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If your suburban area is located so that the plants there receive direct sunlight for most of the daylight hours, it can be difficult to choose options for decorative gardening - many crops begin to dry and wither, or even get burned with such an abundance of solar radiation. But nevertheless, among the huge variety of picturesque shrubs, you can pick up those that will only be happy with such a "..

In June-July, the question of what to do with the mustache of strawberries is especially relevant. Gardeners have two options: trim the whiskers or use them to grow new plants. Let's take a closer look at both situations. Today there are many varieties of strawberries without a mustache. When growing such a crop, the issue of trimming a mustache is irrelevant. Therefore, we do not take into accoun..

Do cucumbers shed their ovaries, turn yellow, or die altogether? Often it is not diseases and pests that are to blame, but ourselves. Improper care of seedlings, excess sunlight and lack of watering - what else can affect the quantity and quality of the crop? Consider the most common mistakes that gardeners make when growing cucumbers on their site...

The middle of summer is the best time to collect and harvest medicinal herbs and plants that the flowering land generously endows us with. So do not miss this golden time! Medicinal plants that have a beneficial effect on the human body. They are able to support immunity or help in the treatment of diseases throughout the year. What medicinal herbs can be harvested in the summer?..

Eggplant is always associated with a purple color and an oblong fruit. But recently, breeders have been offering such an abundance of varieties and hybrids, unusual in external color and structure, which makes it difficult for the buyer to choose: round, white, striped, black, delight and alarm. Unknown taste, yield, technology of growing seedlings and adult plants...

Modern summer residents grow a wide variety of cabbage, both edible and ornamental. But curly kale, not only nutritious, but also pleasant in appearance, is still little known in our latitudes. But in growing it is quite simple. Before buying kale seeds, you need to figure out what it is useful for, what happens and how to grow it properly...

If almost every summer resident knows almost everything about “ordinary” zucchini and pumpkins, and you can find such vegetables literally in every garden plot, then strange twisted fruits cause surprise or regret for many in the first place - they say, this year’s harvest probably won’t good luck, sick! Meanwhile, these fruits are quite normal and healthy, they simply belong to another variety of..

Edible flowers are not new. In high cuisine, they have long been used to decorate dishes and give them new flavors. If you would like to diversify your diet, inspired by the ideas of famous chefs (and by a lucky chance you have your own plot of land), this list of plants will definitely come in handy. Roses, chrysanthemums, mallows, nasturtiums, chamomiles, dandelions - the list of edible flowers ..

The methods of greenhouse and soil cultivation of tomatoes are very different, so experienced gardeners try to choose varieties that are most suitable for the chosen breeding methods. Consider the differences and features of growing tomatoes in open ground and in a greenhouse to choose the most suitable option...

Small and light carrot seeds are difficult to sow evenly, and sloppy seedlings can fall prey to weeding. How to achieve even rows that are easy to notice and process, and ideally get rid of thinning? There is a way, and not just one. Of course, you can just try and carefully pour the seeds into the grooves prepared in advance. If there is no wind, you lean low enough and do not rush, then the rows..