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One last call for fertilizer!
Last call for fertilizer! Soon after midsummer, the growth of perennial plants starts winding down. They begin to squirrel away food energy in stems and roots, and stems start to toughen up in preparation for the colder months ahead. Fertilizing late in the season keeps plants youthfully exuberant, but they’ll pay for those excesses with cold damage once the weather turns chilly. Fertilizer may not be needed at all in summer, but if it is, know what and how much you’re feeding, and do it now. MAJOR PLANT FOODS LEE REICH The “big three” foods that plants get from the soil are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. These nutrients are represented by the three numbers you see most prominently displayed on fertilizer bags: 10-10-10, 5-10-5 and the like. The numbers represent nutrient concentrations of, respectively, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, more generally known as N, P and K. (Kalium is Latin for potassium.) The application rate for any fertilizer must be adjusted according to how concentrated it is. Filling your salad bowl with chocolate bars instead of salad would be as foolish for you as spreading a concentrated fertilizer like ammonium nitrate (34 percent nitrogen) at the same rate as a less concentrated one like cottonseed meal (7 percent nitrogen) would be for your garden. One way to know how much of a particular fertilizer to use is by just reading the label. A general recommendation is usually offered. FERTILIZER MATH Sometimes, though, you know how much food your plants need, so you must tailor your application rate according to what fertilizer you have on hand. You could use any fertilizer that supplies the particular nutrient for which your plant hungers. For instance, suppose a soil test indicates that your rose garden needs two-tenths of a pound of nitrogen per hundred square feet. This recommendation is in terms of nitrogen itself — so-called elemental nitrogen — rather than for any particular nitrogen fertilizer. Dividing the fertilizer’s concentration of a particular nutrient by the needed amount of the elemental nutrient gives the amount of actual fertilizer to apply. So, a 10 percent nitrogen fertilizer divided by twotenths of a pound of elemental nitrogen per hundred square feet gives an application rate of 2 pounds of this fertilizer per hundred square feet. A bag of 5-10-10 would call for twice this amount, or 4 pounds per hundred square feet. That 10-10-10 fertilizer and 5-10-10 fertilizer both contain 10 percent each of phosphorus and potassium. If these other nutrients aren’t needed, get a fertilizer that is all or just about all nitrogen, such as cottonseed meal or ammonium nitrate. Or go ahead and use the 1010-10 or other mixed fertilizer this time if you already have it, but beware of too frequently applying a food that isn’t needed, or you’ll be filling your plants’ salad bowl with chocolate bars. ORGANIC IS EASY Cautions against fertilizing too late in the growing season don’t apply to fertilizing with compost. Compost oozes its goodness into the soil slowly and in sync with the weather and plant growth, so use it wherever and whenever it is available. It’s relatively low in nutrients (yet rich in a lot of other good stuff), but a 1-inch depth spread over the ground provides all the nutrients that any plant would need for a whole year.
