Garden
Gardening tips: Reversing the herbicide effects
To get rid of weeds, you should sometimes use special herbicides – they can effectively block new plants from growing. Meanwhile, if you accidentally used it where you didn't want to, you could kill your plants and make your soil infertile.
Kate Yakimchuk herbicides gardening tips growing plants soil tips 19 January 2024
Gardening tips: When soil isn't fertile
Good soil is essential for productive gardening, and that's why location means so much for gardeners and farmers. In the past, infertile soil was a condemnation, but now we can fix the problem and make a garden fertile and suitable for growing plants again.
Kate Yakimchuk garden soil infertility gardening tips planting fertilizer 18 January 2024
Kochia: How to Grow
Flowering occurs in summer, producing round inflorescences. This plant is known for its ability to change color depending on environmental conditions. It is recommended to plant Kochia in open ground in early spring, when the threat of frost has passed.
Diana Dashkevich plants gardening gardening tips plants care 18 January 2024
Plectranthus: How to Grow
The root system is weak, so it is better to choose shallow and wide pots. It is not picky about the substrate; store-bought soil for palm trees or other decorative foliage plants is suitable. Good soil aeration is needed, so drainage is placed at the bottom of the pot.
Diana Dashkevich plants houseplants gardening gardening tips plants tips 18 January 2024
Gardening tips: Protect your garden from rodents
Not only insects, but also rodents can be quite dangerous pests destroying your garden. These small animals can easily damage the plants, including their roots, stems, and fruits.
Kate Yakimchuk rodent gardening tips garden pests tips plants 18 January 2024
Gardening tips: The most dangerous garden pests
Gardeners are well-aware of the damage that some pests can cause to their plants and harvest. While some pests can only slightly damage the fruits or leaves, other pests can completely destroy your garden.
Kate Yakimchuk garden pests gardening tips insects plants tips 18 January 2024
Gardening tips: Flowers you shouldn't plant together
When planning a garden bed, you should think not only about its aesthetics, but also about its functionality. Different garden flowers have different needs which you should take into account before planting flowers together.
Kate Yakimchuk garden flowers gardening tips planting soil growing 17 January 2024
Mallow: How to Grow
The seeds of the crop can be sown directly into the soil in late spring or early summer, but in this case, only a small plant will be able to form before the onset of cold weather, which will bloom in the second year of growth. Pre-winter sowing of seeds in open ground is also allowed, since the crop successfully withstands wintering.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening gardening tips plants tips 17 January 2024
Hosta: How to grow
Hosta soils need very fertile, rich in organic matter, loose, light and moist with a slightly acidic reaction (pH 6.0 - 6.5). In nature, they grow in floodplains and along the banks of streams. But they also do well on rocky soils. Therefore, this plant takes root well on an alpine hill.
Diana Dashkevich plants gardening flowers gardening tips plants care 17 January 2024
Gardening tips: Moles in your garden – get rid of them!
While being mostly harmless, moles can sometimes create lots of problems for gardeners. These tiny animals can create lots of tunnels in your garden and damage plant roots, so it's better to repel them.
Kate Yakimchuk mole gardening tips garden pests tips plants 17 January 2024
Gardening tips: Floods won't damage your plants – protect the garden beds!
If your garden can be easily flooded, then you constantly risk all your plants and harvest. Snow, rains, or rivers can easily destroy all your hard work, so you have to protect the garden beds and the plants.
Kate Yakimchuk garden beds flood gardening tips plants water 17 January 2024
Gardening tips: A simple greenhouse – how to create it?
If you have a few plants that require a hot and humid climate, then you probably need a greenhouse. Luckily, you don't have to build a big and expensive one – it's often enough just to make a small and simple one!
Kate Yakimchuk greenhouse gardening tips growing plants ideas building 16 January 2024
Heliotrope: How to Grow
Heliotrope is planted in a permanent place in early June, when the threat of return spring frosts has passed, and after 1.5–2 weeks you can begin fertilizing with complex fertilizers.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening gardening tips plants tips 16 January 2024
Plectranthus: How to Grow
The root system is weak, so it is better to choose shallow and wide pots. It is not picky about the substrate; store-bought soil for palm trees or other decorative foliage plants is suitable. Good soil aeration is needed, so drainage is placed at the bottom of the pot.
Diana Dashkevich plants houseplants plants tips plants care 16 January 2024
Gardening tips: Amazing honey mushrooms – grow them by yourself
In your garden, you can grow not just crops or flowers – you can also grow your own mushrooms! For instance, you can grow honey mushrooms – they're delicious and relatively easy to grow, too.
Kate Yakimchuk honey mushrooms gardening tips growing mushrooms tips 16 January 2024
Gardening tips: Beautiful, but harmful – don't eat these berries
If you love growing decorative plants, then you have to be careful with what you grow, because some of these plants can be quite harmful. For instance, if you have small kids or pets, then you should be careful with plants that have poisonous berries.
Kate Yakimchuk gardening tips toxic plants berries danger poison 16 January 2024
Choosing plants: The most unusual houseplants
If you love houseplants, but you're tired of the most popular kinds, then it's time to discover something new! Nowadays, there are so many unusual houseplants you can buy or order online, so you don't have to limit yourself.
Kate Yakimchuk houseplants gardening tips plants care growing planting 15 January 2024
Catharanthus: Growing and Care
In order for your catharanthus to thrive, it needs certain conditions. Firstly, he prefers bright but diffused light. Direct rays of the sun can cause leaf burns. Secondly, the room temperature should be moderate, within 18-25 degrees Celsius.
Diana Dashkevich plants flowers gardening gardening tips plants tips 15 January 2024
Kupena: How to Grow
Kupena blooms from May to June with small tubular white flowers with a green border at the ends of the petals. In autumn the flowers give way to dark blue round berries.
Diana Dashkevich plants gardening gardening tips plants tips 15 January 2024
Gardening tips: When the infection spreads further
All garden infections are better to be prevented or noticed early, but everyone makes mistakes, so you can accidentally miss the signs. If you understand that multiple trees are infected, and the infection seems to spread further, then it's time to act quickly.
Kate Yakimchuk tree illnesses infections gardening tips spreading illnesses 15 January 2024