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16 useful tips that will be useful to every summer resident.

Working on a summer cottage requires a willingness to spend a lot of time and effort to achieve a result. However, there are ways to make gardening easier and more enjoyable than ever!

1. Planting seedlings


From plastic bottles of different sizes, convenient and practical containers for seedlings will turn out. In addition, it is a great way to recycle plastic without harming the environment.

2. Used coffee


In winter, put the waste grounds and tea leaves in a container specially designated for this. In the spring, the collected waste can be used as an effective fertilizer that will enrich the soil with nitrogen and significantly accelerate plant growth.

3. Bait for insects


Ladybugs, bumblebees, bees and lacewings belong to the category of beneficial insects and are indispensable helpers in the fight against aphids and other pests. To attract these wonderful insects to your garden, sugar syrup will help, which should be sprayed on the soil near plants that are often attacked by pests.

4. Mixed beds


It is known that insects find plants by smell. Therefore, fragrant plants such as nasturtium, bitter wormwood, peppermint, calendula and garlic will help scare away harmful insects from vegetables. Sow these plants in rare patches on vegetable beds to get a flowering garden and a rich harvest.

5. Glove hanger


So that gloves for working in the garden are not lost and are always at hand, equip a special hanger for them with clothespins instead of hooks. You can hang it on the wall near the porch, on the fence or on the shed where garden tools are stored.

6. Phone cuff


To always stay in touch and not lose your phone during gardening, make an original cuff-fixator for it. To do this, cut off the upper part from any sock, put it on your arm above the elbow or on your leg, fold it in half and put your phone in the resulting pocket.

7. Waste containers


Old car tires painted in a bright color and stacked one on top of the other can make charming and roomy trash cans that will help securely fix garbage bags and prevent waste from scattering or flying around the garden.

8. Original flower beds


Do not rush to uproot old stumps. Instead, turn them into original flower beds. To create a flower bed, you need to cut out the middle of the stump, fill the resulting recess with earth and plant flowers. Soon, nondescript stumps will bloom and turn into stunning flower beds.

9. Storage of small garden tools


To keep your small garden tool blades clean and sharp, store all shovels, choppers, and pruners in a bucket filled with pebbles or sand.

10. Sowing markers

With the help of special markers for sowing, you can make several holes for seeds at once. In addition, making such a useful device is not at all difficult, using wine corks and plywood or cardboard egg trays and an unnecessary drawer lid.

11. Sweet tomatoes


Add some baking soda to the soil where the tomatoes grow so that the tomatoes grow juicy and sweet.

12. Markers and tags


After planting the seeds, do not forget to mark the planting sites with special markers and tags. To do this, you can use a variety of materials, for example: plastic forks, knives, spoons, wooden sticks, painted stones and any other materials at hand.
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13. Roses in potatoes


Do you want to plant your garden with beautiful roses? Then, at the height of flowering, cut off several even pencil-thick young shoots from the existing rose bush, cut them into cuttings about 15-20 centimeters long, stick the shoots into young potatoes and plant them in the ground. Potatoes will allow you to always keep the sprouts in a humid environment, which will allow them to take root faster.

14. Foot washer


To prevent household members from carrying dirt and sand around the house after visiting the river or playing with the ground, place a special tray with pebbles on the porch, standing on which you can easily wash your feet.

15. Wasp trap


If wasps and hornets are in the habit of flying to your site to refresh themselves, while scaring children and causing discomfort to household members, make a special trap that will help scare away insects. To do this, cut off the neck from a plastic bottle, and pour a little sweet syrup into the bottom. From the cut off neck, you need to unscrew the cap and install it in a funnel-type bottle with bait. The finished trap can be hung on a tree or placed near the house. It is better to do this in the spring, when the summer cottage is rarely visited.

16. Flower fertilization


Banana peel is an excellent natural fertilizer for flowers. Moreover, it can be used in a variety of forms: raw, dried, fried, frozen, in the form of infusion or compost. The easiest way is to grind fresh banana peels and bury them in the ground under the flowers. Such a fertilizer will soon revive even the most stunted plants.

