Detox treatment

Chinese New Year is just a few days away; there’s going to be lots of celebration with over-indulgence in food and alcohol. After that I think I will need a detox treatment to get me back in shape! That’s the problem with celebrations; we then to let go and over-indulge but never watch what we [...]

Shrubs

Shrubs are woody plants smaller than trees, having a short stem with branches near the ground. Shrubs can be Flowering and Ornamental. Flowering shrubs are those that flower almost through out the year and will have bushy shape and size. For example, Ixora, Mosanda, Pentas, Hibiscus, Lantana etc. Flowering shrubs provide a long-lived, low-fuss, eye-fetching [...]

Payday advance

I have some visitors next week; some old friends coming to visit us. We haven’t seen each other for many years and it will be good to catch up. Problem is I’m broke and payday is still a long way off. What I need is a break; I need a payday advance so I have [...]

Perenials

The Latin ‘perennis’ means ‘many years’. Perennials are those flowering plants that last longer and keep on flowering. Most take two years until they are old enough to bloom. Examples are Bleeding Heart, Water Lily, Gerberas, Geraniums, Anthuriums etc. Once you plant them there is no need for replanting year after year. But they are [...]

Dating sites

There seems to have more and more dating sites online nowadays but I hear lots of stories of desperate people getting conned of their hard earned money by some unscrupulous people running these sites. But there are lots of real and sincere sites that genuinely want to help you find your life partner so I [...]

Biennials

A plant that takes two years to grow from seed to fruition, bloom and die or a plant that lasts two years is a biennial, based on Latin ‘biennis’ meaning ‘two years’. These are also seasonal flowering plants that flower only in the second year of planting. After blooming, they don’t perform well the following [...]

Return address labels

We’ve been sending out lots of correspondences to potential clients lately. Took us a couple of days but I think it will be all worth it. The important thing is to target the right clients so we had make sure the ones we target are real potential clients that we can do business with in [...]

Annuals

Annuals are plants that live for a year or less based on Latin ‘annus’, meaning ‘year’. Annuals are also known as seasonal flowering plants which flower only for three to four months. They are normally grown through seeds. They grow, flower, make more seeds and die, within a year. Annuals are great for creating instant [...]

Flower delivery

I need to get a van, big enough so I can use it for my flower delivery runs. Yes I’ve just been awarded the contract to deliver fresh flowers for a big florist in town so now I’m out shopping for a van for my flower delivery. Anyone knows a good van to get? I [...]

Two spotted mites

Two-spotted mites are tiny creatures (about the size of a full stop) that damage plants by feeding on the chlorophyll in the leaves. They are yellowish-green with 2 large dark spots on their back. In autumn they turn reddish-orange, hence their other common name, red spider. The first symptom that your plants are under attack [...]