Extremely Drought Tolerant Perennials
A Starter List of Plants for the Gardener Who Doesn’t Like to Water (or water conscience gardeners).
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http://www.perennialresource.com/photo_essay.php?ID=311
The Best Water-Wise Plants for Drought-Tolerant Gardens
Pictures and Ideas for Your Drought-Tolerant Landscape
https://www.thespruce.com/water-wise-plants-drought-tolerant-gardens-2736715
Reasons to Consider Drought-Tolerant Landscaping
Drought-tolerant landscaping has become more popular and even mandatory in regions that experience little or sporadic rainfall. Some regions and cities impose fines or offer rebates and incentives to homeowners who replace their thirsty lawns and gardens with water-wise plants and hardscape. If you drive by a home with a dying lawn, the residents probably have stopped watering it and are planning to add gravel, river stones, permeable paving, and low- or no-maintenance ground covers, shrubs, trees, and perennials that don’t need daily irrigation.
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https://www.thespruce.com/drought-tolerant-landscaping-what-to-know-2736660
Drought-Tolerant Perennials
If you wish to grow flowers in an area pounded by full sun all day, consider a landscape plan that focuses on drought-tolerant perennials. The use of such plants will reduce time and money spent on irrigation. Descriptions of the flowers to be planted in one such landscape plan are presented below.
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https://www.thespruce.com/drought-tolerant-perennials-2130962
The Bee: The Most Important Living Being on the Planet 🐝
The Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last debate of the Royal Geographical Society of London, that bees are the most important living being on the planet, however, scientists have also made an announcement: Bees have already entered into extinction risk.
United Bees around the world have disappeared up to 90% according to recent studies, the reasons are different depending on the region, but among the main reasons are massive deforestation, lack of safe places for nests, lack of flowers, use uncontrolled pesticides, changes in soil, among others.
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/bee-most-important-living-being/5690603United
Aromatherapy ~ Stress & Relaxation Blend
This blend is for relaxation and stress relief. It will induce a deep relaxation of the tissues, muscles and joints, and re-establish a good energy balance.
Blend the following essential oils into one ounce of carrier oil of your choice; massage as desired (may also be used as a bath oil).
3 drops Lavender
3 drops Tangerine
3 drops Marjoram
1 drop Chamomile
The Wisdom of the Compost Heap
Compost is the term gardeners give to the heap of rotting vegetation and manure that they highly regard as a nutrient source for growing vegetables and other plants. It teams with life in the form of worms, bacteria, and all manner of other bugs. It is the broken down forms of once living structures that aids in the growth of new living things. In this sense it is an essential ingredient of the cyclic nature of life.
Compare this with the concept of Self-growth, where an individual can grow and evolve as a multidimensional being – something beyond just a mind and body. This isn’t physical growth, but an inner spiritual growth. There are many ways to achieve this, and bring about growth, however there are some similar concepts and principles which are necessary for growth to occur. Just like the compost heap our psyche (conscious and unconscious minds) is composed of living and non-living structures. We can call these “belief structures”, as they are patterns of energy that form the basis for what we believe. These have developed and grown since conception, and perhaps also include inherited beliefs from long distant ancestors and maybe even past lives. We’ve shaped and molded them, and developed new ones during our life time through experiences we’ve had.
For growth to occur within the individual, these structures need to be explored. The useful (fruitful!) ones can be cultivated. The not-so-useful or “dead” ones need to be broken down to make way for new belief structures to be seeded, and grown. Without the discovery and breakdown of the old and seeding of new beliefs, growth and personal evolution cannot occur.
It is not by chance that analogies abound comparing the human psyche, and spiritual development, with a garden or plants. Some of the common symbols in spiritual artwork include trees, flowers, and gardens. There is an interpretation of biblical story of the “Garden of Eden” that suggests the true “Garden of Eden” is an inner place (or state of mind), and that the “Fall of Man” is also symbolic of the state of disarray internally – something that the spiritual quest seeks to unravel and repair. Some people suggest that freely visualizing a garden, and observing the state that it is in, will give you a picture of the current state of your mind.
So consider the analogy of the compost heap, and it’s breakdown of old forms to provide nutrients for the new forms that will grow from within it, from tiny seeds into healthy plants. Imagine what belief structures are confining your growth and evolution, and consider how they can be broken down, to become the nutrients for new forms to sprout, grow, and nourish you on your spiritual path.
~ author unknown
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