Jack Post CG-12Z Country Garden Double Glider with Trays, Bronze

Features

• Elegant, natural wood high-back glider
• 15 Wooden slats form 4-foot-wide rounded bench
• Easy bolt-together assembly
• Beautiful bronze finish
• Measures 71 by 30 by 37-inch

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Product Description
Enjoy relaxing, romantic evenings under the moonlight on this Jack Post Country Garden Hi-Back Glider. You'll sit comfortably on the 15 natural hardwood slats that form a 4-foot wide bench. It's rounded through the seat and up the back, topped by an attractively rounded top board carved in a graceful pattern. The weather-resistant wood has a protective finish certain to last. Rock smoothly and silently back and forth on the ball bearing suspension built into the Glider's stylishly curved, bronze metal frame. Convenient trays are mounted on both ends on which to place flowers, drinks, snacks or anything else to make your evening more peaceful. The Glider looks striking in any backyard, garden, deck, porch, or patio. It measures 71 by 30 by 37-inch.

Oriental Gardens Ideas

An oriental garden has certain design aspects to it that attempt to be the embodiment of grace and form. Each element in the garden must be in harmony with the natural world; one element should not overwhelm the other elements. However, that does not mean that there is no focus in the oriental garden. The focus is a combination of more than one element. There should be no clashes. The oriental garden should be a place of rest and meditation. It should be a place to shut out the everyday outside world and relax in a place of beauty. Does this Spark an idea?

Water Feature

The most common thread in an oriental garden is a water feature. This can be a koi pond or a man-made water fall. The secret to the water feature is water circulation, which is achieved through a pump. Try to install a quiet pump that will not cover up the sounds from the moving water. If installing actual water in your garden is too much work, install a zen garden. This is a bed of loose sand or gravel meant to represent water. Place a few large stones in the sand bed to represent islands. Rake the sand in patterns that resemble waves. This exercise is supposed to encourage meditation and thought. If the garden space is not large enough for either a pond or zen garden, consider a bamboo fountain.

Architecture

Oriental gardens have some distinct architectural features that you might consider adding to your garden. One of the most important items is the garden gate, which serves as an entryway into another realm. It is a combination of elegance and simplicity. The gate should be wooden and too high to see over. Once inside, there should be distinct paths to follow. They can be constructed out of dirt, bark or natural stone. Place stone benches at special viewpoints to create rest areas. Somewhere in the harmony of the garden should be an oriental arch which should blend into the style of the garden. These arches are usually simple and painted red. Small elements like miniature pagodas and stone animals can be spread throughout the garden.

Plants

One of the main plants in an oriental garden is bamboo, which is a tall grass that works well as a screen to isolate the garden from the outside world. Flowering trees should drape over the water features. Other plants to consider are the fall flowering chrysanthemum, flowering cabbage, zinnias and azaleas. There should also be an abundance of moss and ferns. Blue pacific junipers, firs and spruce trees can also be scattered around. Remember to trim these back so they do not overwhelm the rest of the garden.

Unique Ideas for Raffle Baskets

Planning raffle prizes can be fun, but a bit stressful if you are short on ideas. Fruit baskets are really overdone. Winning a fruit basket isn't quite as exciting as a well though-out theme basket with interesting hobbies or luxury items in mind. If you're planning a raffle prize basket, or multiple baskets, fresh ideas could be useful for you. Does this Spark an idea?

Coffee Basket

Create a coffee themed raffle basket by starting with an empty coffee can for a container or "basket". Paint or decorate the can anyway you like. Fill the can with bags of specialty or flavored coffee beans, creamers, and sweeteners. Place a decorative coffee cup into the can with the other items to create a full coffee gift set.

Art Basket

Use an empty paint can, for a basket for an art theme. Clean the can thoroughly and create a simulated single colored drip effect on the edge by drizzling a bit of brightly colored paint. Fill the can with painting or art related items such as an art smock, a small canvas or drawing pad, paintbrushes, pastels and little tubes of paint.

Poker Basket

Fill a basket with poker-related items like cards, poker chips, fake money and a fold-able poker mat to place on normal tables. Place an old-fashioned card player's visor in the basket with the other items. Include a poker themed t-shirt to go along with the whole theme.

