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Like every gardener, I shuddered to meet the first news from the neighbors about the exit from the wintering of terrible pests — Colorado beetles. That was until he decided to meet me meadow moth. The name is pleasant, sounds gentle and soft, like meadow grass, meadow hay, playing on […]
The soil is a hostel where a huge number of small living creatures live, which does not like to show itself: the soil for them is a house — fortress, and not an exhibition hall. However, at the end of spring, when the land is warm (especially when it is […]
“Elytrigia” probably needs no introduction. There is hardly a cottager who would not curse this ubiquitous weed, trying to get rid of it in the beds and flower beds. Fantastically viable, perfectly adaptable to almost any living conditions, extremely aggressive-the elytra seems invincible. Is that true? How to deal with […]
The Earth looks like a blue-green ball from space. Blue, because most of its surface is occupied by the ocean. And green-because there are about 300,000 species of higher plants on our planet. Plants – the tallest and simplest – make up 99% of the earth’s biomass. The life of […]
For summer residents, spring is not only a time of fresh joy from the sight of green leaves in the garden, the singing of birds, new plans and hopes. This is a time of active activity, including the protection of fruit trees from pests. There are many effective and ingenious […]
Scab is a disease that does not include rot. This is a predisposing factor that creates favorable conditions for pathogens of dry and wet rot. It just seems that scab is a disease that almost does not harm the crop. In quiet years, this is true, because the tubers are […]
The word “Phytophthora” makes gardeners and gardeners shudder — just not again.! And – run to your plants: check, look around, evaluate and take action. And so it is every year, especially in regions where summer is short, with August rains. Why is there still no means to destroy this […]
One day I looked into the garden to see how my trees were feeling, and I saw that this pest had ruined one of the prunus trees and was now eating cherries! Of course, the next day I went to fight him, armed with a spray gun. On closer inspection, […]
A new summer season is ahead, and we are all looking forward to it: we choose seeds, look at colorful landscape design magazines, plan planting and harvesting. And it is very sad if the berries, vegetables or fruits grown with such diligence are eaten or spoiled by uninvited guests. A […]
Daffodils are grateful and unpretentious plants. The main care for them falls in the spring and is reduced to fertilizing and watering as necessary. The most time-consuming in the care of these bulbs is considered to be transplanting: it is not as difficult as in the case of tulips, but […]