UWI July/ August 2014

Ultimate Woman International July/ August 2014

Sometimes, particularly when your area experiences an uncharacteristically hot summer, extreme weather events can become more common than we'd like. In more

temperate climates, such a change may not last long and many plants recover quickly

or suffer minimal heat shock loss. In hotter climates however, an extremely dry sum-

mer can last many months.

Evaluate your water use scenario. If there is, or is going to be minimal water re-

strictions, then the job is much easier, but if you have severe water restrictions then

protecting your garden may need additional work.

How to tend to your plants in the hot summer.

Water saving methods include using mulch - at least a 10cm or 4 inch thick lay-er, using drip system reticulation (which is best hidden under the mulch), using water

retention products such as water retaining crystals, bentonite or attapulgite clays - the

cheapest source of these is often clay based granulated kitty litter (if it dissolves in

water, it will offer even better water retention capabilities), and as much organic mate-

rials such as compost and other soil improvers that you can budget for.

Water in the evening or early morning to best avoid evaporation and the water getting

hot in the sun's rays. It is recommended to water deeply and often but when the water

supply is low, it is better to water deeply and occasionally, as that encourages deeper

root growth into cooler (and hopefully more moist) layers of soil. Frequent light water-

ing encourages lush growth but also promotes shallower roots so that the plant is less

prepared to cope when there is a reduction or no water coming on a hot day.

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In times of heat shock, a seaweed extract based liquid fertilizer treatment often reduces heat stress and it may help protect the plant in future. Work to in-

crease shade. This maybe using shade sails, tree cover (selecting more drought har-

dy trees or palms) or a short term solution using an old sheet or dust cloth during ex-

treme weather.

The catch is these will make the plants less sun hardened, so a short term so-lution should only be a short term solution or a more permanent fixture. Short term

protection should be removed as soon as possible because if the plant gets accus-

tomed to the shade it will experience more stress when the shade is removed.

If the future for your area looks to have increased heat and less rainfall, start replacing many of your plants that just will not survive no matter what protection you

can offer them. This can be done by donating the plants that won't thrive to nurse-

ries, friends in cooler areas, or to botanical gardens and zoos if they have the envi-

ronment and facilities for them. Lawn can be replaced slowly by gradually increasing

the area of garden beds, or by replacing them with artificial grass. The quality of arti-

ficial grasses has improved greatly over recent years, so is a worthwhile substitute if

properly installed.

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Publishers Letter

Hot in the

Summer-

time!

How hot is it in your neck of the woods? What fun are you planning? How about business

events? However you plan your summer make sure

to stay safe. Here in Arizona we have monsoon sea-

son. Stay out of the way of the hobos! In this issue

we are featuring garden tips, summer recipes, busi-

ness tips, summer fashion and more. We are happy

to feature some of the best people in their indus-

tries . All women feel that they are an Ultimate

Woman and therefore expect the best. We offer

voices from all over. I hope that you will find all of

the articles and information valuable. This is for all

Ultimate Woman.

Brittany Ann Parrish

brittanyparrish913@gmail.com

Publisher

Ultimate Woman

International

Editor

Deborah Petros

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IT Support

Henry Mickens

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Publisher / Marketing

Brittany Parrish

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Contributing Writers:

Isadora Dahlen, Wayne Fullmer, Dianna Whitley, Sandy Rogers, De Anna Marie, Ann P

Photography:

Florine Duffield

Located in Peoria, Arizona

All Rights Reserved

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Hydrotherapy

Women In Business

Insanely Healthy Energy

Stylish Summer Fashion

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WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT

MEAN IN TODAYS WORLD?

The term RSVP comes from the French expression "rpondez s'il vous

plat", meaning; "please respond". f RSVP

is written on an invitation it means the

invited guest is welcomed and should tell

the host YES or NO they plan to attend the

party or event. It means the host needs a

definite head count for the planned

event, which we will address later in this

article.

ON-line events or in-person events include a tremendous

amount of decision making and

planning so YOU can have a great

experience and this includes all the

business events we are now invited

to via a variety of social media sites.

With all that being said, I was inspired to become part of a solution and motivat-

ed to write this article. I realized just be-

cause I have planned events for a living

does not mean others have or do, there-

fore perhaps they just dont know what it

takes. The biggest challenge to providing a

fabulous event of any kind is to be pre-

pared and thats where YOU the invitee

can help by providing an RSVP to the invi-

tation received.

One of the challenges that everyone who has ev-er managed events have, is how to motivate people to RSVP

in a timely manner or to even RSVP at all.

In a recent conversation, I realized the person I