Fennel is almost like dill
Fennel (Foeniculum, family Umbelliferae) is a food, spice and medicinal crop. Fennel bulbs are used as food fresh and boiled, the leaves are used as …
Exquisite mertensia: for a beautiful flowerbed and a delicious breakfast
When you start to arrange flower beds, you want bright, large, eye-catching, a lot of it. And the offers on the planting material market are …
The best folk substitutes for insecticides and fungicides
Today, you can find any means on sale to combat pests and diseases of indoor plants. But every gardener still thinks about household and generation-tested …
How not to deprive yourself of the perfect lawn – the main mistakes
The key to a perfect lawn is proper preparation. Mistakes made and preparatory steps that we brushed aside due to lack of time or other …
Diatomite – innovative technologies in plant care
Due to accelerating technical progress and the ever-increasing development of industry, the ecological situation of the environment is noticeably worsening, negatively affecting the human body. …
How to feed strawberries after fruiting
Garden strawberries, or strawberries as we are accustomed to calling them, are one of the early aromatic berries that summer generously gives us. How we …
Seedlings from peelings – what vegetables grow easily from cuttings?
In my kitchen, I try to throw nothing away, which definitely helps save money and reduce waste. Part of this is making the most of …
Strawberries – new varieties
Strawberries, or, as it is more correctly called, garden strawberries, are a berry crop that occupies the top lines of popularity and the largest areas …
5 Fun Alternatives to Hippeastrum
Few bulbous plants can boast such popularity as hippeastrum. It has become so widespread in indoor culture that it has entered the list of “golden …
10 varieties of columnar apple trees that I recommend for the middle zone
To date, breeders have developed, according to various sources, from seven to ten thousand (!) varieties of cultivated apple trees. But with their enormous diversity, …
Radish – what types there are and how to grow them
Among the favorite vegetable crops in our gardens, radish is relatively rare. At the same time garden radish (Radish sativus L.) has many cultural forms …
How to Protect Your Apple and Pear Trees from Scab
Apple and pear scab is one of the most dangerous, widespread fungal diseases. It affects leaves, buds, flowers, fruits, and, less often, young shoots. In …
How to water aerophytes correctly? Detailed instructions
Who doesn’t love amazing exotic plants at home? Perhaps many are attracted by bright aerophytes with unusual shapes. But here’s the problem. They don’t sit …
8 Best Fall Flower Bulbs
Bulbous plants boast such an enviable variety that there is a star among them not only for any garden and composition, but also for any …
Cottage garden – features of organization
One of the youngest styles of landscape design, born at the end of the century before last, is the cottage style. This is such a …
Dracaena – types, growing conditions and care
A favorite false palm and one of the most unpretentious giant plants, dracaena is a true classic of indoor floriculture. The “Dragon Tree” offers an …
Zantedeschia: Growing Modern Varieties
Zantedeschia — a beautiful and interesting plant of the Araceae family. Its Latin name is ‘Zantedeschia’, and it is often popularly called “calla”, “arum” or …
Codonanta is an elegant indoor tree climber.
Codonanta is a unique “air” plant from among ampelous crops, suitable for growing both in hanging baskets and in regular pots. A graceful beauty with …
The best varieties of sweet peppers with chocolate-colored fruits
I love growing sweet peppers. In addition to the traditional red varieties, I always want peppers to be diverse, so I plant them in all …
Shelter blackberries for the winter
Blackberries are rapidly gaining popularity in summer cottages. They have already received a permanent residence permit in many gardens and deserved recognition. Despite this, many …
20 Perennials That Are Divided in the Fall
Autumn is a great time to plant and replant perennial flowers, especially if it is time to divide them – they have grown so much …
Peculiarities of Growing Herbaceous Peonies
Part 1. Herbaceous peonies – all-time favoritesPart 2. Peculiarities of growing herbaceous peonies Herbaceous peonies, even the best varieties, are among the most unpretentious and …
Pollen allergy, or hay fever – who is to blame and what to do?
What a wonderful time of year it is — spring! It is such an amazing daily joy to see how the trees are covered with …
Carambola – delicious stars
In the wild, carambola is found in the forests of Indonesia. Its homeland is considered to be the Moluccas. Cultivated varieties of carambola are grown …
Dracaena marginata is the most unpretentious and bright
Among the hardy, unpretentious and very decorative dracaenas, one species is especially loved by gardeners all over the world. Dracaena marginata with its beautiful “colored” …
Rules for spring care of thuja. Video
Thuja is a beautiful, evergreen plant. A real decoration of any garden. With the onset of spring, the coniferous plant requires increased attention. First of …
What should a gardener remember to do in April?
Probably the main sign of April in most parts of the country is the breaking up of rivers from ice. This is a powerful, spectacular, …
How to care for the soil after potatoes
Potatoes for everyone who grows them on their own have always occupied and will always occupy a leading place in the calendar of agricultural work. …
Florarium, or ecosystem – a miniature garden in a bottle
A terrarium is a fashionable highlight of the interior. Who invented such a miracle? How to create it yourself? Why did they become fashionable right …
10 Best Ferns for Flower Beds and Rabatki
Ferns are unique and irreplaceable plants for landscape design. There are no better decorative foliage crops for decorating shaded areas of the garden, plants that …