This undated photo shows fertilizer being spread on the soil in New Paltz, N.Y. Fertilizer, if needed, can be applied in summer, but not too late in the season or plants might not harden off sufficiently for winter cold. (Lee Reich via AP)
This 2016 photo provided by Ghislaine Vinas Interior Design shows one of the rooms in a Montauk, N.Y. beach house with Ghislaine Vinas’ design. The bold, colorful statement lighting becomes not only illumination but art in her design. Vinas used Alvaro Catalan de Ocon's PET Lamp chandelier, placing the colorful fixture in an all white dining space. “It really pops and becomes a conversation piece,” she says. (AP photo)
RIGHT AT HOME: Lighting that makes a statement
By KIM COOK Associated Press Creative new shapes and technology mean that home lighting fixtures often do far more than provide illumination. They can be exciting and sculptural works of art. “Designs are now not only a source of light, but a distinctive feature of an interior design,” says New York architect West Chin. Chin recently hung a frothy cluster of LED glass bubbles over a dining table in a minimalist apartment on Manhattan’s High Line. The fixture’s a focal point in an otherwise sparely decorated space. In a Flatiron duplex, he placed a trio of mesh orbs over the staircase; when the lights are on, shadows dance theatrically against a paneled feature wall. (www.wcarchitect.com ) Chin’s also a fan of Stickbulb, a lighting component created by RUX studio in New York City. The “stick” is offered in maple, walnut, reclaimed heart pine, ebonized oak or redwood that’s been salvaged from one of New York’s old water towers. Fitted with an LED, the sticks attach to a central metal element and can be configured into various shapes, like fireworks or cantilevered mobiles. (www.stickbulb.com)
“I’d guess the design process has been affected in the most liberating way with the development of the LED bulb,” Chin says. At Milan’s Salone del Mobile this April, the Euroluce lighting exhibition halls showcased LEDs and other technology in imaginative ways. Hungarian firm Manooi used Swarovski crystals to craft sinuous fixtures evocative of infinity symbols. (www.manooi.com) Bocci showed fixtures made by injecting soda water into hot glass, then folding and stretching it into pearlescent pendants that looked like giant glowing ribbon candy. (www.bocci.ca) Designer Tom Dixon took over Milan’s iconic old theater, Cinema Manzoni, to show his furniture and lighting. One collection was called Cut; the faceted clear or smoky fixtures, with mirrored finishes and metalized interiors, resembled enormous futuristic crystals. (www.tomdixon .net) “When we’re planning a room that calls for a large piece of statement lighting, we always start with that piece first, building everything else around it,” say Brandon Quattrone and Mat Sanders of Consort Design in Los Angeles.
Above, this undated photo provided by RH, Restoration Hardware shows their Antiqued Metal Dome Pendant light. Metal forged into a dome shaped pendant makes for a powerful lighting and design element. The fixture comes in silver, bronze or brass finishes, and several sizes. At right, this undated photo provided by Corbett Lighting shows their Theory LED Pendant light. (AP photos)
“You want it to be the wow factor in a room. If you’re hanging a dining room chandelier, keep the surrounding walls simple, with a minimal piece of artwork or some subtle shelf styling.” Designer Ghislaine Vinas did that in a Montauk, New York, beach house project. She hung Alvaro Catalan de Ocon’s PET Lamp chandelier in an all-white dining space. The brightly hued lights, hanging on colored cords, bring in an element of playfulness. (www.gvinteriors.com) Other intriguing fixtures new to the marketplace employ modern technology with a nod to classic design. Corbett Lighting’s Theory ceiling fixture is an ode to midcentury Italian design, with horizontal spokes alternating clear glass and gold-leaf iron rods. Calibrated LEDs gracefully cast light up and down. Metropolis’ interconnecting, hand-forged iron cubes surround an LED light source, and the whole thing is suspended on aircraft cables. The piece melds 21st century and modernist design. (www.corbettlighting.com) The shape of Humanscale’s Vessel quartz crystal pendant conceals a glare-free LED that
makes it seem lit from within. The effect would play well in a hallway or over a long table or island. (www.humanscale .com ) Restoration Hardware’s collection of forged brass, steel or bronze pendants in drum, funnel or dome shapes has an industrial vibe. (www.rh.com) Jonathan Browning was inspired by ‘60s French minimalist design for his Aquitaine series, which features slender brass, nickel or bronze tapers tipped with faceted LEDs, suspended on black cord. And a turn-of-the-century Venetian design is updated in the soft curves of Icaro, with fiberglass replacing Fortuny silk, and gold or silver metal-leaf trim adding romantic flair. (www.rhmodern.com) At Rejuvenation Lighting, designer Brendon Farrell of Portland, Oregon, has a floor lamp with an elongated linen drum shade perched on a brass stand; the stand is embedded in a white or black oak ball base. And art meets engineering in Contrapesso, O & G Studio’s pendant, in which an LED-lit glass ball is counterbalanced by a small brass or bronze globe. It’s lighting made acrobatic. (www.rejuvenation.com)
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Art in the garden: placing the right work in the right spot
