In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Potting soil provides proper drainage for your indoor plant. You can find potting soil at any gardening store or online. Mix compost into the potting soil to increase the nutrients from organic matter. If your soil has a lot of clay, break it up with compost or sand before planting the ivy in the container. If you want to use soil from your garden, you need to mix it with potting soil, creating a 50/50 mix. However, it's best to stick to potting soil. Drag your finger in the soil at the base of the plant to check the soil's moisture level. If it's dry, water the soil until it's saturated and wait to water again until the soil dries out. You'll probably have to water the plant 2 times a week. Avoid watering the plant so much that water pools in the bottom of the container. Over-watering can cause root rot. To keep the leaves of your English ivy plant healthy and green, use a spray bottle to mist them 1 to 2 times a week. Mist the leaves during warm summer months or if you live in a climate with low humidity. Buy a slow-releasing nitrogen fertilizer and mix 1 teaspoon (5 ml) into 1 gallon (3,800ml) of water. Pour enough of the mixture around the roots so the soil is saturated. Choose a house plant fertilizer for foliage plants that has high levels of nitrogen. Avoid fertilizing the English ivy during the winter when it's dormant. It doesn't need fertilizer when it's not growing. Don't let the fertilizer come into contact with the plant's leaves or they could cause fertilizer burn. Follow all of the instructions on your fertilizer label.
Summary: Use a standard potting soil for the plant. Water the ivy plant once the soil is dry. Mist the leaves of the plant during dry seasons. Fertilize once a month during spring, summer, and fall.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Make it a point to cite successes at board meetings and to verbally congratulate employees on a job well done. It is a great way to create an office atmosphere focused on success and to empower employees to keep up the good work. When you feel that it is earned, acknowledge hard work with bonuses or other types of rewards so your employees feel that you really see that they are making a difference. Sometimes, your employees will make a big effort without getting the results they hoped for. Even if they don't succeed, you should acknowledge them for trying and giving it their all. Know that monetary rewards help empower employees, but that money can't be the only thing that gets them going. An important part of empowering employees is letting them know their opinions are valuable. Adopting an open door policy lets employees know you care about what they say and enables them to give their input and play an active role in the well-being of the business. Employees who feel involved are empowered employees. When employees talk to you, make sure you give them your full attention. Don't listen to their complaints while checking your phone or munching lunch; even if you can only give them a few minutes of your time, make sure they have your full attention. Though criticism is helpful if given correctly, you should focus on all of the good things that your employees are doing instead of nitpicking them and making them feel like "no news is good news." Compliment them and let them know they've done a good job and do so as often as you can. This policy can help establish a positive environment, instead of making employees feel like they'll only hear from you if they've made a mistake. You can't succeed in your job if you never criticize your employees, but when you explain something they've done incorrectly, make sure you do so in a respectful manner. Instead of making it sound like they have completely messed up, yelling, or threatening to fire them, have a civil conversation. Discuss how they can improve. Employees don't work well when they feel discouraged or like they can't succeed, no matter what they do. Giving them a goal to reach and making them feel like they are capable of success is a much better strategy than making them feel like they are constantly failing. When criticizing, make sure you are also pointing out things the employee is doing well. For example, say something like, "You're such a hard worker and I know how much you want to succeed. However, if you let others take on more responsibility during team work, I think the results would be more balanced, and you would feel less pressure to do everything yourself." To empower employees, know what makes them tick. They won't all be motivated by the same thing, so if you want them to succeed, you have to know their strengths and weaknesses to make the most of their abilities. Pay attention to their skills and what they say in meetings and find a way to help each employee reach his or her fullest potential. For example, if one of your employees loves working with others, make sure he or she has plenty of opportunities for teamwork. If one of your employees has an analytical mind, ask him to help you analyze the latest company report. Make the most of each employee's strengths. To empower employees, you have to make them feel like what they do for the company really does matter and impacts its success. Whether you give them statistics, charts, data, or testimonials, make an effort to make them see the bigger picture. Keep employees up-to-date on company developments. If you're hiring more employees, starting a new branch of the company, working on a new project, or making other big changes, let employees know as much as they can about what's going on. You don't want them to feel they're the last to hear about big changes because this will make them feel like they don't really have a stake in the company. To empower employees, you can't make them feel like there's no room for them to move forward. If they feel like they will just do the same old job year after year without any additional responsibilities, opportunities, or promotions, then it'll be hard for them to feel truly empowered. Make sure they have a clear path to success and that they feel recognized as they get better and better at their jobs. Additional bonuses or raises can really help your employees feel like their job has a future. If they've been working the same job for over two years without a single raise, for example, then they can start to feel like they've reached a dead end. Talk to your employees about where they want to be in the future. Help them get there. They should feel that there are opportunities to grow, to learn skills and to take on more responsibilities the longer they stay at the job.
Summary: Acknowledge employee achievements. Open your door to employees. Give more compliments than criticism. Criticize constructively. Understand what motivates each employee. Make employees feel like they are part of the company. Show employees there's room for growth in the company.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: If you can't find that, jeans will be fine.
Summary:
Wear blue or grey sweatpants. Cuff your pants at the bottoms.