Springtime Planting Basket

Fill a watering can with gardening gloves, a spade and trowel and some seeds for planting. Include a gardening book or a guide to identifying plants. Add a floppy gardening hat for fun and maybe a fold-able kneepad to kneel on while planting flowers. Paint or decorate the outside of the can with flowers or herbs.

Writer's Basket

Fill a new office wastebasket with pencils, a pencil sharpener, pens, and a decorative hard-backed journal. Add a thesaurus and a dictionary to help with the recipient's writing, and include a kindle if cost does not prohibit. The kindle is a really interesting device that allows users to download and read digital forms of books, which is great for any writer or avid reader.

Music Basket

Create a basket fit for a music lover. Fill a basket with compact discs, music posters, tickets to an upcoming music event or concert, an mp3 player and a gift certificate to download mp3 files. Include a t-shirt that is music or band-related. If you want to create a musician's basket, also include some blank sheet music paper to allow them to get creative and write their own compositions.

Fairy Garden Ideas

Is there anything more enchanting or delightful in the world of fantasy than fairies? For a romantic and dreamy display, it's easy to make a fairy garden or dedicate a portion of your garden to decorating around the theme of these delicate, beautiful creatures. But don't be surprised if on a balmy midsummer's night you might hear the sound of tinkling laughter or catch a glimpse of flitting wings in the moonlight. Does this Spark an idea?

Planning Your Space

When planning your planting, don't worry about being too meticulous. Try to mirror nature: wild and random. Think about a cottage-style gardens, in which different plants of varying heights and colors are incorporated into the space, with small pathways that wind through them.

When making a fairy garden, plan your space so that it has little nooks and secret spots where you can create miniature displays. Also make spots available for places where fairies might hide: old hollow logs, piles of rocks or some old weathered pottery turned on its side.

Think about incorporating a water feature, such as a small fountain, waterfall or miniature stream that runs through the garden to create the feeling of lush countryside. Additionally, plan to space out some soft glowing solar lanterns to illuminate the garden gently in the evening.

Choosing Plants

Any kind of plants with bright colors and nectar that would attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds make good choices for a fairy garden. Some ideas are foxglove, roses and cone flowers. Sweet-smelling herbs such as thyme, rosemary or mint also make excellent choices. Fruits such as miniature wild strawberries, cherry tomatoes or berry bushes are a tasty addition.

Consider not just what the garden will be like in the daytime, but also at night. After all, fairies do like to frolic under the moonlight. Think about incorporating plants with blossoms that open at night, such as moonflowers. Night-blooming jasmine is a good choice because it releases its sweet scent in the evenings. Plants that look silvery and seem to glow in moonlight, such as lambs ear and dusty miller, can really make the garden stand out even when the sun has set.

Structures and Decor

Fill the little spaces you left in your garden plan with homes and furniture for fairies. Little miniature houses can be made out of natural materials, such as twigs, bark, Spanish moss and dried brush. If you don't feel like crafting one yourself, use bird houses or small doll houses painted with pastels or sparkly paint. To make them look more part of the natural landscape, glue some moss or bark onto them or plant them near vines that will grow over it to half hide it from sight.

Little wooden bridges over streams and stepping stones that go through paths too small for humans make a nice touch. Consider using some dollhouse furniture, such as little tables and chairs, for outdoor "lounging" places.

Other embellishments that make the fairy garden look pretty are things like pinwheels, garden gnomes, and various lawn ornaments featuring woodland creatures or insects. Anything with shiny stones or that makes soft tinkling sounds, such as bells or wind chimes, can complete the mood.

How to Prune a Holly Bush

Holly is a bush with dark green, pointed leaves and, more often than not, red berries. These bushes can grow thick and unwieldy if not pruned annually, so make it an annual routine. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Prune in December. It is good for the tree, and you can use your cuttings to decorate for the holidays around your house.

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Avoid shaping your holly too much. You shouldn't expect holly to be a boxed hedging or topiary. Prune the bush in a way that continues the natural growing shape of the plant.

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Start from the inside and work your way out. Cut away branches that are rubbing on each other or any branch that looks diseased or dead. Trim branches just above a new leaf bud or all the way back to a main branch. You can cut a great deal off of your holly to thin it out. Doing this will make your bush full and lovely again in a few years.