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press For many landscape designers and homeowners, a garden isn’t complete without the right art. But how do you find the right spot for a piece of outdoor art and choose the plants to complement it? The first step is finding a work that really speaks to you, and then “allow the art to help define the landscape,” says landscape architect Edmund Hollander. He recommends working with an artist or gallery, when possible, to create a relationship between artwork and garden. “It’s really not so different from the relationship between a house and its surrounding landscape,” he says. Susan Lowry, coauthor with Nancy Berner of “Private Gardens of the Bay Area” (The Monacelli Press, October 2017), says art in a garden should enhance its surroundings. “Scale, texture and light all play off the object, and there is also an emotional content that influences how we see the garden itself,” she says. Less is more, she cautions: “We have seen many a garden ruined by too many extraneous voices jumbled into the frame.” The most common mistake when placing art in gardens, Hollander warns, is “sticking a work where there’s too much other stuff. It’s as if a museum hung a painting on a wallpapered wall instead of on a white one.” So experts recommend that works be placed against quiet backdrops like evergreens, hedges or lawns. Karen Daubmann, associate vice president for exhibitions and public engagement at the New York Botanical Garden, has helped design plantings around works by
glass artist Dale Chihuly and others. The principles for selecting and showing art in a home garden are similar, she says. “It’s nice to go for something as a larger focal point — something you can see from your window and enjoy all year round, and then some smaller works that you only discover up close,” she says. “And when you’re decided where to place something, don’t forget to look up. It’s a nice surprise to look up and see a pergola, chandelier or lantern.” Most important, Daubmann says, is to choose art you really love. “Chances are, if you’re placing it in a garden you have designed and planted yourself, it will work, because it’s the same aesthetic,” she says. Keep in mind when and from where the work will be viewed. From the kitchen window? The living room? If you’ll be viewing it at night, consider lighter colors, she says. “White glass or white flowers make for a great moonlight garden, while dark blues will tend to get lost in the evening,” Daubmann says. “A mossy, shaded garden can be spiced up quite a lot with light colored art.” And the artwork doesn’t have to be expensive. “I sometimes find wonderful pieces in antique shops or at barn sales that really spark my imagination,” Daubmann says. Hilary Lewis, chief curator and creative director at The Glass House, Philip Johnson’s iconic house and surrounding landscape and structures in New Canaan, Connecticut, helps plan the installations there.She says works should be visible from various parts of the property, should feel like an extension of the landscape, and should draw people in.
US housing starts rebounded in June
By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — Homebuilders ramped up construction in June to the fastest pace in four months, led by surges in the Northeast and Midwest. Housing starts climbed 8.3 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.22 million, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The gain ended three straight monthly declines and marked the strongest pace of building since February. Home construction has risen 3.9 percent year-to-date, but that slight increase has been unable to make up for the decrease in existing homes being listed for sale. The June housing figures point to healthy demand that new construction alone has been unable to satisfy. Fewer existing homes are being listed for sale, while purchase prices for newly built homes have surged at pace more than six times wage growth. As a result, more Americans are rushing to purchase homes but
are struggling to do so because of a lack of supplies and higher costs. Builders also face higher costs for land and materials, putting a limit on just how much construction can occur. “Steady gains in construction are expected over the next year, supported by still-strong fundamental demand for housing,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. “But acting as a bit of a roadblock are problems that the builders face: rising lumber costs, and shortages of labor and lots to build on, which will boost pricing.” So far this year, builders have turned their attention toward single-family houses and away from rental apartments. Starts of singlefamily houses have risen 7.9 percent, while construction of multi-family buildings has slipped 4.2 percent. Housing starts jumped a stunning 83.7 percent in the Northeast and 22 percent in the Midwest, growth that is
unlikely to be sustained. The government’s home construction report can be volatile on a monthly basis. Sales edged up in the West but declined in the South. Building permits, an indicator of future construction, were up 7.4 percent to 1.25 million. Construction firms are confident that demand will continue, but they have also begun to temper their expectations. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index fell to 64 in July, the lowest level since November.
This undated photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows the Frances Bowes Garden in Sonoma, Calif. The garden is featured in the book “Private Gardens of the Bay Area.” In this photo a gnarled olive tree is juxtaposed with the dramatically sited “Serpentine” by Richard Serra. (AP photo)
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