and a free quote.

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Garbage pickers – identity thieves?

April 8, 2008 by Tricia

Something odd happened last night. I took our puppy Midnight out front at about 12:30 a.m. so she could do her final business of the night and we were both startled to see two people picking through our neighbors garbage.

There were two guys riding around on bikes that had what appeared to be home-made trailers attached to them. They were stopping at every house to go through the garbage.

Now I don’t mind if someone takes something that I’ve set out that we no longer plan to use. Maybe a broken chair that someone thinks they can repair, an old TV or something like that, certainly not my Rimowa. In fact when I’ve put items like that out I’m usually glad someone came by and took it because I’m pretty sure the garbage men wouldn’t take some of the things we’ve put out.

These guys weren’t just looking for furniture, appliances or other loose items by the garbage though. They were actually opening up garbage cans or garbage bags and going through them.

When I first saw the two curbside pickers I was about to go outside with Midnight but I pulled her back and waited hoping they’d go away. Midnight must have realized I didn’t trust the two young men and she watched them from the screen door and let out low rumbling growls.

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