Like all living things on earth, a garden needs to be irrigated, but that doesn’t mean that you have to irrigate the fruit trees from morning to evening, hoping to saturate the harvest “to the brim”: like any agricultural method, in blog with lawn care tips we will tell you how to irrigate wisely. When…
On the seeds Taking into account the conditions on our garden, our knowledge, time, and price, in sowing, we must decide whether to sow outdoors, whether to grow seedlings or buy them. Everything has its strengths and weaknesses: direct sowing is convenient and simple, but the product is late and we cannot control the environmental…
Lactuca sativa Cultivation It is easy to cultivate it, but we know many types of it. We can sow it on a permanent place (already with two up to 3 ° C), or we can prepare the shoots with or without ground bread of the root. During germination, it does not like high temperatures, so…
Sowing outdoors The following conditions are important for successful sowing: well prepared earth (without large pieces or crust after the rain, humid, but not too wet – it must not stick to the tools), suitable depth for sowing (2-3 times deeper than seed thickness, less deep in winter, deeper in summer), earth temperature (the suitable…
For the garden work, we need the following tools: Shovel for earth moving. Shovel for hoeing or forks: they have a sharp edge and are used for hoeing. The forks are suitable above all for a ground with a lot of weeds, and for digging the roots. In any case, we find out which tool…
Garden on the balcony Even on the balcony, we can grow our own vegetables. Above all, herbs are good. The light is better on the south-east or south-west balconies. In the hottest places, we have to protect the vegetables against the strong summer sun on the south balconies (including SE and SO). The northern balconies…
Cultivation We can grow it from the seed and transplant it when the roots become too large. Hybrids bear more fruit, but their seeds are not available, so we buy the seeds. The first two years after sowing, we must not cut the first sprouts for the plant to become stronger. Distances Among the rows…
The use of suitable garden tools allows cutting branches, transplanting plants, or cleaning dead leaves to be more easy tasks. Caring for the garden keeping it in good condition by cutting weeds, trimming hedges, transplanting plants, or fertilizing the earth and then seeing how it evolves can be a gratifying activity. Whether gardening is considered…
Just as we must not exaggerate with chemical preparations, we must not exaggerate even with herbal preparations, since they can be very strong and can do damage. We use them when the plants really need them (not to avoid surprises and without thinking about it), they also need to be tested on a plant first….
Ten elementary plants to take cuttings Reproduction by cuttings is feasible in many species, and I encourage you to try any plant you like; But, if you want to be safe, here is a list of 10 plants that we propagate by this method and seldom fail. 1. Money or coin plant There is a…