Dacha is not only a place where you grow vegetables and fruits. On the standard six acres (and some may have more) you can let your imagination unleash for real! In the country, you can bring to life a variety of and, at times, even wild ideas. Many of them will not only decorate your garden, but will also be very useful in the hard work of a gardener. And most importantly - country homemade products will give new life things that, it would seem, are long overdue for going to the landfill.

What can be created from country crafts with your own hands? Now you will be surprised, but everything can be used! Don't rush to throw away trash can things that have served their time or at first glance seem like garbage. Imagine a little - maybe this old shoe is still good for something?

Things	Transformation Ideas
Plastic bottles	Lemonade, milk, juice bottles are perfect as any details for creating interesting figures, as well as for creating fences around beds or an irrigation system. The material from which they are made is very durable and moisture resistant and will last more than one season in the country.
Milk boxes	Excellent "pots" for seedlings! This has been known to gardeners for many years.
old shoes	Create original flower pots from the "battalion" of old shoes.
Tires	Car tires can be used not only as flower beds: you can create amazing animals and birds from them, and if you sheathe them with fabric or twine, you will get excellent seats.
Lumber trimmings	There is no need to burn the remains of the boards in the oven - it is better to use them to decorate the fence, creating an interesting ornament, or to create small flower beds, paths, shelves.
old technology	The skeleton of an ordinary Soviet bicycle, a rusty car, a broken motorcycle do not have to be scrapped - arrange them as a flower bed!
aluminum cans	Of these, you can make a device that repels moles. It is enough to put a jar on a stick buried in the ground.
Broken glass	Colored broken glass will help decorate the fence: drill holes in the boards and insert glass pieces there. On a sunny day, you won't recognize your fence!
Plastic bottle caps	They will help shape your country house unique. Create patterns using lids attached to the walls of the house with small studs.
Old clothes	Scarecrows are still in demand. Put together two slats crosswise, dig the frame of the scarecrow into the ground and dress it up in your old things. To make the scarecrow "kind", make him a pretty face and dress him in a colorful dress.
old rake	Do you have an old and rusty rake that has served its time? Don't rush to get rid of them. Hang it on the wall of a barn or house and you will have a great hanger for garden tools.

This is just some of the obsolete things that can be used in the country. Remember: each item can find a new use, you just have to dream up a little. Now it's time to give more detailed instructions for creating various country homemade, serving both to decorate the estate, and bring considerable benefits.

Do-it-yourself mini-pond

A do-it-yourself mini-pond, vaguely reminiscent of a fabulous swamp where the Frog Princess lives, is very easy to create. For this we need:

1. an old bathtub or other large water-tight container;
2. old slate;
3. old rubber hose;
4. a piece of polyethylene dense film;
5. stones, sand and other elements of "decor";
6. plants that live in water.

Technology for creating a mini pond on the site

1. We bury the bath so that its edges are flush with the ground.
2. We dig in slate around the bathtub so that its edges are 20 centimeters higher than the surface of the earth.
3. We stretch a hose cut along the edge of the slate (it will protect the polyethylene from rupture).
4. We close the bathtub and slate with polyethylene, carefully spreading it along the bottom of the future reservoir. The edges of the film can be sprinkled with earth and pressed down with stones.
5. Pour water into the "reservoir".
6. We decorate with stones, plant around the plant, and water lilies can be placed in the pond itself.

Idea - a small pond on the site

Neat beds

Who doesn’t love it when the beds in the garden are not just raised above the ground, but also neatly decorated? Everything must be in order! We propose to arrange the beds with the help plastic bottles. We will need:

1. a lot of plastic bottles;
2. sand;
3. paint - optional;
4. shovel.

Work performance technology

1. Choose bottles of the same size and color. Colors can be combined as desired.
2. Fill the bottles halfway with sand.
3. Dig a shallow trench along the bed.
4. Place the bottles upside down in the trench and dig in.
5. You can paint the bottles water-based paint, but this is optional.

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"Safari"

Do you want lions and tigers, chubby pigs, bright bugs, giraffes and zebras to live in your country house? Bring the idea called "Safari" to life. An impromptu do-it-yourself zoo can be created using completely different objects. We will need:

• plastic bottles of different sizes;
• old tires;
• brushes and paint;
• stones different sizes or old construction helmets, basins;
• shovel.

The most common representatives of the fauna that summer residents create are giraffe, zebra, pig, beetles. We will try to arrange them with you on our site.

Giraffe and zebra are made using the same technology. Differences - in the color and length of the neck of animals.

1. Dig halfway into the ground old tire- this will be the body of the animal.
2. After cutting off the bottom and tops, connect several plastic bottles to each other to make a neck. Dig in the "neck" in front of the dug-in tire.
3. Cut one bottle lengthwise, cut off the neck - you get a head. Attach it to the "neck".
4. The animal is almost ready! It remains to paint. Color your ungulate in the necessary colors: giraffe in yellow and orange, zebra in black and white.

An interesting idea - a safari at their summer cottage

By analogy, you can also make palm trees, birches and other plants, decorating your "oasis" with them.

Making a piglet is even easier:

1. Take a large "pot-bellied" plastic bottle and fill it with sand to give it mass.
2. Make ears out of a piece of plastic and insert them into the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe “head” of the piglet (where the neck of the bottle is).
3. With pink paint, paint the bottle, and with black paint, draw the eyes and piglet on the piglet. Piggy is ready!

