March Magazine

PropertyMarch 2019 NEWS Egg-citing fun for all the family Page 12 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Finding a balanced lifestyle The best fruit and vegetables to grow Road to UEFA Euro Cup 2020 Page 2 Page 4 Page 9 EDITOR’S LETTER Welcome to the March issue. Ever thought about growing your own fruit and vegetables? With winter turning to spring, now is the perfect time to start planning your crop! Look inside for our guide to sowing some of the most popular edibles in your own garden or balcony. The start of spring also signifies a fresh start and what Finding better way to kick- start the season a balanced with a spring clean of your property. We’re all becoming increasingly aware lifestyle that that chemicals and plastic waste can be harmful to the works for you environment we live in. So, with that in mind, we share For your body to be on one aspect, such as or you think you’re a our cleaning hacks able to work properly, fully focusing your time machine, limitless with that’ll have your it needs the balance and energy on excessive infinite energy. Playing home sparkling in no of a good diet, exercise exercise and toning – and games, socialising, reading, therefore neglecting all the watching films – all these time – using natural and enough sleep. products that can be other important aspects, activities can actually help found in any kitchen Too much of anything probably isn’t the best idea. tremendously in keeping cupboard. is bad, so allow us your life in balance. to help you get that Balance work and leisure And when you’ve balance right with Let’s begin dealing with Food and drink had enough of this guide something which far too It always has been, and tending to your remains to be, very With the Christmas and many people neglect. You vegetable patch and important to eat a balanced New Year celebrations well need some fun in your life! spring cleaning, why and varied diet in order to and truly gone, many of Of course, you need to not head out on an stay healthy and fit. And us are now looking to the work, but you also need adventure! fluids are just as important. future with pragmatism to let off some steam and Fizzy drinks, containing lots and with a new-found relax – both physically and With supermarket of sugar, ideally should be sense of purpose. After all, mentally. After, all work shelves already piled kept down to a minimum. it wasn’t all that long ago and no play makes Jack a high with Easter Everything in moderation. when we made our new dull boy. Getting the right eggs, and events Health authorities year’s resolutions. What balance between your work planned for the lead recommend approximately did yours involve? A new, and leisure time is crucial in up to, and including, two litres a day, but don’t healthier lifestyle? How’s stabilising your happiness Easter, there is lots forget that fruit and that going? Well – whether and mental health levels. of fun to be had and vegetables actually contain it’s going badly or brilliantly our travel feature water, so it’s perhaps – this guide can help you If you’re working overtime gives plenty of ideas unnecessary to drink remember what the most on any given shift, try to for the whole family. exactly that each day. One important factors are ensure it’s not a regular of the nicest yet healthiest when it comes to leading occurrence, whether that Until next time. diets we can think of sure a healthy lifestyle. Balance be because your boss is does satisfy the soul! Eggs is everything, so fixating working you like a dog, Linda McKeown for breakfast, perhaps Editor 2 four, scrambled, with a Cardiovascular exercise lifestyle. Get a good bit of seasoning. Eggs are – such as running on the alarm clock – perhaps fantastic for high-quality treadmill, working the one which gradually proteins, vitamins, minerals cross-trainer, or banging lights up half an hour and more. out a few miles on the or so before the alarm rowing machine – makes goes off. If you’re Try a fruit salad for lunch; your muscles stronger; dazzled by light when perhaps apple, mango and and stronger muscles you wake up, you pineapple chunks (you make for a more efficient may be more prone can buy fresh fruit these and healthy body. Going to getting out of bed days ready chopped from to the gym immediately or more promptly in the supermarkets, unfrozen), soon after work is a great morning. is a healthy and tasty treat idea to help release any for a midday meal. tension. For teenagers aged between 14 and 17, the For dinner, there are Sleep recommended amount many ways you can vary The recommended of sleep is 8-10 hours. chicken and rice; almost amount of sleep for an For younger adults all vegetables would be a adult aged between aged 18 to 25 it’s 7-9 suitable addition to such 26 and 64 is 7-8 hours. hours, and for older a meal. Peas, tomatoes, Missing the odd night of adults aged 65 and spring onions, leeks would sleep isn’t going to do you over, it’s 7-8 hours. all be delicious ingredients any harm, but if serious to include in a chicken and lack of sleep becomes a rice meal. With a spot of significant part of your seasoning, you’ll be smiling life it can affect your with every mouthful. overall health and make The recommended you prone to serious Exercise medical conditions, such amount of sleep You also need to make sure “ as obesity, heart disease, for an adult aged you exercise regularly to high blood pressure and between 26 and 64 keep your heart, lungs and diabetes. muscles strong and healthy. is 7-8 hours If you walk to work – great! By the same token, If you don’t, next time you oversleeping is also linked need to see John up in IT, with many of the same take the stairs instead of health risks, as well as the lift. Little things like this the addition of cognitive can help burn off calories issues including difficulty throughout the day. Cardio with memory. is a great exercise to do at the gym to burn off This is why it’s important said undesirables, and to make sure you have a we all know that to keep healthy balance of sleep in our muscles in shape your life, to complement we need to move them. the other aspects of your 3 The best fruit and vegetables to grow in your own garden Spring is generally considered the best time of the year to start sowing your vegetables and fruits, so here’s our guide to sowing some of the most popular edibles in your own garden or balcony 4 Garlic There isn’t much space required to grow • Top tips: your garlic. Simply plant each garlic Should be planted in fertile, clove alongside each other, with a little well-drained soil distance between each (four to six inches Once planted, cover with some apart), with the rows being spaced one straw, chopped leaves or grass foot apart. Ensure the pointed end of the clippings, approximately four cloves are facing upwards and the blunt inches thick end downwards. Push each clove about one to two inches into the spoil, firm the soil surrounding them, and water the bed if it becomes too dry. Lettuce Another versatile wonder in the kitchen, and the basis for any great salad! Before Tomatoes can be one of the tastiest you plant your lettuce crops to grow, and they tend to be seeds, make sure the soil much sweeter than shop-bought ones. is prepared well. It should To ensure you get the best quality be loose and drain easily, tomatoes, pick the sunniest part of remaining moist but without your garden. Plant the seedlings thirty staying soggy. Feed the soil to forty-eight inches apart, with rows with composted organic set forty-eight inches distance apart. matter about one week By allowing for substantial distance before you plant the seeds, like this, sunlight is welcomed through so to keep the soil fertile. into the lower portions of the plants, In this case, a well-filled improving airflow. seedbed would be ideal, due to the seeds being • Top tips: so small. Plant with plenty of depth – the extra root growth will produce a Top tips: stronger, more robust plant Placing stones and large clods of dirt on top of the soil will prevent germination Planting rows of chives or Blackberries and raspberries garlic between your lettuces will help to control aphids Compared to other, more common berries, raspberries and blackberries (often referred to as caneberries) grow slightly differently. Plant your berries about two to three feet apart How to grow edibles from one another. Not only will this on a balcony allow for good air circulation, but it will also help prevent against disease. Don’t think that you need a garden or allotment When planting, ensure the crown is as in order to grow fruit and vegetables. If you close as possible to the level where it only have a balcony, there will still be plenty was growing before. To help protect of horticultural potential for you to indulge in. them further, try adding a three to Strawberries, for example, are a fantastic fruit four inch layer of organic mulch, as to grow on your balcony, because they can be raspberries and blackberries tend to grown vertically against a wall very easily.

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