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Archive for July, 2010

According to Feng Shui, it is important for a home to maintain organization and cleanliness to be able to promote chi or the positive energy in Feng Shui. De-cluttering your home from one corner to another should be done regularly as the virtues of Feng Shui upholds. The bedroom, kitchen, living room, and bathroom should always be in their best organization to be able to live in the best condition at home.

Inside the bedroom, the bottom of the bed accumulates the most dirt and dust there is inside the room. This is usually the case because whenever we clean the bedroom, we forget to sweep under the bed creating a deposit of dirt down there. This should be the area inside the bedroom that should be checked regularly. The closet should also be well-organized. As much as possible you should remove all the stuff that you are no longer using inside your closet.

In the kitchen, you should remove all waste inside the refrigerator. Food that has been on there for a long time should be thrown away in the trash. This is not only compliant with the virtues of Feng Shui but it is also a health hazard if spoiled food stays inside the refrigerator for a long time.

In the living room, the furniture that you place in there should always be in harmony with each other and they should be a hindrance in any walkway. The decorations placed in this room should always be in the correct position and they should always be dusted off.

In the bathroom, the toiletries inside it should always be orderly inside the cabinet. The bathroom fixtures such as the toilet bowl and the bathtub should be regularly cleaned and free from any sludge or stains.

A lot of nutrients and chemical elements are required for development of plants. Most of these nutrients can be found in large quantities even just in bare soil. Yet, repetitive growing of similar kind of plants in one location tends to deplete these nutrients thus making it insufficient for other batches of plants to grow on. The common nutrients that easily get depleted from the soil due to repetitive planting are phosphorus, nitrogen, and potassium. But this is not really a big issue since nowadays gardeners can buy fertilizers that can replenish the nutrient content of the soil allowing plants to have enough of them even if the soil is subjected to repetitive planting.

Composting is another solution that can be taken to address depletion of nutrients from the soil. Compost is a mixture of soil and decomposing plants and other organic matter that serves as humus and fertilizer. In the home garden, you can easily create a compost pit by just digging a hole where you can place all your biodegradable wastes so that it will be decomposed in the soil and the nutrients will easily mix with it.

Aside from this, you can also opt to create compost pile instead of compost pit. Compost pile consists of layers of weeds, leaves, twigs, branches, and plant remains. These materials are alternately placed altogether to decompose then their final product is sprinkled into the soil to serve as fertilizer.

When relocating to a new home, you need to bring along with you all your important belongings and give away the ones that you will not be using. A challenge that home movers experience that you may also be face with is how to carefully pack and transport fragile possessions that may easily get damaged or broken if handled improperly. Here are some materials that you use when packing your fragile possessions for a move.

Use old Styrofoam in packing fragile items in boxes. When you buy appliances, they usually come in box that is bounded by Styrofoam inside it. Styrofoam is a white and soft material that can protect your belonging from breaking when it falls or experiences strong impact during transport. Fragile devices can be packed in Styrofoam protected boxes to ensure safety.

Use bubble wrap in smaller fragile items such as glass decorations, figurines, and kitchenware. A bubble wrap is a sheet of plastic that is filled with air bubbles. The air bubbles will serve as the protection of your small belongings.

If you do not have any of these two, you can improvise by using many sheets of newspaper when packing. Before you put any fragile item in a box, you can fill it up with crumpled newspaper which can serve as the cushion and protection of the fragile things you will be bringing along with you when you move.