Your Pets and Your Plants
If you share your home with cats or dogs, keeping them sage and happy is often your primary concern. At the same time, having interior foliage really makes a house a home. Many houseplants actually improve air quality and create a healthy environment for you.
Although houseplants are pretty and help improve your life, they can sometimes pose a serious issue for your beloved pets. According to the humane society there are 700 identified plants that have toxic qualities that can cause harmful side effects in animals. Does this mean you have to chose between living with your beloved pet or an awesome houseplant? NO! It doesn't. By taking certain steps and knowing which houseplants are dangerous to your cat or dog you can create a pet safe home that includes beautiful foliage.
Keeping your Pets and Your Houseplants
Before you throw out all your houseplants for the sake of your kitten or puppy, take time to consider whether you're dog or cat can live with your plants. Some dogs and cats never touch houseplants while others cannot leave them alone. You can still enjoy these plants, even ones potentially toxic to pets.
If you receive a plant as a gift, take time to see if your pet is even interested in it. Most cats and dogs simply ignore houseplants and leave them alone. Kittens and puppies are a bit different. They are extremely curious and will chew or play with just about anything. If you have a puppy take time to train them to leave houseplants alone. Spritzing them with water when they get near the plants is usually a sufficient deterrent.
If you are still leery about exposing your pet to houseplants, select houseplants that are considered non poisonous to dogs and cats.
Ten Houseplants Safe for Cats and Dogs
- African Violet
- Bromeliad
- Birds Nest Fern
- Parlour Palm
- Ponytail Palm
- Christmas Cactus
- Prayer Plant
- Sweetheart Vine
- Boston Fern
- Peperomia
Ten Common Houseplants Toxic to Dogs or Cats
- English Ivy
- Cyclamen
- Easter Lillies
- Azalea( Rhododendron)
- Chrysanthemums
- Kalanchoe
- Hyacinth
- Pothos
- Peace Lily
- Schefflera
These short lists of safe and toxic plants are just a little sample of houseplants use in homes across the world.
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Just in time for spring garden planning, Gammage Flowers has received a new line of outdoor lawn and garden accessories. Snails and toadstools are a huge hit this year! We have bird baths and wind chimes in the same themes. Come into the store to see our huge selection. |
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| New at Bernard Callebaut
Plantation Chocolate
Most chocolate manufactured comes from a mix of cocoa beans from several regions. Bernard Callebaut has just released plantation chocolate. A regional chocolate is manufactured using the cocoa beans from only one plantation giving it superior taste and texture. The essence of exquisite plantation chocolate is an exceptional cocoa bean.Like the grapes that make fine wine, every noble bean reflects its place of origin-it's terroir- the soil., climate and terrain that shape its character, flavours and aroma. A skillful farmer has the power to enhance the unique natures of the cocoa bean and ultimately in the hand of a gifted chocolatier the cocoa bean fully releases the riches of it's region. In this new collection you will experience meticulously crafted chocolates featuring cocoa beans carefully sourced from four plantations. Each plantation is renowned for the quality and distinctive flavour of it's noble beans and for its commitment to sustainable organic growing techniques and fair trade practices. We invite you to take pleasure in discovering the purity, complexity, intensity and lingering nuances of the finest chocolate on earth.
- 64% Cocoa- Maralumi, Papua New Guinea. This tropical island plantation is off the coast of Australia produces mellow refined cocoa beans with a slightly roasted spiciness harmonizing perfectly are the fresh note of bananas, the tanginess of red currants and the smoky aroma that hints of Havana tobacco
- 75% Cocoa- Los Palmaritos, Dominican Republic. Cocoa is rare in this mountainous region and though the terrain is rugged and the soul is poor what emerges is delectable. Los Palmaritos cocoa beans create chocolate with lush, spice and licorice perfume and a robust cocoa flavour.
- 66% Cocoa- Conception, Venezuela. In the tradition of centuries old South American plantations, Conception cocoa beans embody diverse and subtle flavours and aromas that unfold gradually revealing accents of honey, gingerbread, caramel, vanilla, dried fruit, orange blossoms and exotic wood.
- 65% Cocoa- Mangaro, Madagascar. Thriving in a fertile river valley on the site of a former mango plantation this estate is famous for the exotic fruitiness of its cocoa beans. The chocolate is remarkably flavourful, teaming with the rich taste of honey and spice cake with a bold accent of citrus.
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Spring is just around the corner and the Gammage Flower's showroom is full of new products for your garden and home. I encourage you to come and browse and drink in the sweet scents of spring that are in bloom in our store. Don't forget to visit Bernard Callebaut while you are here. There is new product arriving daily to tempt your taste buds.
Sincerely,
Judite Holder
Gammage Flowers
Chocolatiere Bernard Callebaut |