An interesting idea - piglets from plastic bottles

Cheerful multi-colored bugs can be made from any rounded containers and put on beds and flower beds as a decoration. Even stones are suitable for manufacturing: it is enough just to paint them with paint by drawing dots like ladybugs, mustache, eyes.

And from an old basin you can make a turtle Tortilla. By cutting the tires and bending their parts in a certain way, and then painting them with white paint, we get a swan.

Convenient sprinklers

Another convenient and practical way use of plastic bottles - creation convenient system watering the beds. We will need:

• plastic bottles;
• thick nail;
• shovel;
• water.

Work performance technology

1. In plastic bottles on the sides we do small holes nail or thick awl.
2. We dig the blanks upside down into the soil next to the plant.
3. Water is poured into bottles through the neck.
4. Water from bottles through the holes will gradually flow into the ground and nourish the roots of the plant.

Hands-On - Plant Waterers

From soda bottles you can organize and drip irrigation, which is very convenient for use in greenhouses. To do this, cut off the bottom of the bottle, and pierce several holes in the cork so that the water flows slowly. In order not to be mistaken, first make very small holes - it is better to expand them later.

After creating the blank, dig a hole (about 15 cm deep) not far from the bush, at a distance of 20 cm from the stem, and dig the bottle down there with the neck at an angle. It remains to fill the bottles with water, and the system is ready.

You can organize watering with bottles in another way. To do this, a bottle without a bottom is hung upside down on the side of the plant, filled with water. By unscrewing the cork a little, you can regulate the flow of water. Place tiny pieces of polyethylene under the bottle to avoid soil erosion from dripping.

Winged swing

After working in the garden, you also want to relax: for example, sit on a bench and drink tea. But it is more interesting to relax on a swing, especially with children. We offer to make an unusual and even shocking swing from ... an old sofa! The main thing is that a strong and tall tree with powerful branches, for which, with the help of strong ropes or chains, you need to firmly fix the old sofa. And it will be soft and comfortable to swing on it. From the rain, it is better to cover such a means of entertainment with a film, and clean it indoors for the winter. But on the other hand, no one will definitely have such a swing!

You can also make a swing from an old chair seat: just hang it from a thick and strong tree branch and swing to your health.

Such different flower beds

Flowerbeds from old tires, used both in their original form and cut in every possible way, are known to every housewife. But not everyone will guess to make “homes” for flowers from old bicycles, cars, cars, shoes or teapots.

It is quite possible to fix an old bicycle in the ground by digging in the wheels, and supplement it with small pots in which flowers are planted. In addition, let a climbing plant over it: it will wrap around the skeleton of a two-wheeled vehicle and turn it into an unusual flower bed.

An interesting idea - a flower bed from an old bicycle

From old rubber boots, painted different paint, bright flower pots are obtained. Fill them with soil and plant plants there. Don't forget the drainage holes in the soles of your old shoes! You can place such planters anywhere: on the veranda, fence, between the beds, and this is their huge advantage. By the way, do not write off non-rubber shoes either: they can also be filled with earth and flowers can be planted in them, they will simply serve less than rubber ones.

A flower bed of old shoes is an amazing and very beautiful idea.

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An old metal teapot is also a great flower bed. Attach ropes or chains to the handle, hang it on the veranda from the ceiling, pour earth and plant a birch-type climbing plant.

An old metal teapot is a great flower bed

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How to do beautiful garden and a garden with their own hands, which would appeal to us with delight and bring pleasure? Nowadays, the garden and the city are not just a land where food is grown for the table, it is a refuge from the hustle and bustle, a place where our soul returns to beauty. And the principles of creating a beautiful garden and kitchen garden can be applied to your summer cottage, as well as to landscaping a balcony, or even to your collection of indoor flowers.

You can be in the garden for a couple of minutes or hours - it does not matter, because. every second you enjoy every cell of your body.
And although our house and garden is a purely personal and private space, several general recommendations will help you achieve true perfection and create a beautiful garden and vegetable garden with your own hands.

Visually separate the garden and the garden.

Zoning space in the garden will help you create a more coherent and harmonious design. A flower bed with tall ornamental herbs and flowers serves as a kind of partition between the vegetable garden and the garden.


And although the garden is located very close to the garden, separated by such decorative border, it will turn out more comfortable and beautiful.

Consider the view from different parts of the garden.

It is beautiful to admire your garden from a distance, but it is much more important to enjoy it from the inside. Therefore, the views that open both from your gazebo and from a path or a secluded bench in the garden are important.

To create an interesting structure, use curvilinear paths and arches in the garden with climbing plants, carefully fitting them into the general arrangement of shrubs and fruit trees.

It is important to take into account not only the beauty of flowers, but also their aroma, then, walking around the garden, you can feel how the aroma of roses flows into the wonderful aroma of jasmine or lilies.

Use any corner of your garden as a flower garden.

Your garden is not just a place to fight for the harvest. With a little effort, you can always give it more interesting view- planted as a border spices or flowers that repel insects.

Even small corners of the garden, such as the back wall of a house, can be used to set up a cute flower garden with hardy perennials.

The fence is a great place for a flower garden with garden vines, it is enough to strengthen the garden net on it. For the sunny side of the fence, you can plant a weaving rose that will bloom all season.

