The storms do not spare anyone or anything, not even our gardens. To minimize if not completely prevent damage, you must take some measures to secure your plants. Here are some tips on how to protect your plants from heavy rains.

• Check the drainage system or canals for clogging. Remove anything that will cause flooding. Also check the drainage holes of your pots to prevent stagnant water in the plant roots.

• Transfer potted plants that cannot stand too much wetness or strong winds to a dry and covered area with good ventilation for safety.

• Apply fungicide before and after a long period of rain. Withhold watering if you know that heavy rains are coming.

• Prone heavily the crown of big trees and remove heavy branches. Top-heavy trees can easily be toppled down by strong winds.

• Cut down tree branches that may fall on electric wires, roofs, green house or plant beds and benches.

• Paint your metal benches, wrought iron chairs, tables, fences, and steel posts with a good rust-proofing agent.

• Incline your plastic sheet roofing over your plants to prevent water to gather and accumulate. The weight of the accumulated water may break or tear it.

• Remove plastic roofing or netting on your green house temporarily to avoid being blown or torn by strong winds.

• Trees may be struck and burned by lightning. Set up a metal pole taller than the trees but away from them and stick it deep into the ground. The metal pole will attract the lightning bolt and conduct it to the ground instead of hitting the trees.

• Anchor big trees to the ground by tying their trunks on four sides with strong G.I. wire. Tie the ends of the wire on strong wooden pegs stuck to the ground. Put heavy boulders on top of these pees. This way, the trees can resist or withstand the blow of stormy winds. You can further secure the anchorage by surrounding the base of trees with heavy boulders.

• If you previously applied much around the plants during the hot summer months, you have to remove these now to prevent excess water from accumulating around the plants.

• Remove infected or diseased plant parts before the rains set in. These infected parts may spread the disease further to the healthy parts of your plants.

• Put up windbreakers such as fishnets and cyclone wires along the side of your garden where strong wind comes in.

• A little before and right after the rain, thrips, slugs and snails as well as host of other pests and parasites will infest your garden. Spray your plants with a water based insecticide or other type of pesticide suited for each type of pests. Try to use the environment-friendly brands.

• Treat wounded parts of trees with a sealing fungicide to prevent infection spreading into the inner parts.

• It is alright to allow weeds and grasses to grow before and during the rainy season to absorb excess water in the ground. But insects and other pests thrive there, so remove these grasses soon after the rain.

• Do not burn dead leaves, grasses and fallen branches, shred or chop them finely and bury in compose pits. They can become organic fertilizers.

• Save as much rainwater as you can, in big containers. You can use it to water your plants during summer days.

• Plants like heliconias, birds of paradise, cannas, flowering gingers, curcuma, and ornamental bananas love to be flooded.

• Liliums, agaves, palms and pines can withstand moderate to steady rain.

• Ti plant, gumamela, santan, dracaena, and duranta are sturdy enough to be left out in the rain.

• Ground covers like yellow peanut, cucharitas and grasses will prevent soil erosion.

• Annuals like vincas, petunias, mums, gloxinias are very delicate and need a regulated watering.

• Sansivieria, aloe vera and most succulents will rot in too much water.

Surprisingly enough, a UK court has ruled today that Steven Gerrard is innocent of affray after beating up on a DJ at a local nightclub. The fight started after the DJ refused to play the Liverpool star’s choice of music after management had already given Gerrard the go-ahead.

Apparently, Steven was shocked at his behavior and couldn’t understand why McGee would not allow him to choose his own music. I would personally like to know what Steven chose to play to begin with that put the DJ in such a rage – Michael Jackson perhaps?

Michael Jackson simply won’t die! The Michael Jackson news just keeps coming and coming and now it seems that having exhausted all the possibilities and combinations of news stories the media are unfortunately turning their attention to his fourth son.

I’ve just read in Metro that he has a fourth son, who I’ve never head of before, and in the article it says that the child may not be his. Apparently, his fourth child, Omer Bhatti, could be a love child from a single encounter back in 1984.

Back in 1984 I was getting ready to go to college and Michael Jackson was in his prime. That was the same year he was injured in that infamous Pepsi incident as I recall.

