Garden Decors

Do you have an artistic flair, and take pleasure in drawing, painting, and other artistic endeavors, and own a garage that is functioning solely as a storage shed? Well, then why don’t you consider disposing of those stacked up storage boxes, or finding an alternate storage space, and transform your garage into an art studio?

A garage is generally much larger and will provide much more space to explore your artistic activities than to try and use any other room inside your house – plus, a garage gives you the freedom to expand to the outdoors. But before you just dive head first into a project to turn your garage into a studio, you should spend some time doing a little research and planning first.

You should think about how you want all of your art supplies and tools set up inside your new studio. It’s a good idea to list everything that you will want to store and use there such as an easel, drop cloth, canvases, paints and other supplies that you will be using for your art. You can then start to think about where everything will be stored and what you will want to store it all in.

In your room layout, be sure to consider the direction that you would like to be facing. Being able to see out of any garage windows is generally beneficial or you might consider opening up the garage doors on a nice day.

When you are transforming your garage into your own art studio there is a lot of work that has to be done, but you will be able to do it with a little bit of proper planning. As long as you are sure to include everything that you are going to need on your list and think of the proper place to put it everything will come together the way it should.

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What can we plant in our gardens this spring that will insure plenty of material to fill our vases, bowls and other flower containers this summer? The answer is annuals. Annuals are probably used for cutting more than any other type of flower. They may be used alone or combined with perennial or shrub blossoms.

An annual is a plant which completes its life cycle in one year, or in one growing season. Plant it this spring, and it will bloom this summer – and no more. The term “annual” is also applied loosely to perennial plants which bloom the first year from seeds but do not normally survive low winter temperatures even though they are perennial in warmer zones.

Annual plants of a limited number of varieties may be purchased in the spring. For a much wider selection, seeds should be sown. Plant them at the proper time to insure good germination. Often this information is given in catalogs or on seed packets.

You will learn that sweet peas must be planted very early and in a place where they can climb on something. Seeds that volunteer freely such as annual phlox, larkspurs and China asters can safely be planted in latest fall or earliest spring. Zinnias, cosmos, and dahlias should not be sown until the ground warms up in the spring. For an early start, plant seeds such as petunias, dahlias and salvias in flower pots or boxes to grow in a sunny window until time to set them out in the garden.

If necessary, the growing plants may be a part of the general garden scheme. A better way is to have a secluded area set aside, such as a small shaded patio for a cutting garden. Here they may be grown in rows and the blossoms cut freely without thought of marring your garden designs. They may be cultivated easily with the hoe, and tended like a vegetable garden. The location should preferably be sunny.

A rich soil results in better plants which will produce better flowers. Compost, peat moss or similar material will help the soil structure and enable seeds to push through more easily than in a hard packed soil. After plants are up and growing, mulches such as dried grass clippings, hay or straw may be placed between the rows and around the plants to retain moisture, keep the soil from cracking or baking and discourage weed growth. After your annuls begin to bloom, keep the flowers picked. The more you pick, the more they bloom- and once you let them set seed, the flowers will cease to come.