For a shady place, plant honeysuckle, which blooms, although not for long, but has a very pleasant aroma.

And of course use clematis! This is the most popular garden vine and can transform your garden in absolutely stunning ways. And best of all, clematis will feel on garden arch, because he needs shade in the root zone and light for shoots.

A garden is not only decoration, but also, mainly, a harvest. Using grapes to wrap around garden gazebo, we will solve two problems at once.

Firstly, the grapes will create a pleasant coolness on a sunny day, and secondly, in the fall they will delight us with a generous harvest.

Shade-loving and light-loving plants can be planted side by side.

In any corner of your garden, you can combine your favorite plants, creating the lighting regime that suits them.
It is important to highlight light-loving tall plants sunnier side, perhaps even removing some of the shading high landings, and shade-loving plants plant next to them in their shade.

Create a luxurious look.

Don't be greedy and don't plant all the beautiful varieties of flowers that you see in your garden. Better choose 1-2 beautiful varieties, but create from them really a luxurious flower bed by planting several bushes nearby.
It is important to learn how to grow quite a few plants - for this arch near the gate, two varieties of weaving roses were chosen, but these are really healthy and well-groomed bushes that give abundant flowering.

Add contrast.

Where there is no interesting structure, use color. The mint bushes in the far corner of the garden do not have a particularly interesting aesthetic appearance, adding a container with contrasting foliage to these plantings, got an excellent result.

Moreover, the contrast can be not only color, but also light. So white flowers in a shady corner of the garden will visually make it less gloomy, giving it an almost mystical charm.

Mix.

A beautiful garden and garden with your own hands means creating an informal relaxing atmosphere. This can be achieved by using a combination of plants in the garden in the most unexpected way.

By adding some simple flowers next to your plantings of vegetables, you can transform a simple vegetable garden into a triumph of the beauty and bounty of nature in your garden.

Agree that and good harvest brings no less aesthetic pleasure than a flower garden?


And enjoying the taste of homemade vegetables is another gift of nature for us.

Use unpretentious varieties of plants.

Do-it-yourself gardening and gardening means organic products, preferably with minimal use of chemicals.

And the best way to avoid chemicals is to choose disease-resistant varieties.

Before bringing a new plant to the site, ask about its resistance to diseases and pests so that it does not create problems for you or the surrounding plantings in the garden or garden.
This applies to both vegetables and fruits and flowers.

You can always find those varieties of plants that will grow well in your conditions, without requiring special attention from you and the use of chemicals.

To each his own place.

Every corner in the garden has its own purpose, has the right to exist and your love.

So compost bin and a barn - should not be dirty foundlings in your garden, but be as loved and well-groomed as flower beds and a vegetable garden.

In response, every corner in your garden will only please you.

Think big.

When creating a garden and vegetable garden with your own hands, it is important to plan plantings not only on the plane, but also to use the height difference - then your landscape design will be more rich and interesting. In this regard, those who have a garden on a slope are lucky - if there are certain problems, such a garden will always look better than flat plantings with a vegetable garden and a couple fruit trees at the corners.

Often the question arises of how to cover climbing roses for the winter. In fact, you make a minimum of movements - you cover the roses with a film right on the arch.

The garden as a place for creativity.

While it may be too late to change anything in the garden this year, it is never too early to make a quantum leap towards a better garden in the future. Analyze what your garden looks like now, whether you want to add, remove or change. Draw a plan.

Think, where are the gaps, where are the errors? Is your garden not as luxurious as you would like?
Visually, fewer varieties in one place creates a greater effect. Plant only one type of vegetables on the beds - then it will look denser.

Surprise yourself. Always try one or two new ideas per season.

Do your best. Don't give up because your space or time is limited. Start small - plant something that arouses your admiration.

True, they say that the most delicious vegetables and fruits are those that have grown in our garden. Gardening and gardening with your own hands will give you the most satisfaction in life than anything else.

How easy it is to grow seedlings. The original way of growing seedlings. There is no dirt, no worries about watering (at least at first). Take plastic bottle. Only be sure to cut the transparent (not blue, not greenish) in half lengthwise (along the length). Lay 6-8 layers on the half toilet paper. Then it must be well wetted from above, but so that there is no water (turn over the excess paper to drain, it will not go anywhere). Lay the seeds on top, as if planting. With a spoon, press a little so that it fits tightly. Put a regular plastic bag on top of the bottle and tie it at the end. You should get a kind of greenhouse. And that's it. In this form, they can stay for two or three weeks (as long as you need). Leaflets may appear no more than two, but the root will develop intensively. It is not necessary to water, the condensate will constantly return to the old place. When necessary, transplant into the ground. It is very good to grow petunia and strawberry seeds in this way, which are difficult to grow. But I planted everything. I even planted cabbage, which the usual way is pulled out. Tomatoes, zucchini, etc. For example, I planted zucchini "Russian Size" last year, for some reason they did not sprout for me. And this year, despite the fact that the seeds are very thick and it would seem difficult to hatch like this. They put down whole branches of roots from me, and there are only two leaves. Then the seedlings planted in this way overtake the one that we usually plant, since it already has large roots, which only when hooked begin to let out leaves. And ordinary seedlings first vigorously take root, and then everything else.

