gardening
Hilly land is not a problem: Gardening tips
It often seems that hilly land isn't suitable for gardening, because it's harder to make garden beds and efficient drainage there. Meanwhile, it's totally possible - you just need to do everything gradually and thoughtfully.
Kate Yakimchuk hills land Garden 19 October 2023
Benefits of rotted leaves: Gardening tips
Lots of regular things you don't pay attention to can actually benefit your garden plants and soil. For instance, rotted leaves can be quite useful for gardeners and farmers, so you shouldn't get rid of it.
Kate Yakimchuk leaves plants tips Garden 19 October 2023
Alyssum: Growing and Care
The flowers of this species range in color from white to lilac and burgundy and have a strong honey aroma. Flowering is very long - from spring to autumn, with the possibility of extension when pruning.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening tips Garden 19 October 2023
Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Zinnias
The seedlings will require watering, several fertilizing, and hardening off before planting in the ground. To form a beautiful bush, pinch the top. When the cold weather goes away, the seedlings can be sent to the flowerbed. Zinnia is planted in a flowerbed at a distance of 30-35 cm from each other, the same distance is given between the rows.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening tips Garden 19 October 2023
Benefits of sphagnum: Gardening tips
When creating a beautiful and fruitful garden, you can use moss - it can improve your soil and help your plants thrive. You can use one specific type of moss named sphagnum - it can improve your gardening experience a lot.
Kate Yakimchuk moss sphagnum plants Garden 19 October 2023
Benefits of loam: Gardening tips
There are plenty of soil types available, but loam seems to be one of the best types of soil for lots of plants. Farmers and gardeners love it because plants thrive there, so they sometimes buy the soil to make gardening easier.
Kate Yakimchuk loam soil tips Garden 19 October 2023
Benefits of substrates: Gardening tips
To take care of your garden plants well, you should know about substrates - special types of soil needed for plants to thrive. Different plants have different needs, so it's beneficial to use the right substrates for them.
Kate Yakimchuk substrates plants Garden 18 October 2023
Cosmea: Growing and Care
Cosmoya bipinnate is a flowering annual herbaceous plant native to the foothills of Mexico. The branches are vertical, highly branched. The height of the bush reaches 160 centimeters. The leaves are so finely and densely dissected that they can be confused with dill.
Diana Dashkevich flowers plants tips Garden 18 October 2023
Signs of a bad pruner: Gardening tips
To prune your garden effectively, you need to use high-quality garden tools, especially pruners. While new pruners often seem fine, poor quality pruners can break quickly, or just make it way harder for you to prune effectively.
Kate Yakimchuk tools pruners pruning choosing Garden 18 October 2023
You need a respirator: Gardening tips
While gardening isn't a particularly dangerous hobby, gardeners still need lots of tools and also protection to do everything safely. One of the things every gardener needs is a respirator - it's essential when you work with chemicals.
Kate Yakimchuk respirator safety tips tools Garden 18 October 2023
Flower stigma and its roles: Gardening tips
When doing gardening as a hobby, you still need to know plenty of terms and basic facts about your plants to help them thrive. One of such concepts is flower stigma - a thing that helps with pollination and reproduction of flowers.
Kate Yakimchuk flowers stigma plants Garden 17 October 2023
Cocoa Beans: How to Grow
Currently, chocolate trees are most cultivated in Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia. Cocoa trees can also be found in Brazil, Nigeria and Cameroon.
Diana Dashkevich cacao beans plants tips Garden 17 October 2023
Lilies: Growing and Care
These flowers take root well in a new place. The best time to plant lily bulbs in the spring is late April - early May (depending on the climate of your region). It is best to plant and replant lilies in the fall in late September - early October.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening tips Garden 17 October 2023
Benefits of creeping plants: Gardening tips
If you want your garden to have a very romantic, fantasy-like vibe, or you just like thriving lush gardens, then you might like creeping plants. These plants are versatile, and they can create beautiful scenery in your garden, so you can choose them for various reasons.
Kate Yakimchuk plants planting tips Garden 17 October 2023
Benefits of grow inhibitors: Gardening tips
While sometimes gardeners want their plants to grow faster, sometimes they actually need the opposite thing. That's why we have growth inhibitors - special chemicals that can slow down your plants, so you can enjoy some benefits.
Kate Yakimchuk inhibitors plants planting growing Garden 17 October 2023
Rootstocks and their benefits: Gardening tips
If you want to be a successful gardener, then you need to know about rootstocks and how to use them beneficially. A rootstock is the lower part of a plant, usually a woody stem or root, onto which another plant, called the scion or graft, is attached.
Kate Yakimchuk rootstocks plants tips Garden 16 October 2023
Butternut Pumpkin: Growing and Care
Butternut squash have an elongated shape, the fruit can look like a large zucchini, an overgrown cucumber or a giant pear, and its skin is thin and easy to cut with a knife. Pumpkins of this type often thicken closer to the flower, where their seeds are concentrated.
Diana Dashkevich pumpkins vegetables gardening tips Garden 16 October 2023
Zero shoots and their benefits: Gardening tips
When growing plants, you can see zero shoots, also known and sucker growth - and it's often better to get rid of them. Removing sucker growth can benefit your plants a lot, making them more resilient and healthy.
Kate Yakimchuk plants planting Garden 16 October 2023
Crop rationing benefits: Gardening tips
You might think that gardeners and farmers always want to get their harvest as huge as possible, but it's not always true. In fact, they often need crop rationing to limit their crops, because it can be quite beneficial.
Kate Yakimchuk crops farm Garden 16 October 2023
Myrtle: How to Grow
The tree loves organic fertilizers in the soil. For planting or replanting/transferring, a mixture is used that combines sand, peat, turf, a little clay, and humus. The plant needs an open space, but constant direct rays are harmful to it. The light should be diffused.
Diana Dashkevich flowers gardening tips Garden 16 October 2023