Gardening For Kids

Gardening has provided us with so many benefits not only with the fresh fruits and vegetables that we get to eat everyday but also  physically and mentally we are also healthy. For some kids, they may not be as interested in gardening as they are interested in playing video games but, luckily our son has develop a special interest in plants. I think it has really great impact on our kids if they see us maintaining our own garden. But, it's not always the case, it still depends on the likes of your child or children.

Kids could have fun while learning. People of all ages can enjoy gardening, but children in particular will surely enjoy ang gain lots of special benefits. It will unlock a lot of potentials from your kids. Being responsible is first on the list. They would learn how to care and maintain for their own plant. When my son received his first ever plant, which is called as the butterfly zenia garden in a pail, he was so excited. I can see that he really loves what he is doing. It was given to him by his Godfather. It's a gift that he cherished and he still takes care of the plant until now. The plant also grows with him.

Getting our children involve in gardening helps them appreciate nature and the food they eat too. They will develop new skills and learn about science and nature from growing their own food. Just make sure that your garden is a safe place with suitable equipment, tools, fences, gates and paths for children to use.

Healthy Living Indoors With Your Houseplants

Indoor gardening is a very fun way of releasing some negative vibes form our body, and refreshes the mind. Changing the mood of a person from being stressed to peaceful and serenity. It also helps having small indoor plants in pots or containers or terrarium globe kits with an air plant in it. House plants do more than just beautify our indoor space but keeping plants inside our home can also bring physical and mental benefits. Many common houseplants and blooming potted plants can improve ones health by helping fight pollutants in our home. Since most of our time we spend it inside of our homes, we are prone to more pollutants. Did you know that indoor air can be twelve times more polluted than outside air in some areas? It is due to the compounds in paints, furnishing, clothing, and building materials.

Study also shows that indoor plants can help fight colds, it decreases cough, sore throats, fatigue and other cold related symptoms by up to thirty percent. Researchers attributed these benefits to the fact that plants helps increase humidity levels and decrease dust in our homes. Other studies have also shown that our cognitive, psychological, social, and physical realms are some of the benefits that we get from plants. They could increase self esteem, feelings of calm, relaxation, and optimism while reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Keeping plants indoors can make you think better, improved concentration, memory and heightened attention. 

Always remember that for the best success with any houseplant, you need to match the right plant to the right growing conditions.There are many benefits that we can get from these indoor plants and they can also be sent or given as a gift to a close friend a family member or someone you know who loves plants.

General Cleaning At Home

Cleaning at home is such a weekly task for me and for my family. My husband and son are both helping me to tidy things up at home, especially our room because it is the most messy place, due to the fact that it is also the playroom of our son. Although we bought a box where he could place all of his toys, he always forgets to put back all of those toys to the box. But we are training him to be responsible enough for his toys so that in the future, he could do things on his own, without us telling him or dictating to him what he needs to do. Every Saturday is the general cleaning day, and usually Sunday is the family day, because it is the time where we visit the church and hear the mass, afterwards go to the mall for pleasure and entertainment.

I would assign a task for them so that things would be easy for us. It would usually take us the whole day in cleaning the whole house, but it also depends on how dusty our home is. Especially after holidays, we have to remove the decorations that we put last Christmas and New Year. Making sure that all of those decorations that we could still use are in a container, so that we could just put them in one place where we could find them easily for the next holidays. Some of the home decorations that we added last holidays and decided to leave it as it is, is the mixed succulents in textured aspen container. I bought it for sale at a flower shop last holidays, I was planning to give it to a friend who loves plants but later decided to keep it for myself because it is a low maintenance plant and it fits perfectly on our tabletop. 

Every task becomes easier when there are helping hands that is readily available even if you do not need it. Always remember that cleaning at home is not just a task for one person but for the whole family, and it is much happier when doing things with the people you love because it can also turn into a bonding time for everyone.