How can you look after about your garden in the Summer?. Extra: how can you fight against an insulation?

Summer is  beginned we want to describe how to improve your garden and protect yourself against the sun. Do you want to know a rather unknown fact about this season?: the highest degree of solar radiation impacts on the Iberian Peninsula in June and July, not in August. In this link -source: tuoptometrista.com- you can consult the degree of solar irradiation by seasons and its incidence according to geographical areas. Also, to take care of your garden, we give you the climatic data of Barcelona.

In this text, we will explain which plants are the best for a Mediterranean climate, we will give you advice on how to take care of your garden. In addition, we will tell you how to protect yourself from sun to enjoy the summer without problems.

Here comes a top 5 of Summer flowers for your garden. The Geranium heads our selection we speak about one of the plants that we all have in mind is especially indicated by the Summer because it can grow to the flowerpot, or climbing the walls. Pay attention: it needs a lot of water. Another beautiful plant is the 'Margarita Dimorfotèca' needs little attention but very specific one: plant it in a soil full of nutrients. Another interesting option is the Dahlia. Attention when the temperatures rise too much you will have to water it abundantly. Otherwise you can also choose the Hibiscus: this attractive red flower needs direct exposure to the sun. However, on sunnier days you ought to give a space of sun and shade. We close our list with the Buganvilia, a climbing plant with various shades of colors, ideal to give a distinction to the garden and your walls. Are you so fond of flowers that our five are not tense enough? Don't worry, Green Ecology gives us its list of 16 plants resistant to the sun.

It is not enough to choose the right flowers: to have a perfect garden  involves different tasks:

1 Plan: to mantain a garden is not a game and the plants are not inert.

2. Pull up weeds: they make difficult your plants life because they make harder to extract nutrients.

3. Choose the right irrigation system: which irrigation system do you have to use? We would like to answer clearly but it is impossible. However,  we will tell you which are so you can choose the right one. Keep in mind that you have to change the place of irrigation in case of being by sprinkler. Also, you have to use more water if there are plants in pots with mud. Watering hours are early morning and in the late evening.

4. Fertilize the soil: do you want the plants to grow in a splendid way? There is not enough water you need to fertilize the soil and here we indicate, with pisos.com, the main types of fertilizers.

5. Prevent pests in the garden: these are a threat you have to fight them. La Vanguardia tells us how to kill the pests and also how to do it without any chemicals.

So far we have guided you towards the best garden.

 At the beginning of the summer we want to close the article with an extra 'basic tips against insulation':

1. Moisturize: under the effects of exposure to the sun the body begins to sweat to lower its temperature. You should drink about 2.5 litres of water by day. As well as have a proper menu to eat: vegetables, salad, lots of fresh fruit and natural juices. The meals do not have to be excessive or digestive problems.

2. Avoid doing high physically demanding tasks at hours of maximum radiation (from 12 to 18h): these are not hours for gardening, which is what we are concerned with. To develop this activity choose the first hours of the day -from 6 to 8- or the sunset.

3. Wear  light-coloured clothes: whether you are in your garden or in another space, you have to tend to look for shade and dress in the right way.

4. Always use sun proteccion: the sunscreen factor has to be in the range between a factor of 30 to 50. Above 50 the sunscreen/spray has no additional benefit.

With these measures you will be able to prevent sunstroke effectively. However, if you notice symptoms of heat stroke (headache, sweating, fatigue or dizziness) go home very quickly. Once there do the following: apply ice and cold water to your body, rehydrate while lying in a cool area of the house.

 Enjoy summer... and the plants in the garden!