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Beautiful, useful and easy. This is how you can characterize a small "garden" with spicy herbs, located on the windowsill. What is the aroma reminiscent of early summer! And most importantly, any of the herbs can be plucked and used for its intended purpose, thereby filling the winter lack of vitamins. So, the decision is made, it remains to bring it to life...

As a rule, self-respecting manufacturers provide all the necessary information about sowing and seed germination on the back of a bag of seeds. But what if it is completely absent or differs from firm to firm?..

The beauty and unpretentiousness of marigolds (Tagétes) make them favorites of many gardeners. With the help of these bright and diverse colors, you can decorate any area, garden, cottage or balcony in a multi-storey building. Varieties of marigolds differ in the size of an adult plant, and in the size of the flowers, and in the color of the petals. The richness of shades (from red-brown to lemon ..

Conifer seeds behave differently: some quickly and easily germinate immediately after sowing, while others, being at rest, require exposure to cold, i.e. stratification. This artificial process mimics what happens in nature to seeds after they fall to the ground in the fall...

Usually in the southern and central regions there is no special need to grow pumpkin through seedlings. Its seeds germinate well when planted in the open ground, grow well and give good yields. If you live in a colder region, or if you want to get a pumpkin crop before the term stated by the manufacturer (usually this period is 120-140 days from sowing to harvesting), it is advisable to grow pumpk..

The hardworking Chinese have given the world many plants with unique characteristics. One such plant is the early bok choy cabbage. This plant has excellent nutritional characteristics. It is not difficult to grow bak choy, you can get a stable, large yield with a small investment of effort and money...

Do you want ornamental plants not only to decorate your garden, but also to be of practical use? Plant a Chinese lemongrass! Its edible fruits are very useful and have tonic properties. This unusual vine goes by several names: Chinese Schizandra, Manchurian Lemongrass and Wu-Wei Tzu (it means "berry of five tastes" in Chinese). Indeed, first of all, the Chinese lemongrass is valued for its medicin..

Did you know that among the variety of greenhouse crops, watermelon occupies not the last place. Of course, it is grown in this way not for industrial purposes, and not in the south, but it shows excellent results and is quite satisfied with the taste of its bold owners. However, the agricultural technology of greenhouse plantings is somewhat different from growing in open ground, and before plant..

Despite the fact that both in name and in appearance, the Chinese cucumber is clearly similar to the usual one, in fact, this is not a variety of the common cucumber we are used to, but its variety. It differs from its garden counterpart in size, taste, and some biological features, but in general it has the same agricultural technology and belongs to the same genus - Pumpkin...

Spinach is a healthy leafy green that has become increasingly popular recently. This plant is successfully used in medicine. Due to the high content of protein, iron, carotene, ascorbic acid, fiber, macro- and microelements, as well as a whole complex of biologically active substances, spinach is useful for adults and children. It is used to increase hemoglobin and stimulate metabolism, as a vitam..