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Like
my title? We business owners are always being told to develop our web
presence and increase our internet and social networking savvy. Twitter
anyone? Facebook?!! I am afraid I am sometimes too caught in the web
to do any more spinning of it. This advice comes with countless
admonitions and tidbits such as "make sure you have a good 'subject'
line for your ezines and newsletters so you'll increase the open rate."
So I do my best to get your attention. So what do you think?
But this is no bait and switch just to get a decent subject line. The article below tells you what is all give and no takein my ongoing discussion of the physiological, psychological and sociological benefits of landscaping.
And I have moved some of my past garden and plant care tips to the 'Plant Care' page of the website for easy reference. Click here, then bookmark the page if you wish to refer to them at your convenience.
Welcome, once again, to the Gardening Graces Newsletter!
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Physiological, Psychological & Sociological Benefits of Landscaping
 Nature, when enjoyed in an unhurried way, calms, restores and soothes us. It makes no demands on us. It is truly all give and no take.
I
spend a lot of my time working in nature, and I contend that the
setting offsets the laboriousness of the work to a certain extent.
Making things beautiful and enhancing the basic elements of a garden
and landscape has instant rewards that benefit the soul. And when I am
simply enjoying nature, all the better.
Scientists
are now discovering that spending time in nature can even help improve
memory and attention span. Involuntary attention fosters relaxation.
Enjoying nature, considered an involuntary activity to the mind,
allows the mind to rest from the voluntary activity that often drains
you mentally and stresses you out.
So stay on that path of appreciation of the creation. It'll do you good. You can't beat all give and no take.
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Don't Cringe. Or Should I Say Shiver?
 This
is the only picture I could find of the Austrian Pine in my front yard
that my crew and I cut down last year. (It was sick.) And since I
needed a 'before' picture in order to show you the 'after' picture, I
was forced to use a snowy one. Believe me! I am in no way looking to
rush the seasons. In fact, I am so into denial about them that I call
September summer and October is early fall and November, there is no
good thing to call it and it only gets mentioned because it has
Thanksgiving in it. December is ok but about two days into the new
year, I'm looking for it to be spring. You wonder how I get through
those winter months. Even March, which teases us with the word 'spring'
, never offers the warm embrace I'm looking for when it comes to the
weather.
Enough
already, Barb, you may be saying, why did you put this in here anyway?
It's to show you what we did after we cut down the tree. Removing a
tree is traumatic for some of us but take heart, good things can come
from it. I love this new garden that shows off not only it's new
wardrobe, but all the beautiful pieces once hidden by the pine.
Don't
ever despair over changes in your landscape. You never know the beauty
that can come from it. I get more compliments on this garden and as a
gardener it truly gives me joy.
When
viewing this garden, you will see it looking toward the house rather
than away from it, from the opposite angle, and in a more favorable
season.
The new garden
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Thanks for spending some time with me via the newsletter. I hope it somehow enhances your garden experience.
As always, please continue to call me with any horticulture and design questions. Landscapes and gardens always enhance the quality of our lives and I am here to help not only maintain but enhance that worth.
For all of you with whom we work, thank you! If they had a contest for best clients. I'd win.
734 482-8230
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