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A VERY SIMPLE WAY OF REPRODUCING TUI How to propagate thuja with cuttings in summer and autumn - detailed instructions Do not know how to properly cut and root cuttings coniferous plants? We will tell you how to turn a thuja sprig into a strong, healthy seedling. Cuttings - the most effective method get NEW TUI PLANTS. Unlike seed propagation, vegetative propagation does not take much time and allows you to save varietal characteristics. Timing of cuttings of thuja Perhaps the most difficult thing in cutting conifers is to correctly determine the timing of this procedure. On this issue, experts have several opinions. Some advocate for winter cuttings conifers in February. Others are sure that it is best to cut thuja in April. Still others argue that the optimal time for harvesting cuttings is summer. The main criterion that should be followed in this matter is whether the plant has finished growing shoots. If the answer to this question is yes, then you can safely proceed to cuttings. Summer cuttings of thuja are preferable because they allow the cuttings to gain strength and take root well for the next season. How to cut cuttings? For cuttings choose strong, healthy plant. In its upper part, a well-developed skeletal branch is found and, with a sharp movement of the hand, 2-3-year-old lignified growths located at the ends of the shoot are torn off from it. In order for the cuttings to take root faster, they must be torn off with a small piece of bark ("heel"). Thuja grown from a cutting taken from a side shoot can grow irregular shape. The stalk of a diseased plant will naturally turn into a diseased seedling. If the "heel" turned out to be too long, it is advisable to shorten it a little so that the stalk does not rot. If, tearing off a branch, you slightly peeled off the bark from the wood, the situation can be corrected with a knife - to clean up the cut a little. The ideal length of a thuja cutting is 10-15 cm. If the branches are very lignified and you can’t carefully tear them off, use a pruner. Can cuttings be stored? Thuja cuttings are rooted immediately after cutting. You can’t store them, otherwise they will quickly become unusable and will not take good roots. If you did not have time to prepare everything you need for rooting, the cuttings can be briefly wrapped with a damp cloth and put away in a dark, cool place. Preparing thuja cuttings for rooting First of all, thuja twigs get rid of excess needles. First of all, it is cut off at the bottom of the branch. If the cutting is too "lush", you can also partially shorten the needles on the rest of the branch. The bottom of the cutting is also slightly cleaned from the bark. Next, the cuttings are placed in a growth regulator solution (for example, Epin) overnight (about 12 hours). Preparing the rooting substrate You can also use a clean substrate as a substrate. river sand or light, well-drained soil. The soil mixture for rooting thuja cuttings is prepared from peat, leafy soil and sand, mixed in equal parts. The soil or sand must be decomposed into shallow containers. For example, containers for seedlings or special cassettes are suitable. The containers should have holes for drainage and aeration. Be sure to lay expanded clay, gravel or other small pebbles on one. Next, the substrate is poured into the containers and disinfected with a dark solution of potassium permanganate. If you have such an opportunity, use sphagnum as a substrate. This moss perfectly retains moisture and has powerful antiseptic properties. Thus, the cuttings will not be afraid of drying out and fungus. Rooting thuja cuttings When everything is ready for the procedure, remove the cuttings from the growth regulator solution and dip their tips in Kornevin. Immediately after this, insert the cuttings into the substrate at an angle of 45 degrees to a depth of 1.5-2 cm. Then place the cuttings in a glass or plastic greenhouse or cover them with a film or plastic bag. If you use sphagnum for rooting cuttings, wrap the cuttings in it, wrap them with gauze and put them in a plastic bag. Care of cuttings Cuttings are stored in a warm and bright place. However, it is important to consider that they need diffused light. Direct Sun rays thuja cuttings will quickly destroy, and they will wither faster than they take root. Water the substrate only after it dries out. upper layer. Remember, an excess of moisture is equally detrimental to cuttings, as well as its lack. Water carefully so that water does not fall on the needles. It is advisable to use a spray gun so that a strong jet of water does not expose the ground around the "heel" of the handle. The appearance of new shoots on the branches of the thuja indicates that the cuttings have taken root. If you rooted the cuttings in sphagnum or a common container, two weeks after rooting, you need to plant them for growing in separate containers or shkolka (a special bed on which the plants will grow before planting in a permanent place). Prepare the soil mixture according to the same principle: mix garden soil with high-moor peat or forest litter. Subsequent plant care consists of regular watering, fertilizing and weeding. In November, young seedlings are covered with spruce branches, leaves or sawdust and left to winter under cover. For an article on planting garlic before winter, see the link http://nagotovka.moya-vkusnyatina.ru//posadka-chesnoka-pod-zimu/

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Once cut - three times more collected! I want to tell you about one interesting way growing tomatoes, which I use, is the third year and the results are pleasing. I read it here in a gardening book and decided to try it myself. I don't know how correct this is, but the method works. I start growing seedlings not in mid-March, as is customary, but a month earlier - in mid-February. Would you say that in this case she will be overgrown? And here is the main secret: as soon as the plants become relatively large, I shorten them with scissors so that three leaves remain on them from below. Then stepchildren will appear in their sinuses, which I grow (it turns out that in three stems) until the very moment of landing in the ground. So it turns out that I already have tomatoes in the greenhouse with a large number of inflorescences, which begin to bear fruit immediately on those same three stems (whereas on “ordinary”, uncircumcised bushes, there is only one inflorescence by this time). And there are always more fruits on them, and they are larger in size. In short, the conclusion is this: from each bush with this technique, you can get a crop three times more than before. In our latitudes, this is important, as tomatoes ripen by mid-August and at this time cold dews already fall. You have to harvest the entire crop almost immediately, both ripe and not ripe tomatoes. Tomatoes ripen later in basins in a warm room. This method of collection allows you to control ripening, avoid root rot and distribute the processing of tomatoes into tomato juice, pickling, preservation and other products for the winter.

