7 tips to take care of garden lawns during Rainy season monsoons

 From soil over flowing and making the pathway muddy to insects and tiny creatures making space within the grass puddles there is some care required for open lawns during rainy season , monsoons. Soon rains will begin and our garden lawns become a mess. We need to be prepared to care for the beautiful lush green lawns with some useful tips.

Many are now opting for artificial lawns that are plastic based but they do not give any grounding energy and I truly am in favor of natural plants always! The artificial lawns have prickly plastic spikes and do not give comfort while walking barefoot. 

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Sharing some practical Important Lawn Care Tips During Rainy season Monsoons-

1) It is advisable to prepare before hand and many people get shades installed for garden to protect plants and lawn from heavy down pour. You can also have a swing with shade that gives protection from rain and allows you to enjoy the greens during monsoons.

2) Temporary plastic covers can also be added as the ones in cricket or soccer fields. This is messy but prevents direct rain water from destroying your lawns.

3) If you wish to keep the lawns open for the greens take extra precautions before onset of monsoon to apply stones, rocks, side ways to stop the mud and soil from over flowing to the pathway. For this you need not spend a lot, rocks used or construction purposes also can be kept as lining the side way of the lawn except that be careful while using the lawn and if you have small children and pets around, take extra care to prevent accidental trips.

4) Before beginning of monsoon trim the lawn so that it does not grow like wild immediately with the first showers. This is another task as lawns grow profusely with grass growing uncontrollably. Irregular patterns start forming with fast grass growth and also weeds start coming up. 

5) The most important one, small puddles of water can form with heavy rains and which gives home to many slimy, tiny, creatures and frogs, fishes and what not. Even snakes start to come during monsoons so keep the lawn neat and trimmed down. 

Before monsoon fill all small holes, depressions in soil and any empty spaces that can be home to puddles of water.

6) Avoid any accumulation of water in your lawn during monsoon as this start breeding of mosquitoes, flies and many insects that spread diseases. This is a serious health hazard and needs utmost care while having gardens. 

7) If you have a water feature in the center of the lawn ,remember it is bound to over flow during heavy down pour. So take the extra precautions to keep it clean and healthy. Here you can also add up few rocks by lining the surrounding surface of the water well, feature  to allow water to go deeper inside the soil instead of spreading to the whole lawn. Or give it a pathway to go to the side of the lawn into the drains. Redirect rain water to other sources or under water drains. 

Take care of your green lawns during rainy season and prevent soil from flowing away. Also you can add rocky soil and some hard rocks before monsoon so that it will allow water to seep in rather than let it flow away side ways.

All the Best from Rizwana, enjoy the down pour!

Happy Gardening! 

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Red Champa flowers symbolism and ritual beliefs Growing care of champa plant

  Beautiful red flowers and a shade of off white cream centre, just like strawberry vanilla duet ice cream this flower looks really very beautiful and also has strong heavenly fragrance that can be experienced from far away. Frangipani Champa plants have a lot of religious sanctity among many religions especially Hindus. It is believed that the champa plant due to its heavenly fragrance attracts snakes. Hence many people avoid growing this plant in the house garden. But this red one is unique and has special symbolism in rituals. 

Red Champa flower Tree

close up of Red Champa flower

Auspicious Red Champa flower tree

Huge Red Champa flower tree

Some also have this rural spiritual belief that this plant is inhabited  by nature spirits and fairies and hence young girls and married women must not sit or go near this champa plants. Nowadays we see champa trees in almost all gardens. They are grown for their easy low care and heavenly fragrances. 

The champa plant is always considered sacred and pooja is done  for blessings from mother nature. I love the champa plant  for its beautiful colors  my favorite is the yellow white champa flower as we had a  tree below our home  and childhood fantasies and memories are never forgotten, its fragrance  is more intense, heavenly, the dream of owning one led me to plant two plants of champa and Usually most of the times they are loaded with healthy blooms.

Do try growing champa in container as they require very less watering and care. Trimming the branches is necessary if you are growing this plant in a small garden but this champa can grow freely when planted in soil into a huge champa tree. Don't over water as the plant can take few dry days even during summers. 

Feng shui of the garden improves a lot by fragrant flowering plants and red champa tree or plant though looks great and can take any place in your garden it is best grown in south of your garden to activate the fame and recognition area. Red flowering plants grown in south of your home are very powerful activators of life source energy, wealth and fame. 

The stem of champa plant is mushy and has a high moisture content. requires less watering and care once the plant has rooted well. Champa can be grown from the cuttings easily and you can get cuttings from any gardener or friend. As you cut the branch put positive intentions of request to the plant, apply some mud/soil to the cut part to heal it and then plant it in a fresh container. 