We all love to give advice, because we all come from the land of advice. Tips are different - useful, useless and even harmful.
In this section, we will give extremely useful advice for summer residents and everyone who has their own country house and plot. Make your garden beautiful and your harvest rich!

How to master virgin land

There are many known ways to fly into the turf in the spring and turn it into clean, loose earth.
And it will be easier for you, faster and more correctly, the more you are a "soil scientist" in spirit and knowledge.

When we talk about winning ways of growing tomatoes, we mean that they allow you to reliably avoid both phytophthora, and brown leaf spot, and blossom-end rot of fruits and their other main diseases at once. Everyone knows that these diseases occur very easily in tomatoes, so environmentally friendly growing methods that give this crop a margin of safety are rare.

Details Author: Pavel Trannua

How to prevent blackleg in seedlings?

I have long been convinced in practice that with skillfully adjusted agricultural technology, the problem of the so-called "black leg" on any seedling disappears by itself.
First, a few words about the phenomenon itself, what it is ...

"ShungiTerra" new natural fertilizer

Perhaps there are few fertilizers that have a lot of useful properties and at the same time have practically no side effects on plants or humans. The conducted researches proved 100% efficiency of the new fertilizer based on shungite. Meet ShungiTerra.

Details Author: Valery

Overview of modern methods for protecting a summer cottage from moles

Many owners of suburban areas have to unwillingly face the problems created by such uninvited guests as moles.
Consider modern methods of scaring away and fighting moles in their summer cottage.

Details Author: Administrator

10 Mosquito Repelling Plants

Why are some plants 10 times more effective than DEET?
If annoying mosquitoes get you, then for you there is a list of useful plants that repel these insects and which you can grow in your summer cottage.

Details Author: Administrator

How to deal with moles in a summer cottage?

April and warm weather signal us that it's time to open the summer season. At the end of winter, we planted seedlings at home, and now she is waiting to get into the "big" land. Every summer resident knows how much work it takes to grow a good harvest. How much time and effort will have to be spent. And then moles and other diggers ...

Details Author: Pavel

landing template

Spring and planting time, let's simplify this task for ourselves. An easy-to-make and easy-to-use template for marking holes for planting seeds will be used by admirers of order and beauty in their garden.

Details Author: Pavel

How to saw off a branch from a tree

How to cut down damaged or interfering heavy branches near a fruit tree? No, no, I just took it and sawed it off, it won't work that way.
In order not to harm the tree, there is a special scheme - just three cuts and voila! And how to do it right, we read in the article.

Details Author: GeoNovations

Inexpensive and easy-to-use geotextiles will allow you to protect garden plants with low winter hardiness from frost in winter and not only preserve the magnificent landscape design on the site for many years, but also increase the yield of fruits and berries.
Read about the nuances of using a geotextile in a summer cottage!

Plant supports

Trellis structures as a support for plants allow efficient use of space, which is very important for gardeners. Plants grow upwards, fruits and leaves get plenty of sunlight. In addition, it is much easier to detect pests and the beginnings of diseases and take appropriate measures in time.

Details Author: translated by Tatyana Tyunina

Sowing seeds in tablets

No-till (digging-free) agriculture is gaining more and more supporters around the world.
And why plow the land if you can use a fairly simple method of sowing seeds, such as sowing seeds in tablets or so-called seed bombs.

Preparing the greenhouse for spring

A solar-heated greenhouse becomes especially relevant in early spring. It is convenient to grow seedlings in it. It allows you to get early greens and early ripening vegetables, which are so necessary in spring. To start a greenhouse or hotbed into operation, it is necessary to carry out a number of works. Then the first harvest may be on your table in early April.

Details Author: Ekaterina from Kyiv

Sprouting seeds without soil

Many heat-loving crops have to be planted through pre-grown seedlings. Of course, it is better to do this in separate containers, cups or peat tablets. But if there is not enough space for seedlings in the apartment, then you can use a simple way to germinate seeds.

