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May is the time to harvest and dry valuable medicinal raw materials — currant leaf. It is at this time that young blackcurrant leaves contain the maximum amount of vitamin C and are the most useful for our body. However, many summer residents use them not so much for medicinal […]
They are among the first to “light up” in flower beds, rocky gardens. Early flowering, natural beauty, the ability to grow in one place for several years in a row without annual digging of bulbs make them very popular in our dachas. Since there are already about 100 species of […]
A private lawn in a dacha or backyard is a cozy place to relax, clean, well—groomed, pleasing to the eye territory, prestige, finally. Gardeners often assume that it is worth trying only once to arrange everything correctly — and then it will be enough only to cut the overgrown grass […]
4. Tricks of pets Many summer residents and owners of country houses keep in mind, among other things, the opportunity to enjoy the lawn with a pet when arranging a lawn. But unfortunately, cats and dogs are the main enemies of a beautiful lawn, no matter how sad it may […]
In nature, plants are not divided into beautiful and edible. Only a person once decided to do this by defining a place in flower beds for some, and sending others to the garden. But even this division turned out to be temporary, because in recent years, with the advent of […]
Brassicaceae But you should not wait for the flowering of vegetable plants from the Brassicaceae family (radish, turnip, daikon, mustard, cabbage). Firstly, the inflorescences consisting of four-petalled yellow flowers are not too decorative, and secondly, the taste and appearance of the “bloomed” vegetable will be hopelessly spoiled, even if we […]
The European radish is a close relative of the radish with a small beautifully colored and rapidly growing root crop. According to legend, it was taken by the traveler Marco Polo from China to Venice, and from there it has already spread throughout Europe. The nutritional and healing properties of […]
Onion is one of the most ancient vegetable crops, it has always been cultivated both as a food and as a medicinal plant. Onions are considered relatively easy to grow, and even novice summer residents usually achieve quite decent harvests. But it happens that experienced gardeners also fail. Sometimes the […]
In any construction, it is important that you have a reliable and productive tool in your hands, with which the work will go much faster. When I was going to build a house with my own hands, I tried to think in advance what operations and what tools I would […]
Exterior walls are painted for two main reasons: to give the building a beautiful, well-groomed appearance and to protect the surface from atmospheric influences. The choice of finishing material and the method of its application depends on what the walls are made of, on their condition and the degree of […]