Champa flowers are used in rituals and religious way in temple offerings to God. The champa flowers also have been famous as the girl in Hawaii adorned with a garland of frangipani or an hair piece decorated on the head. Hawaii is best connected with frangipani flowers garlands and hair decorations. Red champa flowers just as fragrant as yellow white champa and of utmost religious sanctity among Hindu religion and many other religions the Champa frangipani has always been considered an important plant to have in ones garden. Not only do the red blooms look great among the dark bright green foliage but they also smell great.

What more you get fully loaded trees so you will never fall short of flowers for any rituals! Also you can put dropped flowers in plate of water to uplift your home environment, a natural air freshener!

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Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

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Plant this for Establishing Flourishing Business special tip for growing wealth

Powerful Money Lucky  Plant with big roots

Plant this for flourishing business and powerful money luck. The Humble most loved money plant still rules the wealth luck market. So also the Chinese Goodluck Bamboo Plant. 

Money Plant With Feng Shui Goodluck Bamboo Plant

If you grow these two plants together in two pots and place this in south east sector of your home or living room prosperity corner you will see immediate results with money flowing easily from different sources in your life.

You can also plant those which send roots and grow healthy like the Brahma Kamal that spreads fast with right environment and soil type. Once they start sending long roots and get attached the plant grows happily and so will your wealth, when placed in feng shui wealth sector.  

Brahma Kamal Plant

Big Leaves of Brahma Kamal Plant

 Special Tip- The plants must look happy and green with healthy growth. The money plants are happy send long roots and get attached to support. Once this is done you will see immense growth in business luck. Just check that they do not weaken the structure of your building as money plants can grow very huge with the right type of nourishing support. 

Precautions with money luck plants- Care for them with love and intentions. They must not dry or die in wealth sector as this will affect your business. Money plants are easy yet some homes do not have the luck to grow them so let it be. You can hang paintings symbolizing wealth luck to activate your business and wealth sector. 

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Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

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Looking for Succulents that bloom? look for few minutes Activate Root chakra instantly

 Succulents flowering into beautiful flowers ,  Kalanchoe, different types of succulents give out bright red pink white yellow colored flowers. the flowers are tiny and grow in bunches on a single stalk. Worth for their showy blooms! Strong Root chakra activation vibrant red colour, look at this for few minutes daily and instantly activate fresh focussed energy!

Red flowering plant Kalanchoe

 

Pinkish red flower plant

Kalanchoe plant

Kalanchoe

They do require some hours of sunlight  and early morning is best. Really great feng shui plants for the south of your garden as the color is a vibrant beautiful red. Soothing to the eye a lovely red color to give energy to the root chakra.

The other succulent give out a pinkish red color flowers, and have smaller sized leaves. Like other succulents  they love well draining oil and do need some sunlight and feedings  to flower. They grow fast in rainy season and each leaf gives out tiny cute  little leaves and sends out roots that each grow  into new plants. Over watering kills them! and they are also loved by bugs who eat the fleshy leaves.

Beautiful powerful way to activate Root chakra instantly. Plant these red flowering plants that require very less watering and care and look only few minutes in morning to feel fresh! try it...it works!!!

All the Best from Rizwana!

Happy Gardening !

I do not sell plants, this is my passion! I am a healing artist making original Reiki paintings since year 2000 Razarts.

Very important 14 practical tips for trimming and cutting plants from your garden

Growing and starting a garden is one aspect and Maintaining your garden is another! Very important practical tips for trimming and cutting plants from your garden-

Trimming garden plants

1) Check for insects , pests and creatures first in thick growth plants. Trust me there are many who make homes in the bushes as the plants also grow into quite a thick foliage. If you are trimming for pests then apply face mask to cover and protect yourself from mites and mealy bugs. 

Cutting thorny plants

Trimmed yellow leaves 

2) wear gloves, I didn't know this earlier but really important, you accidentally get scratched by the bark or stem and some thorns plants and sticky liquid gum oozing plants can give you serious skin issues. Gloves are very important to prevent skin rashes and cuts.

3) Take extra care to cut plants with spikes and thorns, wear spectacles to protect eyes. 

4) Cut plants need to be disposed off carefully. Very extra care required to pack them before throwing. wrap in news papers so that the garbage collector does not get hurt.

5) Check for buds, please do not trim stems with buds and growing flowers, yes we have to some times in case of pest attacks, just request the plant, thank it for the beautiful blooms and trim it. Once I did accidentally trim a bud branch and felt really bad.., still feeling sad, but it was accidental.