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WHAT FLOWERS CAN BE SOWED UNDER WINTER Flowers planted before winter will be distinguished by good growth, resistance to diseases and weather conditions. Also, by sowing seeds before winter, you free up time for yourself in the spring. And just then it is not enough. Flowers that can be planted in autumn: Annuals: marigolds; knapweed; mignonette; cosmea; nasturtium; amaranth; delphinium; mattiola. Poppy, summer adonis, sea alissum, Chinese aster, Chinese carnation, large-flowered godetia. Iberis bitter and umbrella, calendula officinalis, clarkia marigold, three-month-old lavatera. Sea lobularia, snapdragon, seaside malcolmia, bicorn mattiola, fragrant mignonette, Drummond's phlox, chrysanthemum.

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STRAWBERRY CARE CALENDAR FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN Save so as not to lose! Strawberry ( garden strawberry) is a rather capricious culture. Therefore, it must be carefully looked after from early spring to late autumn. We will tell you what works and at what time you need to carry out. They begin to care for the strawberry bed even before the snow completely melts (usually in March), and finish work with the onset of frost. March When the first warm days come and the snow partially melts from the beds, the strawberries are covered plastic wrap or agrofibre. This will allow you to get early harvest berries. Covering material is placed on arcs so that an air gap remains between it and the plants. Please note: the greater the volume of air under the shelter, the more low temperature can withstand strawberry bushes. As soon as the snow completely melts, the bed is cleaned: dried leaves and flower stalks are removed, and the remains of the mustache are cut off with scissors. In the places where the dead bushes grew, young rosettes are planted. After restoring the beds, they carry out preventive treatment from diseases and pests. Plantings are sprayed with 1% Bordeaux liquid or any chorus-based preparation. When the earth thaws, the soil is loosened on the strawberry bed. This will keep the moisture accumulated during the winter in it. At the same time, the bushes slightly spud so that root system grew faster. April If you plan to plant strawberries in the spring, do it as early as possible. In April, the weather is different: sometimes in the middle of spring there is still a dense layer of snow, and sometimes at this time the buds are already blooming with might and main. Therefore, when setting a suitable time for planting strawberries, they are more guided not by time, but by weather conditions. Strawberry seedlings are planted in spring. It is important that by this time the soil has time to warm up to about 10 ° C. When the strawberries begin to grow, plantings are mulched with organic matter or a special mulching film. During the period of mass growth of foliage, a second preventive treatment against diseases is carried out. If harmful insects appeared in April, the bushes are sprayed with chemical insecticides (Aktellik, Teldor, Envidor, Calypso, etc.). Also recently, the complex preparation Teovit Jet has proven itself well - contact fungicide and acaricide. If garden strawberry bushes have been growing in one place for more than 3 years, they will need top dressing. At the beginning of the growing season, garden strawberries need nitrogen fertilizers, during flowering - in phosphorus, and after fruiting - in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. May Garden strawberries grown in tunnels are aired daily so that the plants do not overheat under the rays of the spring sun. In the morning, one or both ends are slightly opened, and closed at night. Strawberries grown in the open field are covered with spunbond overnight, as the return spring frosts(and sometimes even lowering the temperature to 1 ° C) can kill plants. During the flowering of strawberries, strawberry weevils may appear on it. The bushes are sprayed with an infusion of garlic or other folk remedies for pest control. May is often dry. For proper development plants and the formation of fruits, the strawberry garden is regularly watered. In the second half of May (depending on the region and weather), strawberries of early varieties begin to bear fruit. The crop is harvested in a timely manner, then watering is done after picking ripe berries. If at this time there are often heavy rains, the plants are protected from rot and powdery mildew. And also, if necessary, weed weeds. In May, garden strawberries begin to actively produce mustaches that are taken from the plant a large number of nutrients. If you are growing strawberries for berries and not for propagation, then the tendrils should be removed regularly. Properly adjusting the number of whiskers on the bushes, you can get both planting material and a good harvest of berries. June Continue harvesting. In the second half of the month they begin to bear fruit and late varieties. So that the berries do not get dirty and do not rot, black non-woven material is laid under the bushes or shavings are sprinkled. This helps protect strawberries from gray mold and weeds. Also in June, strawberry sockets are rooted in separate cups or cassettes. Such plants will be ready for transplanting to a new place in 2-3 weeks. July After the end of fruiting, all old, diseased and damaged leaves are removed from the bushes. The bed is well watered, the soil around the bushes is loosened and all excess whiskers are removed from them. In July, a strawberry mite can settle on strawberry bushes. Leaves are cut from damaged plants and burned. Then the entire bed is sprayed with water (about 60 ° C) or a hot solution of potassium permanganate. If other insect pests appear on the plants, strawberry bushes are sprayed with chemical or biological insecticides. You can also resort to folk safe means. In addition, during this period, strawberries are often affected by spotting, powdery mildew, and gray rot. 1% Bordeaux liquid with the addition of colloidal sulfur (100 g of the drug per 10 liters of water) helps to cope with diseases. August At the end of summer, the soil is deeply loosened on a strawberry bed and complex fertilizer is applied: 1 tsp. under each bush. Until the end of the month, they finish planting the mustache, the bushes are regularly watered. In the second half of summer - early autumn, timely watering of the strawberry garden should be taken care of. September This month, flower buds are formed, from which berries will appear next year. Therefore, in September it is important not to forget to water the plants. October In October, favorable conditions are created for plants that will help them overwinter well. To do this, the beds are watered, the soil is loosened, weeds are removed. Strawberry bushes spud with peat, humus or compost. November When the top layer of soil (to a depth of 5-7 cm) freezes, the beds are mulched. This will prevent the plants from being pushed out of the ground. To hold the snow, brushwood, Jerusalem artichoke leaves, raspberry or corn stalks are placed on top. In this form, strawberries hibernate. Thanks to the correct and timely work on the care of strawberries, you will be able to grow a healthy plant and harvest a good harvest of sweet berries. Follow these guidelines and you'll be fine!

