Relax After Hard Work - Holiday Tips

3 Best Tips For Holidays and Weekend Getaways

As you know most of my blog is based on working in backyard/garden and generally outside. After that hard work, I think it's time to talk a little bit about relaxing. I compiled the list of 3, in my opinion crucial tips for your travels and getaways. Sit back, relax and read my guide for your perfect holiday.

1. Picking The Best Destination

There are many things to consider when it comes to picking destination. I'll list most imporant factors that will help you with your pick. Make sure to follow the guidelines and you can't miss. Picking the right destination is 50% of the job, so we are half way through. 

• Lenght of holiday - Make sure to book your holiday with 70% of your free days. For example - if you have 10 days free, make sure your holidays last no longer that 7 days. With this count, you will have enough time to get ready for the road, for the job once you get home, and flat tire won't effect you that much.
• Budget - This is a pretty logical reason and I won't go deeply in that. Just keep in mind not to stretch more than you can.
• Preferences - Make sure that your destination goes with your preferences. 

2. Picking The Best Luggage

It's important to pick the right luggage for your trip. You should base it on your needs. For example, if you are going for a 2 days trip, underseat luggage will do just fine. My advice on this is to go with review websites in order to pick best luggage sets. This way you will narrow the selection, and base your pick on reliable sources. There are reviews for all types of luggage, so you can check for them in any occasion. Long trips? No problem. Adventure trips? No problem. And so on, I'm sure you got the point.

3. Picking The Best Companion

This is the most important thing to consider when you plan your trip. No matter where you go, how long you stay and how much money you have - your companion will make the most of your trip. So make sure to pick carefuly with whom you will go. I'm sure you knew this already, but I've also seen people go with random 

Make sure to follow my guidelines and your trip will turn out perfect. I'll be back to garden and backyard tips from the next post, but as I said, we need a rest some time as well, don't we?

Pets and Plants - What should you know?

7 Things To Know When It Comes To Pets & Plants

Have you ever thinked about any negative effect that your plants might have on your pets? This is an important thing to consider when you are about to decorate your garden or backyard. Most plants do not fall under this category, but it's that 5% that we're gonna talk about today. I'll not cover all of them, but most commonly used ones. There are ways to protect your pets from these plants and still use them, but I will cover that in the end of article.

1. Philodendrons

Philodendron is a large genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. There are many known species and you should make sure if some of them can harm your pets before you decide to plant them.

2. Chinese Evergreen

These are evergreen perennial herbs with stems growing erect or decumbent and creeping. It has a beautifull look but sometimes it  can turn deadly for your pets. Make sure to read more about them before including them in backyard decoration.

3. Lantana 

Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. Mostly found in tropical parts of the world, but with right care can be used worldwide. 

4. Rubber tree plants

Ficus elastica commonly called  rubber tree or rubber plant. These can harm your pets in many ways, make sure to read a lot before you purchase and plant them.

5. Succulents

Succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants that have some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. Many popular succulents are poisonous to cats and dogs. 

6. Ivy

Most commonly used poisonous plant for gardens. Great look but with some bad ingridients for pets. Cats and dogs may feel sick after eating it.

7. Lilies

Lillies are one of the best plants to use in garden. However, they might come harmful to your pets, keep this in mind.

+3 Thing To Know - Protect Your Pets!

Now when I went through most commonly used poisonous plants for garden, it would make no sense to finish this article without providing a solution. Since these 7 plants can be great part of your backyard decoration, I've came up with 3, in my opinion, best solutions. These are all DIY type, and you can do each of them with very low budget. 

1. Plectranthus Caninus

Protect your pets from plants with - plants! This is my favourite one, since Plectranthus caninus (Coleus canina, Piss-off plant) is effective and still beautifull, and they fit perfectly in your garden. It's part of the mint family and it's used as a natural repellent to cats and dogs. It works in most cases, and I myself have been using this plant for more than 9 years. I encourage you to go with this method first. In case it doesn't go through, go on with next two methods. 

2. Coffee Grounds

Simple but effective way when it comes to protecting your cats. Just spread coffe grounds all over your garden and it will keep them away. Keep in mind that this is good solution for garden, for backyard purpouses go with my next tip. Makes no sense spreading coffe grounds all over your backyard.

3. Protect Plants Beds

To keep pets from lying down in flower beds, simply drive some short stakes into the ground throughout the bed. Don't worry, this will do no harm to your pets, and it will teach them to stay away from plants. 

This would be all for today posts, but make sure to tune-in for a few days where I'll be talking about some other usefull stuff. Make sure to bookmark - see you!