The thing is, why would anyone be surprised that the guy might not be Jackson’s son when his surname is Bhatti? It’s possible that his love child was adopted and that the mother took him as his own and never told Michael that he had a child until years later.

I really feel for these poor children who will never be out of the media spotlight. Michael Jackson was fading from the news until the O2 concerts, but it’s likely he would have disappeared back into obscurity after this tour. That would have given his children some protection during their difficult teen years – something that Michael Jackson never had.

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Have you ever thought that your expenditure can be a great way to save some money? Never, I guess. It will not be an exaggeration if I say that you can save one-third of your daily expenses, if you spend with a little bit of planning and research.
We often end up paying more on products that are available in some other shop at a lower price. And, all we do is regret after having made the purchase. We wish we had not made our purchases from that particular shop.

There are thousands of shops around us that hand out profitable discounts. But we fail to know about them, as we never search for them. If you conduct a research, you would come across numerous discount offers waiting for you to grab them. There are discounts on linen, food stuff, baby products, dairy products, electronic gadgets, cosmetics, grocery items, toiletries, so on and so forth.

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Design really matters if you want to achieve success in Internet.

You should know that the first impression is very important in business. For example, you pay much attention to business cards because they are not only the source of information but also your company’s face. You also dress up for business meetings to look properly. You try to be serious, promising and a good person to deal with.

When you make the decision to create a website you must take into account that the laws work here.

Actually, design is the first thing you should care for while making a website no matter if you do it yourself or hire professionals. Although it takes time and money, it always pays off. Multifunctional and well-designed site that is easy to navigate will bring you prominence and much success in Internet.

Even if you do not know much about HTML coding, source files and server specs you can always notice if the site has professional looks or no. Moreover, it is what you clients estimate first when they come to your webpage.

Today growing companies and corporations can use special site builders if they want to make a site. With their help you can create your own website having no programming or designing skills. As the matter of fact you do not have to pay a fortune for the Packages to have your site completed at once - they cost not much.

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Create a website and do not forget that success of your business depends much on the design of your webpage.

Even though losing weight may seem difficult and tedious at times, there are definitely ways for you to maximize any weight loss routine to it’s full potential. If you are losing weight in order to better your health, that is a good way to keep your focus on the weight loss since saving your life and bettering yourself physically can be great motivation for you to do without excuses. Though many people may think that they have to settle for slow, arduous and painful tasks when trying to lose weight, they may be pleasantly surprised to know that they can make their weight loss not only easier, but much more faster and enjoyable for them to take on. You can be certain that maximizing the amount of pounds that you lose can be within your control and that it can be done if you really want it. In order to maximize your weight loss, you must remember to be detailed, specific and organized in what it is that you are wanting to achieve.I find that it helps to write down everything as well - from the duration of your weight loss routine, to the amount of pounds that you want to lose, deadlines, as well as your diet and how you plan to meet your goals. You can even go as far as writing down the amount of calories that you wish to burn per day (for example, 200+ calories per day). Keeping a detailed writing of what everything that you do and want in the future can help you to keep track of your successes and what works best for you. Maximizing your weight loss will also mean that you should incorporate as many effective aspects of weight loss as you can including; diet, exercise, and supplements that are effective and safe.

For those who have seen the cockpit of the plane while in flight already have the opportunity of seeing avionics in action. Technically, this term mean aviation electronics. It consists of systems being used in aircraft and also in artificial satellites. The term also refers to the science and technology of that applies to aeronautics. It can also be categorized as aircraft and mission or tactical.

Those who are familiar with aviation and have a background in aircraft are very much familiar to this term. Airlines and even the military find this technology very helpful because it can provide numerous benefits. However, the problem starts when the aircraft experiences problems due to its parts.

If there are any problems related to the deterioration of parts of the aircraft which can affect the overall condition of the aircraft itself, it is necessary to replace these parts immediately. Before, it is hard to look for parts of aircrafts because you need to search for the national stock numbers and the manufacturer part number before you can look for companies that sell those parts. However, it was a good thing that the internet was introduced because it made life easier for people. Sourcing and researching for spare parts will be as easy as shopping online through websites that provide aircraft parts procurement services. However, it is essential to select a company that is already reputable in the field and has a wide database to search on. It won’t be a hassle anymore to look for parts that need replacement.