Details Author: Ekaterina from Kyiv

The beginning of the summer season is always associated with a lot of trouble. Yes, and the weather presents many surprises: either spring begins, almost from February, or frosts and snow at the end of May. All this knocks out of the usual rut. You don’t know whether to start sowing onions and carrots as early as March or wait a little more, all of a sudden these warm or even hot days are just a false start.

Details Author: Ekaterina from Kyiv

How to grow healthy seedlings

Healthy and strong seedlings start with seeds. The quality and quantity of the harvest directly depend on how healthy the seeds were selected, in what conditions they were stored. But the speed of obtaining a crop and the ability of seeds to transfer their qualities to new plants depend on agricultural practices, for example, pre-sowing seed treatment.

USEFUL ADVICE OF EXPERIENCED GARDENERS Save so as not to lose! A GREAT NEIGHBOR… It has long been noticed that some plants influence others in a certain way. Many plants are able to protect each other. It is known that there are no pests on the lower branches of apple trees if dill, tomato and other phytoncidonosa grow nearby. In a garden where corn is planted between rows, there are fewer pests on crops. Cabbage, planted as a compactor on cucumber crops, is not affected by pests until harvesting, while there are many of them on pure cabbage beds, especially aphids. Also, cabbage can be planted together with tomatoes - through a row. There will be no caterpillars on the cabbage, and the tomato crop will be much higher. The folk way of growing onions mixed with carrots is widely known. In autumn, you will harvest a wonderful harvest of both crops. Many gardeners sow dill scattered around the garden. At one time, this technique was called ignorance. However, pests do not live in such "ignorance"! Amateur gardeners practice sowing onions in rows and between rows of strawberries. The leaves of these crops must be in contact, and tearing off the onion feathers on the greens increases the strength of the phytoncidal secretions. These two cultures perfectly disinfect each other. There should be a lot of onions so that the greens of both cultures are equally divided. On such plantations there is no gray rot even in wet summers. HELP THE APPLE TREES! All for the fight against apple codling moth! Attach a trapping belt to the tree trunk - spread universal glue from rats, mice and insects on paper and wrap around the tree. The darkness of any pests will stick. Hang a jar of diluted apple cider vinegar on a tree and see what a full house it will be! TOMATOES, TOMATOES ... Do you know that if you cut off the lower leaves of the seedlings, then it will not stretch and it will turn out strong and thick? Subsequently, when the tomato has already migrated to the garden, continue to cut off the lower leaves and your tomatoes will hardly get sick with late blight and other sores! By removing the lower leaves, you will not only protect the tomatoes from diseases, but also open up fresh air to the stems. Engage in pinching tomatoes once a season? How else is it possible! Contrary to the prevailing stereotype about newly emerging stepchildren, they need to be allowed to grow a little, and then break off so that a stump about 1 cm long remains. After such an execution, stepchildren do not appear again! And here is an unusual, but very effective way to deal with late blight on tomatoes: pierce the stem of the tomato at the very bottom through with copper wire. Copper ions are carried throughout the plant and act on the fungus in the same way as spraying with copper sulfate, plus they are not washed off by rain and when watering! Try to water the tomatoes with at least three days of diluted water, nettle tincture. Then they will be massive, friendly for the return of the crop and will hurt less. COTTAGE MAN TO THE COTTAGE MAN How not to lose where the seedlings are planted? Young plants are often confused with weeds and pulled out. Take a plastic bottle and cut rings from it about 4-5 cm wide. Stick these rings into the ground so that the seedlings are in the center. It is very convenient to plant this way, you will not forget where you planted something, because the seeds are very small, and they won’t even be washed away. To prevent the film on the shelter from flapping in the wind, tie plastic bottles in pairs and, filling them with water (sand), throw them on top of the greenhouse according to the rocker principle. Presser Ready Removing the flowers from the potatoes allows you to increase the yield of tubers.