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Bright crafts for a garden, garden or cottage with your own hands: photo

Dacha, garden or vegetable garden will be decorated with bright crafts made from tires. And even though the idea is not new, the main thing is that it looks very interesting. By connecting all your creative potential, you can create a real masterpiece. If imagination is lacking, here are ideas for you, by copying which you can make your garden, or garden bright and attractive.

No less impressive will look on the lawn near flowers or trees, here are such interesting pebbles, decorated do it yourself. For such crafts, it is better to use acrylic paints. A 200 ml can of acrylic paint should be enough for 60 large stones.

Interesting crafts from plastic bottles - a hot topic recent years for garden. You can easily find master classes on creating pigs, birds, bunnies, bees and other various living creatures from plastic containers. Here are some bright decorations for a garden, cottage or vegetable garden you can create with your own hands.

To scare away birds in cottages and gardens, they often install a scarecrow created by their own hands. Why not make it not only useful, but also a pleasant element on the site by connecting a little imagination?

An interesting flower garden will decorate any garden, garden or cottage

Flowers framed by stones, logs or bottles look interesting in the country house, garden or garden. They can be dyed bright colors or leave as is. The main thing is to neatly and tastefully decorate the territory with their help with your own hands.

A flower stream is an excellent replacement for a banal flower bed. Creating it is not difficult at all. On an elevated place, you need to lay a flowerpot, bucket or other suitable container, and plant the flowers in such a way that they resemble a stream flowing from it. Creeping and ground cover flowers are perfect for creating a stream: periwinkle, violet, carpet phlox, coined loosestrife. To make the "stream" uniform, plant plants with seedlings, not seeds.

Wealth of fantasy owners summer cottages especially noticeable in the variety of flower pots. What summer residents and gardeners do not plant flowers in! By the way, the results are quite interesting - you can take note for reproduction with your own hands.

Do not forget the idea as old as the world, but not lost its relevance - the use of climbing flowers (lianas) in landscape design. Ipomoea, sweet pea, dolichos, kobeya, nasturtium looks interesting. Thanks to the widest range of vines, it will not be difficult to make a choice according to your taste. Plant them in a country house, garden or garden so that they braid the fence, walls of the house and other buildings, columns or gates. Such bright design always attracts the attention of passers-by.

Original furniture for a summer house or a garden with your own hands

Ideas for creating an interesting country house or garden furniture there are many. This does not always require expensive materials or tools, so that you can do without special financial costs. For example, such a compact table, chairs or sofa for a summer house or garden can be built from pallets.

photo furniture ideas from pallets

Hemp and beams are excellent materials for creating country furniture. By covering the stumps with soft harnesses, you can get comfortable stools for the garden.

Decoration personal plot – creative process, which allows you to take a break from working in the garden and in the garden. The equipped, decorated territory becomes a wonderful place of rest for the owners of the cottage and their guests.

When you want something beautiful, but there is only an empty piece of land with two old trees, it is not at all easy to decide what to do with this piece. Applying the skills of professionals landscape design it's expensive. Isn't there a simple budget way decorate the garden with improvised materials? There is!

"Rainbow" in the rose garden

It will take small plot earth, ordinary stones and acrylic paint. In this case, the unsuccessfully overwintered remains of the rose garden act as an experimental site.

By the way! Anything can come in handy, for example, tree cuts, from which you can build an excellent path for children and adults. It is better if the wood is dry. At least not wet.

This style of landscape design can be safely called "positivism". It will suit perfectly if you have children, you love flowers and think that summer is the time for bright colors.

Now it would be nice to mulch the hole. But no mulch. But there are stones. Smaller stones can be used as mulch. Around the trunk, carefully place white small pebbles on the leveled soil. The radius is about 15 cm. If they are not white enough or even multi-colored, you can tint them right on the spot after installation with acrylic white spray.

Large stones will have to be painted with a brush. Two layers of paint (one, and when dry - the second) is enough. Stones do not have to be painted on all sides - one of them will still lie on the ground.

Advice! Acrylic paints dilute half with water, otherwise they will be too thick and lie unevenly. Plus, they last a long time.

A jar of 200 ml of paint is enough for about 60 large stones. Large stones painted in bright colors will serve as a border for roses.

Green trim

After that, the fun begins. Around the rose bushes, according to the idea of ​​the author of the project, emerald lawn grass will grow. This means one more thing is needed. Namely: sand or peat, humus, lawn fertilizer, grass seeds.