Trimming overgrown roots of large container plants

6) Check for plants with fine hairs and sticky oozing liquids. This makes the skin burn and also develop rashes, red patches.

7) Timing is important avoid winters as it is harsh climate already for them to survive. I have trimmed them frequently during the rainy season months, to prevent over growth , this is necessary as leaving them off hand the plant loses nutrition and it affects its health, many huge plants in small containers also do not survive if they outgrow pots with overflowing roots.  

8) Many plants like champa, Magnolia, that have very thick fleshy stem are really difficult to cut with scissors, I had a trying time with trimming these, as I did not want to give much pain to the plant, but they can be bent by hand and cut off easily.

Trimming roots of bulb plants

9) They do feel the pain, remember this. Most important choose sharp tools, scissors and knives for cutting to reduce and minimize pain to your plants.

10) talk to them before trimming and even after trimming to send love and healing so that they recover fast from the trauma of cutting wounds.

11)Please take extra care for yourself after the trimming of garden plants process.  personal care, wash hands and take bath with antiseptic soaps after trimming garden plants. Apply generously moisturizers and antiseptic creams on cuts, bruises. Also do check for allergies in case you accidentally came in contact with oozing liquids from cut plants. Apply antiseptic creams and also take anti allergic medicines if required. 

12) See that you have free time safe time during trimming of garden plants. Protect family, children and pets while you are at this trimming cutting task and see that they do not get accidentally hurt in this process.

13) Pack and cover all cut plants , share if possible cuttings to neighbors and friends, each one makes into a new life! Neatly wrap them in paper and dispose them, or if you have a large yard let them dry and then burn them to make recycled fertilizer. 

14) Immediately after trimming cutting a branch or stem apply some soil. This helps heal the wounds of cutting faster. 

its every time an emotional time to see a bit barren smaller stems, after trimming and cutting,  but then there is so much hope with this process as they spring into fresh shoots and lime green leaves and grow healthy and happy again! 

Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

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Is there a magical aspect to the Night Queen Saussurea obvallata care

 Night Queen Saussaurea obvallata care! Bring some magic into your garden with this mystical plant! The blooms will be worth it!  there are always scientific reasons and if you have the right knowledge, and apply it,  this plant will flower! I keep reading, searching on Google for Brahma Kamal flowering time, and watch You Tube videos but no one shares the exact formula. People just make videos and share the same info. Is there a magical aspect to the Night Queen? 

Magical Night Queen flowers 

• Why do buds form and then fall off on this Night Queen Brahma Kamal plant? Many people struggle with this. First when a new bud comes it is a miracle in itself with hope and joy and then if it falls off people get depressed. This is a plant and it needs its care trust me on that. Observe its habits, understand its growth process, and talk to your plant. There is a scientific reason why Brahma Kamal plant buds drop?

  

  Brahma Kamal Night Queen Flowers

  
  
  

• 1) The plant is too weak. A newly planted Brahma Kamal leaf is not very strong to hold the weight of this bud. The flowers are really heavy and big in size as shared by my Blog Garden care Simplified  readers.

• Read here- How to save a dying Brahma Kamal plant?

• 2) Disease and pests in Brahma Kamal Plant. The Brahma Kamal plant is a succulent, means the leaves are fleshy and have stored water. They attract pests, beetles, bugs make tiny holes in them. Slugs feast upon them and ants too love these! I am so happy that they are MashaAllah going healthy in my window garden. and I keep a check on their health regularly. watch this You Tube video Brahma Kamal plant disease and care. BE ALERT! that is my motto! 

• 3)Watering issues .Why Brahma Kamal plant leaves go limp? 

• Watering is I think most important issue for leaf and bud drop. leaves get mushy with over watering and rot. And less watering too dries the roots and the leaves or bud drops. 

• 4) feedings. how much fertilizer did you feed your plant? there is a tendency to over feed to get fast flowers but the plant has to absorb or digest this feeding and many times plants die of over dose. I have seen even other plants like mogra and roses that immediately spright up with so many tiny buds and even before they grow the buds drop off. Reason-too much fertilizer. Give less food, and more love. Too much green foliage is also harmful, where will the plant get strength to produce flowers? Night Queen often does not require any fertilizers. 
• 5) Environment. Did a pet or a small child just pluck it off while observing the bud? Harsh winds and rains in outside environment can be the reason for bud drop. If it shows buds protect it. they are precious. talk to the plant before shifting it. You have to protect your plant buds from others, especially evil eye glances. the ANNOUNCEMENT is only made on the night when the flower actually blooms.  Some people also tie a black cloth for protecting plants.

