It is believed there’s something mysterious about naming a baby and that name can determine future of child. That’s why some parents try to find out meaning of names before choosing one. Often a baby is named after great person – King or President, Olympic champion or movie star.

In Russia there’s a tradition to name first-born son after his grandfather. This makes naming process somewhat easier if family follows this tradition.

Pavel Medvedev, an engineer from St.Petersburg, Russia, and a father of three sons tells this story.

“My name is Pavel. I was named after my grandfather according to our family tradition to call a first-born son after his grandfather. Now, my father’s name is Mikhail and I thought I would call my son after him – Mikhail.

“The problem was that my wife asked me to name our son after HER father, i.e. my father-in-law. Well, I had to yield (after all it was her who borne our baby, so she deserved to name him) and we called our son Vitaly – after my father-in-law.

Title:Wetland Gardens Author:Sandra Lawton Contact:sandra@ezine-info.co.uk

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Wetland Gardens by Sandra Lawton

We'd like to take a look at how to turn a waterlogged area into something beautiful!

Wetland Gardens ---------------

Where we live, in Hampshire, UK, there is a lot of clay in soil and with our wet climate, this readily turns areas of garden into a quagmire.

But this does not have to be a cause for despair! The best option is to accept this area as a 'wetland' and address it accordingly.

If you fancy idea, but don't have a wetland area, you can create one artificially. More and more I'm being asked to do just that.

There is a range of plants that can not only cope with boggy areas, but positively thrive, producing luxuriant foliage and stunning flowers.

>Hosters >Lillies >Irises >Marsh Marigolds >Primulas >Ferns >A range of Grasses

Actually prefer these conditions alongside other trees and shrubs.

We've briefly discussed how water attracts birds and wildlife and wetland gardens are no different. Many birds and a variety of brightly coloured insects will soon enhance your garden. Wetland Gardens really are very beautiful.

If you create these areas artificially, in order to blend it in with environment, it is important to create an extended marginal area (the zone between wet and dry land).

Another beauty of wetland gardens is their ability to stand alone as an attractive feature, or to act as an extenstion to a pond or a stream.

They are inexpensive, and easy to create, so here we go, get your spade out ........

Creating your Wetland Garden (2m - 6ft wide) --------------------------------------------

Equipment:

>Spade >Garden Fork >Rake >Scissors >Sheet of high density polythene 3.5m x 3.5m >8 x 25kg bags of 10mm shingle

How? ----