It is best to sow a sports lawn immediately, which incorporates at least four varieties of grasses. You need to sow thickly. The area for which the seeds are intended, written on the box with seeds, immediately multiply by two.

Advice! In order for the lawn to lie flat and uniform, grass seeds are mixed with sawdust. It is not worth mixing with sand, it is heavier and will not give uniformity with light seeds.

Before seeding the lawn, complete the placement of decorative pebbles around the white mulch pebbles. Stones do not need to be pressed into the soil, just lay them on the surface. When the grass begins to grow, it will slightly cover the pebbles.

Next to the rose bushes, lay out a path of painted wooden saw cuts. It is not necessary to make a continuous path, there are enough “steps” so that you can walk on them or stand on them to care for roses. While the young grass is growing, do not trample it.

How to seed the perfect lawn

1. To prepare the soil, loosen it with a rake, breaking all the lumps.

   

2. Then sprinkle a thin layer of humus (1 cm) over the surface and sprinkle sand mixed with peat (2 cm) on top.
3. Nutrient soil is not needed as you have already laid under future lawn humus layer. But for greater effect, you can sprinkle the prepared area with starter lawn fertilizer in granules.
4. Then compact the soil. This does not require a special skating rink and even a large barrel. Two small sheets of plywood or any material you can stand on is enough. You put one sheet, stand on it, put the second one next to it, go to it. And so on until the whole area is equal.

   

5. Now you need to water the soil well with water and seeds can be sown. They must be dry. When buying, pay attention to the date of packaging, which is on the box. It is desirable that it was no more than two years ago.
6. Try to sow evenly in all directions. The thicker you sow, the denser the sod will be and the more stable the lawn will be.

   

7. Filling seeds with soil. A layer of 1 cm is enough. Watering with shallow sprinkling, so as not to erode the earth.

Advice! If there is neither peat nor sand, buy a construction sieve. Choose a place in the garden with dry soil and sift it through a sieve. You will get a great filling.

If it is cool at night or an invasion of birds is expected, you can cover the crops with a film. Under the film it is warmer by 5-7 degrees, the seeds will sprout faster. And the moisture that the seeds need for spitting will remain better in the shelter.

Advice! Ants from one anthill can take half of your freshly sown lawn to them in a couple of hours. To prevent this from happening, it is worth taking care of the neutralization of ants in advance, as well as slugs, which will eat young grass with pleasure.

Now it remains only to wait for the flowering of roses and the growth of greenery. All the beauty spent one weekend and a minimum of funds. Moreover, success is guaranteed, since there is nothing complicated in creating such a project. Looks very positive. Easy care. Causes the admiration of the neighbors and the stormy delight of the children.

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Flower "stream"

You have country cottage area, garden, garden, lawn flower garden, but something is missing. The soul asks for beauty. Here, for example, would be to make an artificial pond with your own hands. No, not a pool, but at least a small pond or stream. But it's so hard! You need to dig a hole, carry cobblestones, buy a film or a plastic container, mess with aquatic plants, to acquire all sorts of mechanisms - filters, pumps. Do you think beauty is not simple? How it happens! easy way to acquire beauty without additional material and physical costs - a stream of flowers.

A flower stream is not even an element of landscape design, but a way. Unconventional way planting plants not in the usual flower bed, but in the form of a stream flowing from a container. All costs are to purchase a container. Although, you can use an old clay pot.

Miracle from the pot

To create a flower stream, you will need a part of the site on which you were going to make another banal flower bed. Capacity - it can be: a pot, a jug, a bottle (any container from which the future "stream" will originate) and flower seedlings ready for planting. You can sow a stream with seeds, but in this case, firstly, you will have to wait with beauty, and secondly, it is not known how the seeds will sprout. The stream can turn out to be uneven and with “bald spots”. Seeds can be pecked by birds, washed away by rain, dragged into their homes by ants.

ground cover plants

The choice of plants for a stream is not as obvious as it seems at first glance. You can use ground covers and creeping plants.

Table. The choice of ground covers in accordance with the growth conditions.

growth conditions	Types of ground cover plants
If the bed of the flower "stream" passes through the illuminated areas of the garden, it is necessary to plant light-loving ground covers.	These include: obrieta, creeping carnations, rezuha, carpet phlox, alissum.
If the location of the stream is in partial shade, plant plants that can tolerate shade.	Plant dwarf astilba, tiarella, yellow lamiastrum, bruner, tenacious, trifoliate waldstein, ranunculus anemone. These plants will bloom luxuriously and feel great in shading, for example, among trees.
A flower stream can be created even in a heavily shaded area.	To do this, use shade-tolerant ground covers: fragrant violet, small periwinkle.
A stream can be created even where there is constant dampness and the earth “does not dry out” even in summer.	Moisture-loving plants: goose cinquefoil, hauttuynia, coined loosestrife form a lush and colorful "water stream".

Annuals

Along with ground covers, many annuals can be used to create a flower stream, but it is worth choosing low-growing varieties, not higher than 30-50 cm. The list of annuals for this purpose is huge. Limit yourself to those that are sown in the ground in your climate. An impressive list - there is plenty to choose from.

By the way! Bulb flowers will look effective. They can be planted close to each other, and weak and defective, if necessary, replaced.