When do you buy Night Queen  plants? is there a good time? a best time to plant them? Avoid summers, choose full moon nights to plant this auspicious plant if you have the choice. the energies are high. Never buy or plant Night Queen saplings at night. Never cut the leaves at night. Never share a cutting during afternoon twelve o'clock with anyone. you risk your plant dying! Usually I buy plants in morning or evening and bring them home before night. I plant new saplings during early hours of the day. This method allows the plant to adjust to the new home, new soil and pot for the whole day before night falls. 
Very easy to propagate from mother plant- When you have a leaf of Brahma Kamal allow it to dry for a day or two and then plant them. Before ten in morning you can choose a time. make some intentions and talk to your plant while you pot it. This helps the new sapling to bond with you. 
I think early winter is a good time when the cactus, Night Queen leaf gets time to live dormant and then sprout into new shoots of leaves. 
As my wait continues to experience seeing the magical flowers of Night queen do keep sharing your happiness's! I am sure there are so many homes who are now witnessing this mystical miracle! of watching the Brahma Kamal flower blooming!
It is believed in Hinduism culture that the Brahma Kamal plant only flowers in some homes and those are chosen to experience goodluck in form of good news, wealth and happiness. So the journey of love continues with yet waiting to see Lord Brahma blossom the creative energies in my home. The wait is I read a few years to fourteen years for this plant to begin showing its first flowers. And I still remember the first bud that fell...

My First Night Queen Bud which I lost and still waiting..

it was raining heavily and the plant was on our terrace garden...I didn't even know the bud and later saw its minute details, explicit beauty! things would have been so different had I seen the flower blossom at that time, so many years back, but my passion continues. I have few pots with healthy growing plants of Saussurea obvallata Night Queen. So the obsession became a passion of collecting plants from different places, cities,  and growing them. Many died ( I wrote this post-Am I a serial killer?)and few remain. Why my Brahma Kamal plants got angry?  But now I can write a thesis about this plant!,Saussurea obvallata, 
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Which plants to grow for health benefits? can plants help? Scientific explanation proven plants

 Which plants to grow for health benefits? The Corona Virus /Covid lockdown outbreak has spread fear and panic and has affected the whole world. Since then everyone even after taking vaccines still fear the virus. Scientifically plants have proved to be great health boosters and air purifiers. Make your gardens your fortress, for protection from any diseases Outbreak. Use the garden energy to spread feng shui happiness and good health to you and your family. Stay safe. read on about how to use plants for health benefits-mental, physical and environmental benefits. 

A lot of evil eye also affects family and diseases come up . I have seen thorny plants like cactus and Post- Euphorbia milli,best goodluck plant,  help in forming shield of protection to your home. 

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Most humble money plant always rules and yet is a winner during any virus outbreak or fear as it continues to spread cheer and joy with producing fresh green leaves, purifying air and growing just about in any conditions bringing joy to the world. Best feng shuii wealth luck plant too!

Money plant indoor plant for peace harmony air purification

Read here- Why my garden feng shuii is going wrong? 9 amazing instant wealth cures

Salt is the best protection cure from so many feng shuii issues ,diseases, and not just evil eye or negative energy. If you have plants outside your home put a circle of salt at the base of every pot. this will protect your home from negativity. Do not touch plants with bare hands while watering.

Read post How to -Use Salt Purification for protection

Snake plant or mother in law's tongue is another NASA approved air purifying plant. We had these plants in our entryway garden which we removed and shifted inside our window garden to avoid contamination and touch by other people, who may be infected. so take important care of plants that  are outside your door, even plants must be handled with lots of care as anyone can touch them outside. As you water your outdoor garden plants always give them a good spray of fresh water to keep them clean. Dust grime is great platform for any disease to spread. 

One of my favorites and beautiful plant The Rubber Plant. Strength stability and inner power, the plant with shiny Reddish brown big leaves, Rubber Plant, Very good Feng shuii plant, grow it especially in east sector or also indoors if you get some sunlight. 

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 Peace Lily, the name itself is symbolic of inner  and outer peace and yes, it has been proved by NASA as an sir purifier plant. Good feng shuii plant for peace.

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Another famous beautiful mosquito repellent plant Mayur Pankhi Cyprus has its scientific properties to repel mosquitoes and also acts as repellent to other insects and pests. A good feng shuii plant for protection.

Remember to stay healthy, exercise regularly, walking 6000 to 10000 steps daily,  eat a good diet and Be mentally and physically happy. Diseases attack when mental health is compromised too. 

Make beautiful gardens like a fortresses! the fort to your and your family's health. Grow them and keep the energy healthy in your home and also the surroundings. Get blessings from mother earth, it is because of the imbalance that diseases come up.

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