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Avoid using hedge trimmers. Taking the ends off branches and leaves doesn't help your holly grow and creates an unappealing boxy look.

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Remove all the trimmings. Salvage some for decorations around the house but dispose of others. If any are diseased, keep them away from your holly bush.

How to Keep a Healthy Rose Garden

The wonderful thing about roses is that they are not just one of the most classically beautiful flowers in the world, but that just about anyone can grow them. You do not need a green thumb to tempt truly incredible roses to flourish in your care. You just need to follow some basic rose gardening tenets in order to keep your plants happy, healthy and blooming throughout the entire growing season. Here are tips. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Make sure your garden gets plenty of sunshine. Morning sunlight is best because it keeps moisture from sitting on the leaves and potentially causing problems with mildew or disease. If you have not yet planted your garden, watch the area where you hope to plant to see what kind of sunlight it gets. Roses need about six hours a day. If you have already planted, make sure that your roses are getting their requisite six hours. If they are not, then you may need to clear the area around them to let in more light.

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Feed your roses regularly. You can use homemade or store-bought fertilizers. The important thing is that your fertilizer has a lot of nitrogen early in the season, and a lot of phosphorous late in the season. You should spread new fertilizer around your roses every other week.

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Water your roses frequently, but not heavily. Too much water at one time can cause your roses' roots to rot and leaves to mold. Sprinkle your garden lightly at least once a day, or bury a soaker hose under some mulch to allow the water to diffuse through the soil. Do not use high water pressure when watering your roses or you will wash away soil and valuable nutrients.

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Lay down a thick layer of mulch to control weeds. The mulch will not only supplement your roses' other fertilizer, but it will also prevent most weeds from breaking through the top layer of soil to the sunlight. If weeds make it through the mulch, remove them entirely from the ground. If you leave their roots, they will just grow back.

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Prune your roses. By removing dead and diseased blossoms as well as trimming thin and sickly shoots, you can encourage your rosebushes to bloom more and avoid disease. Pruning helps a plant focus its energy on its healthiest parts, which means bigger flowers and lusher greenery for you.

How to Make an Outdoor Garden Box

If you've ever wanted to grow a garden in your backyard but you have bad soil or only a concrete slab, then a garden box is for you. When you have a garden box, you can grow all sorts of vegetables or flowers, wherever you live. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Find a nice place in your yard. Even if you dont have good soil or if you just have concrete, you'll need a minimum space of about 5 feet by 3 feet, though you can make it whatever size you want it to be. Measure out the four corners of the box and make a mark where each corner should go. Take the 4 x 4-foot weather-treated wood and cut four lengths of about 3 feet each. Those will be the corners of the outdoor garden box.

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Cut the 6 x 2-foot weather treated boards into six 5-foot lengths and six 3-foot lengths. The 5-foot lengths will be the sides of the garden box and the 3-foot lengths will be the ends of the garden box. Attach the sides of the garden box to the corner posts that you have cut, using 3-inch deck screws that you can find at any hardware store. Attach the first side board flush with the bottom of the corner posts. Then attach the the second and third side boards above the first side board, leaving a very small space of about 1/8 inch to allow for expansion. You should now have one side made with two corner posts and three side boards attached. You can now do the same thing with the other side.

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Take both of the sides and attach them with the 3-foot end boards, using the same process that you used to attach the side boards to the corner posts. You should now have a box that is 5 feet by 3 feet and 18 inches high, with the corner posts sticking up higher than the box by about 12 inches or so.

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If you did not build the box in the place you want your garden, move it to that spot now. Cut a piece of garden liner, which is a plastic sheet sold in rolls that you can find at any home improvement store. Cut it to a length that covers the entire bottom of the box and even up the sides and ends of the box, leaving about a half inch of the liner sticking up over the sides. Pour the garden soil into the garden box on top of the liner. It will take about 6 to 8 bags of high quality soil to fill the box. Only fill the box up to two inches below the top of the side of the box. Do not fill it all the way to the top. The liner will keep weeds from growing into the box and will also protect the concrete under your box if you placed the garden box on concrete.

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Plant your garden. Select the seeds or seedlings for the types of plants you want to grow carefully and follow spacing and watering directions found on the seed packages.