Instead of a pot, you can use a stump

Bulb flowers and perennials

The “bulbous” version of the stream can be made from tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, muscari, glamini (miniature gladioli), anemones, freesias, cyclamen and other perennials.

Rooted perennials can also be used. Will look great in line with primrose, sapling, saxifrage, veronica, pansies, Carpathian bell, armeria, gerbil, daisies, liverwort.

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Brook planting

Having decided on planting material, having found a suitable jug, indicating the length and width of the future flower stream, you can start planting.

1. The earth is dug up, cleared of weeds, well leveled and moistened.
2. Then the plants are placed in pre-marked places.
3. Everyone is watering.
4. It is important to remember that ground cover plants grow rapidly, so their planting areas must be limited, and shoots emerging from the banks of the stream should be regularly removed.

That's all, the flower stream is ready. It will require no more care than an ordinary flower bed - watering, fertilizing, removing dried flowers. The visual effect that you get will surpass all your dreams of beauty. Still think that beauty is not simple?

Creation of a dry stream on the site

growing up

Creepers rank in hierarchy ornamental plants special place. Their stems are flexible and unstable (herbaceous annuals, among perennials there are tree-like vines). But vitality and the desire to grow “to the sky” are unparalleled. They only need support. Give the vines a foothold and they will turn your yard into a fabulous blooming kingdom.

Vertical gardening, for which creepers are used, is a very important part of landscape design. If most plants can “cope” with horizontal surfaces, then fences, walls, pillars, balconies, terraces can be decorated only with the help of vines.

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What are good lianas

1. For the most part, vines do not require a large feeding area. They only need a little soil (two times less than any other plant) to give you much more than any other plant, leaf mass and flowers.
2. Creepers can grow near the wall of the house, where the foundation passes and a layer of soil above the concrete is only 15 cm.
3. Creepers can grow in tubs and flower pots.
4. Creepers are very resistant to drought, to excessive moisture, many to cold.
5. They don't need high nutrient soil. Of course, they will not refuse fertilizers, but even without top dressing they will grow and bloom, and some will also bear fruit.
6. Annual creepers are beautiful in that their growth rate is up to 5 cm per day.

Advice! If you urgently need, already this summer, to decorate an unsightly wall or to encircle a pergola, gazebo, terrace with flowering greenery, seek help from morning glory, dolichos, sweet pea, kvamoklitu, kobee, nasturtium, decorative beans. These fast-growing vines will cope with decorating the site perfectly.

Table. Annual creepers and their characteristics.

Name	Image	Description
		This climbing annual grows up to 4m tall or wherever you point it. If you don’t direct, it will “direct” itself. It will braid everything that can and cannot be braided - a fence, a neighbor's fence, a tree, a sunflower, grapes.
		It is a climbing annual from the legume family. Its stems can grow up to 3-3.5 m. The stems are thin, ribbed. And the flowers are from 3 to 5 cm in diameter, of all kinds of tones and colors and with a delightful subtle but strong aroma.
		Grows up to 5 meters. The flowers are not large, but very interesting shape. The colors are also very different - from white to red and variegated. Beans can bloom until frost. Its foliage, along with flowers, looks very decorative and, at the same time, elegant.
		This plant is interesting not only (not so much) with flowers, but with its openwork leaves. Quamoclite also has flowers. They are funnel-shaped, intensely red in color, quite numerous. But the foliage of the plant, bright green, dissected into many “lobes”, resembling either the needles of evergreen trees, or an acacia, helps the quamoclite flowers to appear in all their scarlet beauty.
		This plant is exceptionally elegant. It has large, trifoliate leaves, dark green with a purple hue. Flowers are bean-shaped. Large, purple and emitting a magical aroma. Dolichos blooms late - at the end of summer. But it blooms until frost, until the end of October.
		Kobe climbing - differs from other vines in very beautiful and large flowers. The flowers, up to 9 cm in size, are simply fantastic. In the form of bells, slightly elongated, and long stamens peep out of them far beyond the flower. Kobeya blooms from mid-summer until frost. The flowers are milky and purple in color. Purples are first greenish, then creamy, and only then turn lilac (or acquire a bluish tint) and become purple. Therefore, on one vine, you can simultaneously see flowers of three different shades.
		Very helpful and highly decorative flower. Leaves, flowers and fruits of nasturtium are used in cooking, cosmetics, folk medicine. Grows up to two meters. Grows very fast. The leaves are large, wide, beautiful irregular shape. Flowers - "gramophones" of sunny colors - from maroon to lemon yellow. They bloom all summer and half of autumn.

Growing annual vines

In the cultivation of herbaceous annual vines there is nothing complicated. You can sow them directly into the ground (since these plants develop rapidly, it is better that the soil is loose and fertilized).

1. Sow at the end of May.
2. Make shallow holes, 2-3 seeds are placed in each hole.
3. If the seeds are small, you can sow in the grooves. Depth - about two centimeters.
4. Water the crops and wait.
5. You won't have to wait long. After one and a half to two weeks, sprouts will appear.
6. In another two weeks, it is worth preparing supports for them (pulling ropes, installing pergolas), along which they will climb.

If you want to get the flowering of annual vines earlier, it makes sense to grow seedlings first, and then plant them in open ground. Seeds are planted for seedlings in April, in separate peat pots (most herbaceous vines have a weak root system that should not be injured during transplantation).

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