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I want to offer you some very useful tips.

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If you have your own garden, cottage, garden, then these useful tips are for you! There may be some nuances that can harm trees, plants and vegetables, you don’t know. It seems to be small things ... but they can serve you well!

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- Lilac, rose, fir, barberry and black locust can inhibit the growth of neighboring trees, especially pear and apple trees.

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- If the site has a slope, then raspberries and other berry bushes it is not recommended to plant in its lower part. So you will ensure the outflow of cold air in the area.

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- Growing potatoes in apple-tree aisles can lead to the accumulation of toxins in the soil. First of all, apple trees will suffer from this.

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- Neighborhood of mountain ash with pear positively affects the growth and development of the latter.

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- Carefully inspect the trees before the onset of summer. If damage is found after frost, whiten the bases and trunks.

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- Geranium, planted next to raspberries and currants for the summer, repels aphids well.

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- Buying new seedlings, dip their roots in a mixture of clay and water, cover with a film or wrap in a cloth.

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- Fruit trees should be planted during the dormant period: in autumn - after shedding leaves and in spring - before buds appear. In the spring, it is recommended to do this when the earth has not yet warmed up.

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- Frequent, but superficial watering is harmful to plants. The damp surface of the earth stops the access of oxygen to the roots of plants. As a result, the water does not reach the required depth, and the roots do not feed on moisture.

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- Raspberries will take root well next to the apple tree. This arrangement protects the apple tree from scab, and raspberries will not suffer from powdery mildew.

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- A gooseberry planted next to a pine tree not affected by powdery mildew.

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- To make the seeds germinate faster, soak them in "living water". Such water is obtained after heating to 90-100C, followed by cooling in a closed vessel.

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- Do not disregard even small wounds on trees! Clean each with a knife and paint over with paint. Superficial shallow wounds can be painted over without cleaning.

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- To get rid of the anthill, pour it with a solution of boric acid or boiling water, then put garlic cloves around the perimeter and sprinkle with salt.

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- If on the mouse area, use special seed bags. In order not to accidentally poison spring birds, cover these bags with boards.

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- Cherry gives a good harvest if planted next to cherries.

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For carrots


In order not to attract a carrot fly when thinning carrots, you need to take a bucket of water and dilute 1 tablespoon of red or black ground pepper in it (enough for 10 sq.m). You do not need to insist, just sprinkle the carrots with infusion before thinning.
If you want to get a crop of good clean carrots (without any rot, infection, etc.), I advise you to pour young plants with water (on a bucket) after the second thinning in early July with potassium permanganate diluted in it (3 g) and 2 - 3 g of boric acids. A bucket is enough for 3 - 4 square meters. m. Repeat the same procedure a second time in 20 days. The carrot will be clean. Do not forget to just pour the carrots with plain water before watering the solution.
So that carrots do not grow horned, do not crack, thin them out, leaving a distance of at least 4-5 cm between plants.

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For beets


Beetroot is an unpretentious culture, but a few tips can be given. Many gardeners do not like large beets. If you want to get a smaller vegetable, plant not as usual plants at a distance of 8 - 10 cm in a row and 18 - 20 cm in row spacing, but reduce the distance between rows to 10 - 12 cm. Sowing beets directly into the ground, through seedlings (grown in a greenhouse ) gives better results.
When I plant seedlings in the ground (June 5-6), I always pinch it by a third or a quarter. Thus, the forces of the plant go to the “head”, and not to the root.
Beets, unlike carrots, love ash. Therefore, a couple of times during the season, add ashes under the beets. This helps to neutralize the soil, because beets do not tolerate acidic soils. You can even sprinkle lime under the plants to deoxidize.
To make the beetroot sweet, pour it twice with salt water (a spoonful of salt per bucket of water). The first watering is carried out when the root crop is just beginning to round, then 25 to 30 days before harvest.

