Garden
Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Primrose
Ear primroses prefer alkaline soil (add ash when planting and add it if necessary), other common species grow well on loam with a neutral or slightly acidic soil reaction, and on moisture-absorbing peaty soils.
Diana Dashkevich gardening flowers plants tips 30 October 2023
Foliar feeding is great: Gardening tips
Most gardeners are used to feeding their plants by mixing fertilizers with water or soil - but that's not the only option you can use! For instance, many plants would benefit from foliar feeding - this method actually has lots of advantages.
Kate Yakimchuk gardening leaves plants tips nature 30 October 2023
Protective forest belt: Gardening tips
Some people's gardens are located in windy areas, so it's hard for them to grow gentle plants there. That's why they use protective forest belts - rows of strong trees that can protect their gardens well.
Kate Yakimchuk wind protection gardening forest 29 October 2023
Chicory: Growing and Care
Plant the seeds to a depth of 1−1.5 cm, in rows with a distance of 40 cm between them. The seeds germinate at a temperature of 10 degrees after 8−10 days.
Diana Dashkevich plants gardening gardening tips 29 October 2023
Chalk benefits: Gardening tips
Gardeners tend to use various chemicals and solutions to keep their plants healthy and strong. One of such things is regular chalk that can be used in many ways to benefit your garden.
Kate Yakimchuk gardening chalk plants tips 29 October 2023
Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Pomegranates
The formation and ripening of fruits lasts 120-160 days. Due to the extended flowering time, the ripening period is extended.
Diana Dashkevich fruits gardening trees 29 October 2023
Rules of transplanting: Gardening tips
You can grow many plants in containers to make them stronger and healthier, but then you have to transplant them to your garden. While it seems to be easy, new gardeners still tend to make lots of mistakes that can damage plants and their roots.
Kate Yakimchuk transplant gardening plants tips 29 October 2023
Astancia: Growing and Care
Astrantia bloom for a long time, 40-45 days, and grow quickly. The "Lars" variety has dark pink flowers, quite large, about 5 cm. It develops and blooms best in loose, fertile, moist soils.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening gardening tips 29 October 2023
Tips from the past that don't work: Gardening advice
While gardeners of the past managed to grow amazing harvests without modern technologies and tools, they weren't always right. It's a natural part of progressing - you learn new and better things that slowly replace the old methods.
Kate Yakimchuk tips mistakes gardening 29 October 2023
Forming the crown: Gardening tips
One of the things you should do to keep your plants healthy and beautiful is to form the crown. This method helps you minimize risks of various plant diseases, and also increase your harvest.
Kate Yakimchuk crown forming gardening plants tips 28 October 2023
Wild trees are different: Nature is amazing
You can find many fruit trees growing in wild nature freely, but they tend to be different from the trees in your garden. In many cases, wild trees and garden trees are quite different - not only because of their location, but also size, fruits, and health.
Kate Yakimchuk nature wildlife trees plants 28 October 2023
Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Forsythia
When planting, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the shrub does not like drafts and strong gusts of wind. Heat-loving forsythia feels good in illuminated, sunny areas and in partial shade.
Diana Dashkevich bush gardening gardening tips 28 October 2023
Mahonia: Growing and Care
The soil should be loose and light. You cannot compact it or trample it. This is because mahonia grows slowly, and compacted soil can create additional difficulties, thereby slowing its growth even further. The distance between seedlings is at least one meter.
Diana Dashkevich bush flowers gardening gardening tips 28 October 2023
Benefits of moisture-charging irrigation: Gardening tips
Irrigation is all about adding moisture to your plants, but what if you need to add more water for your plants to save it for later? You can use moisture-charging irrigation to create more moisture that you can use for later.
Kate Yakimchuk irrigation watering gardening planting tips 28 October 2023
Signs of witch's broom: Keep your plants healthy
Sometimes you can notice pretty strange spheres made of leaves and branches on trees - that's witch's broom plant disease. While it might look like it doesn't do much harm, it can be quite bad for your garden trees, so it's important to notice it quickly.
Kate Yakimchuk mistletoe trees diseases gardening plants 28 October 2023
Garden swing ideas: Make your garden beautiful
If you want your garden to be not only a home for all your favorite plants, but also a recreation zone for you, then you might need a swing! Beautiful garden swings can turn your garden into a perfect place for relaxation where you can enjoy nature and fresh air.
Kate Yakimchuk swing decoration ideas 27 October 2023
Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Tiarella
The flowers are small, star-shaped, light cream, collected in small racemes. By dividing the bush, daughter rosettes. Mixborders, groups, shady areas, under the crowns of mature trees.
Diana Dashkevich gardening plants plants tips plants care 27 October 2023
Astilbe: Growing and Care
Firstly, its delicate carved leaves do not like direct sunlight, secondly, the root system does not tolerate overheating, and thirdly, the plant cannot tolerate dry soil. Therefore, it is better to plant astilbe in the shade and mulch the ground around it.
Diana Dashkevich plants gardening gardening tips 27 October 2023
Too many weeds: Gardening tips
If your plants thrive, then you're a great gardener - but what if you also have too many weeds in your garden? Weeds can be quite persistent and hard to get rid of, so it's easier to find out the reasons why they grow so fast.
Kate Yakimchuk gardening weeds plants mistakes 27 October 2023
It changed everything: Plant selection history
Modern gardening and farming are pretty similar to what they used to be throughout all human history - but it's way better now! Some things like plant selection have helped us a lot, so now we have amazing harvests and lots of fruits we can enjoy.
Kate Yakimchuk gardening farming history evolution 27 October 2023