Garden
Gardening tips: Monarda growing tips
You might not know what monarda is, but you've definitely heard of bergamot or bee balm. This amazing plant can be not just beneficial, but also beautiful – no wonder some gardeners want to grow it!
Kate Yakimchuk monarda gardening tips garden flowers growing planting 11 January 2024
Gardening tips: Delphinium – learn how to grow it
If you want your garden to be full of beautiful and resilient flowers, then try growing delphinium – it's worth it! Blue, purple, pink, and white flowers can attract butterflies to your garden and add a special romantic atmosphere to your place.
Kate Yakimchuk delphinium gardening tips garden flowers growing tips 11 January 2024
Garden ideas: Building an alcove on a pile foundation
Your garden doesn't have to be just about gardening and farming – it can also be a perfect place for entertainment and relaxation! For instance, you can build a nice alcove on a pile foundation, so it's going to be light, strong, and lasting.
Kate Yakimchuk alcove gardening tips pile foundation relaxation building 10 January 2024
Pyrethrum: Growing and Care
Pyrethrum is an ornamental flowering plant that is unpretentious. With its buds, pyrethrum resembles daisies, but only larger and more colorful.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening gardening tips plants plants tips 10 January 2024
Eupatorium: How to Grow
The leaves are large, arranged in whorls of 3-5, oval-lanceolate, pointed, serrated along the edge, hairy. The baskets are small, of 3-12 flowers, collected in corymbose inflorescences up to 20 cm in diameter. The flowers are light pink to lilac-purple. Blooms in July-August for 30-35 days.
Diana Dashkevich flowers plants plants care gardening gardening tips 10 January 2024
Gardening tips: Safe pesticides for fruit trees
Fruit trees need pesticides – they tend to attract lots of pests that can damage your fruits and other plants nearby. Meanwhile, you can't just use any pesticide that's effective – you have to choose a safe one, so your fruits will be safe to eat too.
Kate Yakimchuk pesticides pest control garden pests trees safety 10 January 2024
Gardening tips: Why are violets so popular?
If you know someone who loves houseplants, then they probably grow violets – these flowers are extremely popular. But what makes these small flowers so widespread and loved?
Kate Yakimchuk violets houseplants growing plants gardening tips flowers 10 January 2024
Gardening tips: Growing an avocado from a pit
If you love avocados, then you might try growing them at home – they not only taste, but also look amazing! From a pit, you can germinate and grow a plant to keep it as a houseplant, or to transplant it into your garden later.
Kate Yakimchuk avocado planting gardening tips houseplants growing plants 9 January 2024
Loosestrife: How to Grow
The bush is compact, erect, up to 40-50 cm in diameter, with branched shoots. It blooms long and profusely, from mid-July to August. Grows well in moist, sunny places. Loves fertile, loamy soils.
Diana Dashkevich flowers plants gardening gardening tips plants tips 9 January 2024
Iberis: How to Grow
Choose it for landscaping that is located in the south, in dry places where plants often dry out from the heat and dryness.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening plants care plants plants tips 9 January 2024
Gardening tips: Climbing flowers – the best plants to decorate your garden
If you want to turn your garden into a fantasy-like place, then use climbing flowers – they look amazing! There are lots of climbing flowers and vines you can choose from, depending on your favorite colors and the amount of time you're ready to spend on taking care of them.
Kate Yakimchuk gardening tips climbing plants flow planting choosing 9 January 2024
Gardening tips: Healing herbs – grow them on your windowsill
If you want to grow some healing herbs, then you don't even have to have a garden to do it – your windowsill is just enough! Herbs require some specific conditions to thrive, but they are generally easy to grow, even indoors.
Kate Yakimchuk healing herbs gardening tips growing herbs tips 9 January 2024
Gardening tips: Bird cherry – everything you need to know
If you want your garden to smell like heaven, then try growing bird cherries – it's a beautiful plant with a nice fragrance that can suit your garden well! This plant isn't just beautiful – it also has some benefits, so it might be a generally great idea to grow it.
Kate Yakimchuk bird cherry gardening tips trees plants growing 8 January 2024
Helichrysum: How to Grow
Helichrysum is a beautiful flower native to South Africa that is not at all difficult to care for. It easily adapted to harsh winters and gained considerable popularity.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening gardening tips plants tips 8 January 2024
Gaillardia: How to Grow
Gaillardia seedlings are sown at the end of March. They also practice sowing crops before winter.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening gardening tips plants care 8 January 2024
Gardening tips: Garden beds sink after heavy rains – what can you do?
After heavy rains, you can find your garden beds completely covered by water - it can easily kill your plants. While you can't control the weather, you can always create garden beds that cat withstand different types of weather and protect the plants.
Kate Yakimchuk flood gardening tips raised beds drainage rain 8 January 2024
Tulips: Secrets of Growing
Tulips should be planted in the fall, a few weeks before the first frost. This usually occurs between mid-September and early November. You can plant them a little earlier to give the plants more time to develop roots.
Diana Dashkevich flowers tulips gardening gardening tips plants tips 7 January 2024
Hippeastrum: Growing and Care
Hippeastrum feels comfortable on a sunny windowsill, but can easily tolerate partial shade; in the summer they can be transplanted into open ground.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening plants plants tips gardening tips 7 January 2024
Gardening insights: Pesticides – are they actually good or bad?
While some people can't imagine gardening without pesticides, others think that they're not just dangerous, but awful in every possible way. Like usually, the truth is actually somewhere in between – so you should know both the good and bad sides of using them.
Kate Yakimchuk pesticides pest control gardening tips danger benefits 7 January 2024
Gardening tips: Growing pines is easy
If you want to add a bit of beautiful Nordic atmosphere to your garden, then plant a few pines - they look amazing! There are plenty of different pine varieties to choose from, so you can choose the size and shape of your future trees.
Kate Yakimchuk pine gardening trees gardening tips garden trees 6 January 2024