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For tomatoes


The greenhouse already has the first tier with tomatoes. So, be sure to tear off the leaf on the tomatoes before this first tier so that it does not take food from the fruit. You need to tear off the leaf as soon as small tomatoes appear - with a cherry, you don’t need to do this before: otherwise the ovaries will not be tied well.
These days, you need to properly feed the tomato with sodium humate - 10 g per 100 liters of water. Do not be afraid of sodium humate, it is an organic fertilizer.
In greenhouses, tomatoes are worse tied, especially this hot summer. To speed up pollination, I advise you to knock on the stems of tomatoes, as I say to poke.
Very often, gardeners do not know which stepchildren to cut off and which to leave, and this is directly related to the harvest. Tip to remember: you need to leave only the first stepson that appears under (and not above) the first brush. Most gardeners do just the opposite and leave an upper, harmful stepchild that will bloom but not bear fruit. The remaining two trunks will make it possible to form a bush (sometimes it can be formed into 3 stems) with 4 - 5 tiers of tomatoes.

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Important detail: watering


Remember: you need to water the tomatoes not under the bush, but in the aisles. Under the bush, I water the tomatoes while they are small, and by June 10 - 12, when the bushes are completely covered, abundant watering is only between the rows. Tomatoes love infrequent, but it is abundant watering (1 time in 7 - 8 days). Moreover, the top of the hillock should remain dry - in this way, air through dry soil enters the roots. You can even mulch the top with chopped straw. And let the moisture come to the roots from the aisles. Explanation why: when we water a bush under the root, the water washes the root and the earth lags behind it. The root system again has to work, expend energy to "suck" the soil. In the grooves, wet soil, on the contrary, presses on the roots, presses down on the ground.

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Early since arrows


Many gardeners complain that the daikon or black radish shoots quickly. This can be avoided by planting black radish no earlier than July 5-10, and daikon no earlier than July 25.

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Garden strawberries need attention

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When it comes time to harvest strawberries from the beds, collect absolutely all the berries, and not just the beautiful and fully ripe ones. Even those that are rotten must not be left! After the strawberries bear fruit, also cut off all the tendrils, loosen the aisles, water and feed the plants (or mulch) with mullein.
You can also sprinkle the bushes with coniferous concentrate in order to scare away the strawberry weevil.
Removing flower stalks is the push of the plant to growth

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Vigilance is above all!


Unfortunately, the beloved month of July - the middle of summer, is characterized not only by heat, but also by hordes of pests: scoops, carrot and onion flies, powdery mildew and late blight.
Eggplant and peppers can start to eat aphids, mites and whiteflies. As soon as the rains begin, the slugs attack. That is why in July it is imperative to treat all plants at least for prevention, because it is much better to prevent the disease than to treat it later.

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Engage in soil preparation


It is in July that it is best to start harvesting land for the next season. You can prepare humus or river sand, which must be stored in a cool, warm place. From time to time you need to moisten and loosen the earth.

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We accelerate maturation


In order to speed up the ripening of vegetables, reduce the watering of tomatoes, onions, and garlic in June. This is what will accelerate the growth process, and so much so that you yourself will be surprised at the progress. The main thing is not to make the ground completely dry so that the seedlings do not die at all. For example, if you stop watering tomatoes, and then flood them (or there is a heavy rainfall), the fruits will crack and you will get a poor harvest in the end.

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Water with love


At the moment when roots begin to appear in the plant, watering is very important (carrots, beets, parsley, celery). If there is not enough moisture, then you will get a small crop.

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Iodine for better seed germination and plant protection


Cabbage suffers greatly from aphids. To prevent the appearance of this pest, treat the cabbage with laundry soap foam. And if aphids nevertheless appeared, then such a solution would be effective: half a liter of milk and 10 drops of iodine, mixed with 10 liters of water. Spray cabbage with this solution. And for better growth and protection from diseases, use a solution of iodine and water (40 drops per bucket of water). Pour a liter of this solution under each bush when the cabbage just forms a head.

Also, tomato seedlings are watered with a solution of iodine for faster growth (1 drop per three liters). After applying this solution, the seedlings will bloom faster, and the fruits will be larger. Can iodine protect tomatoes from late blight. To do this, you will need a few drops of iodine and 250 grams of milk, mix them with 1 liter of water.

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Hydrogen peroxide for fast seed germination


To do this, you will need a 4% hydrogen peroxide solution. You can soak the seeds of tomatoes, cabbage or beets in it. Just keep in mind that different seeds are soaked for different periods of time: cabbage - for 12 hours, tomatoes and beets - for 24 hours. You can use a more general solution, it is suitable for seeds of any crop: mix a tablespoon of a 3% hydrogen peroxide solution with half a liter of water. Just do not forget to rinse the seeds under running water after soaking and dry thoroughly. Hydrogen peroxide solution can be used to prevent tree diseases. For such purposes, peroxide and water are taken in a ratio of 1:32.

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Tea in the garden


To fertilize the garden, you can take used tea leaves (or coffee grounds). And also such tea leaves can be used so that the onion does not hurt. To do this, it is dried before planting onions, and then, when the onions are planted, they are placed under each bush.

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Salt for dressing


Salt is used for top dressing if there is not enough sodium in the ground. This is usually seen when the beets are planted, in which case the leaves turn red. To increase the sodium content, the beets are watered with saline (250 grams of coarse salt is diluted in 10 liters of water).

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We all wish we could be the best gardeners, right? But what habits make gardeners successful, what makes their gardens perfect? Here are some helpful gardening tips so you can take advantage of them and take your gardens to the next level.

Helpful Gardening Tips: Successful Farming Practices

Here are 15 habits of successful gardeners that, from our point of view, are low-cost, but for all their simplicity, give a mega effect:

1. Pay Attention to Annual Soil Restoration

At least once a year (and sometimes more often), you need to add any organic matter, humus and nutrients to the soil, such as compost, worm compost, chopped leaves, grass clippings, rotted manure, straw, perlite or sphagnum.

The organic substances introduced in previous years have already decomposed and were used by plants, the soil has become depleted, so it is necessary to introduce organic substances into the soil every year.

2. Choose Your Plants Carefully

Find out which plants are best for your conditions. Are these plants of short and long days, cool or warm seasons, do they need sun or partial shade? If it's a perennial plant, will it survive the frosts that happen in your area?

Each area of ​​the country has unique growing conditions, and one variety will grow best in one area and another in another. Information is usually given on the seed packet, and experienced gardeners in your gardening association and good nurseries in your area can help.

It is equally important to choose plants that you love. If a plant doesn't grow well in your area or you don't like to eat it, don't grow it! It is much more pleasant to spend time caring for your favorite plants.

3. Use mulch

Nature does not tolerate bare soil. A few inches of organic mulch, such as hay or wood chips, will retain moisture, block weed growth, even out soil temperatures, and, when decomposed, provide plant nutrition. A good mulch will also encourage earthworms and other beneficial organisms to grow in the garden by providing air to the roots of the plants.

4. Water and fertilize regularly

Fertilize the soil regularly, and not when the plants begin to signal a lack of nutrition with foliage. Pay attention to what your plants need. Do they need more water? Feel the soil, look at the leaves. Learn what healthy plants should look like and what leaf chlorosis looks like in order to catch a problem early.

Study the type of soil in your area, this affects how often you need to water the plants and apply organic fertilizers. If possible, do a soil analysis, this is the best way to find out what nutrients the soil already contains and what it needs.

5. Compost

Nothing else does so much good for so little. You can use food scraps and cut plants to make a fantastic fertilizer instead of throwing them away.

Try using earthworms for even more nutritious compost. Almost everyone knows about their benefits, but the worms are very slowly settled on the site.

To speed up this process, create favorable conditions for the worms: place food waste and cut grass in any container without a bottom (pot or trough), which will increase the appetite of the worms. Once they have processed the waste, carefully collect it and spread it around the site.

And, of course, repopulate your little vermi farm. Or make the same model right in the garden, moistening it periodically. Such compost beds can be walking around the site: on the one hand, new organic matter is continuously added, and on the other, ready-made compost is taken.

Or once you compost a bunch of organic matter in the garden, you will get a long-lasting organic garden for many years. It will not be difficult to maintain its fertility by adding mulch and sowing green manure.


6. Use good tools

The right tool for the job is the most effective way to get things done. If you buy a good quality tool and take proper care of it, it will last a lifetime.

Tools of the correct size and weight will make your job much easier. Remember that a fragile girl and a tall man need tools with different handle lengths. There are even tools for people with disabilities. And don't forget that kids need their own tools too. Use simple organizers to store garden tools and garden stuff.

7. Keep a garden journal

This is one of the most beneficial habits. Write down the varieties of plants, when you planted them, what problems you encountered. Also, make a note of where you plant each year to make it easier to keep track of your crop rotation.

To avoid making the same mistakes again and again, keep an eye on the weather, what you have done, what has a beneficial effect on your plants and what does not (yes, bad experiences also provide a lot of information in the future). You learn a lot of things just by reading your own garden journal entries over the years.

8. Take frequent walks in the garden

Try to walk in your garden more often, look at your plants from different angles. Learn to see the problem before it gets too big. Make it a habit to remove a few weeds each time if necessary. Such walks will help you become more observant, as well as save you from piling up tasks.

9. Set realistic goals

Yes, we all want to turn our entire yard, no matter the size, into a beautiful garden (or mini-farm), but do we have the time and energy to take care of all the plants we plant? Will we be able to collect, store and process the entire crop?

Think about what you can realistically handle. And start your garden and vegetable garden even smaller. Each year you can increase the amount of work you do if you find that you can handle it easily. But if you overburden yourself in the early years, there's a good chance you won't want to garden again. And there are a thousand such examples where the mother-in-law or mother-in-law beat off the love of gardening.

10. Be restrained and rational

Do not get carried away with large beds. Make not a huge dug field, but stationary beds with convenient passages. The optimal width is 60-100 cm (so that your hands can reach for processing and planting), and you can lay them in any length.

During the year on the same bed, you can grow several crops (extended crops), if you alternate them correctly. For example, in a free place after picking garlic, you can sow daikon radish, it is perfectly stored in winter.

11. Never stop learning

Join a gardening club or forum and learn from your fellow gardeners. Read books on modern gardening, go to a lecture or master class, visit a botanical garden with a tour, look for a hydroponic garden or apiary in your area.

Never stop your learning. There is so much to learn about that it will last a lifetime. In addition, by sharing knowledge with other gardeners, you can avoid costly mistakes.

12. Be patient and persistent

Gardening is one of those things that doesn't bring immediate results. Many plants take several months to grow, it can take several years before you see the first fruits on your fruit trees. You need to be patient and diligent until you get a harvest, and then the cycle begins anew.

13. Love nature

Gardening is about more than just the desire to eat fresh vegetables. Nature always works in tandem, from bees pollinating your plants to birds eating caterpillars from their leaves. Your garden should become a harmoniously developed ecosystem where everything is interconnected.

14. Share

Many great relationships are formed when you share something. If you find something new and interesting - share it! If you have extra seeds or seedlings, give away/sell them. It can be a book or your knowledge that will help those who are just starting out. And don't hesitate to ask for advice.

15. Don't quit

Remember that some agricultural practices in horticulture and horticulture are rather fickle. What works one year may not work for you the next. Consult your gardening magazine, consult your gardening friends. And start again next spring, being a little wiser than last year.

For today, these are all smart tips for the garden. It seems that it turned out a little, but they quite harmoniously follow one from the other and affect many techniques from the practice of natural farming. Perhaps you also have useful tips on gardening and gardening, supplement them in the comments, we will be grateful.