Living hedge at the cottage of gledicia and barberry
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Do it yourself "live fence"
It is clear that the dacha should live with everyone in friendship (and not at the dacha, too). But it's not for nothing that folk wisdom says that the stronger the fence, the better the neighbor. And in order not to offend him by accident, but at the same time, and to bring joy to himself, and decorate the garden, it is better to make that strong fence alive. The blessing for this now has all the possibilities.
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A hedge of shrubs - and I want, and pricks
I want to talk about how I grew hedges. A few years ago we moved to live outside the city. The purchased house was in need of repair, and the site was fenced with a dilapidated picket fence. Apparently, this excited the imagination of our estates passing by: uninvited guests visited us regularly and dragged everything that came to hand from the yard, ranging from building materials to small garden tools. There were also individual “Timurovs” who very “helped” us with the harvest, carefully picking out even unripe vegetables and fruits.
In general, it was necessary urgently to fence the site. But what? There was no money for a new fence, because the urgent repair of the house was in full swing, but in this case, you understand, all means are falling into a bottomless barrel, and there is no end to it. So you need to make a hedge. She began to choose plants that are suitable for this. Has stopped the choice on гледичии ordinary: it can be formed both in the form of a bush, and in the form of a tree. In addition, it has so large and sharp spines that the fence will be absolutely impassable. I decided to put it on the rear borders of the site.
Obedient building material
With great difficulty managed to get the planting material: received by mail along with detailed instructions. The seeds were quite expensive, and there were not very many of them in the bag, so I sowed everything in one row only and not in two, as the recommendation said, and with the distance not in 20 cm, but approximately in 50-70 cm.
Sowed in the winter, in the spring, of course, not all rose. But over time it turned out that this is quite enough. The hedge turned out to be really impassable, very prickly and also decorative - the bushes were pleasing to the eye, especially in the fall, when a “fire” broke out on the foliage.
The first season of the plant had to be watered regularly, but then they no longer required watering or nursing. Now I spend only pruning so that prickly branches do not interfere with the processing of the site. By the way, I made the height of the fence somewhere 1 m 60 cm (photo 1 and 2). In addition, Gledicia is not only a good guard, but also a very useful plant: decoctions of leaves and fruits can be used to treat gastrointestinal diseases.
In general, this plant is able to grow on any soils, it does not fret, it is an excellent medon, so it is convenient to use it for a hedge around an apiary. Seeds can be sown under winter or early spring, previously soaked in warm water.
Reference by topic: Growing barberry - benefits and care
Barberry hedge
On the front side of the site, I decided to plant a hedge from the barberry. I managed without seeds, because I wanted the fence to grow faster. Planted a young seedlings. Now these are lush bushes, very beautiful in appearance: in spring, during flowering, and in autumn, when they are completely covered with red berries (photo 3). Bushes cut off a little in height and width. No treatment for diseases and pests is required.
I use ripe berries of barberry as a seasoning for meat dishes, for making compotes, preserves and jellies. I know that they are still dried, pickled and salted, but I have not done this yet. In addition, barberry is a valuable medicinal plant: decoctions and infusions from leaves, roots, bark and berries are used for various diseases (until the collection of this medicinal raw material, too, hands did not reach yet).
And not so long ago I found out that you can make a hedgerow and from golden currant, which is also beautiful, and useful (photo 4).
Personally, I want to say only that I have become convinced by her personal experience of her accommodating nature. It is really resistant to diseases and pests, it is not exacting to the soil, it needs only dry periods in wintering, winter hardiness. Pruning requires mainly sanitation. You can grow it either by a bush or by forming it in the form of a tree, which can be grafted with red, white, black currant.
Just until I was able to check whether it bears fruit for 20 years, you see, you don’t have enough time yet. And the berries of golden currant are also very healthy.
They, for example, are recommended to introduce into the diet to those who suffer from peptic ulcer and 12-peritoneum. From them you can prepare compotes, jam, jelly, jams (I even just freeze it). Propagation by cuttings and sowing of seeds under winter or early spring after preliminary stratification for 2 months in wet sand in the refrigerator.
This year I was not able to collect all the berries of golden currant, they dried on the branches and became like raisins. Just in case, I collected them: suddenly someone wants to try to grow golden currants from seeds - then I can send them at your request.
PS: Very interesting article on the selection of plants for hedges Read here
© Author: Tatoyana Starchenko. Voronezh region
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Very tasty, and most importantly, a useful tea with barberry. The drink helps me during colds, improves blood circulation, normalizes high blood pressure.
I prepare the tea like this: in the warmed teapot teapot 1 tsp. dry berries pour a glass of boiling water, I insist 15 minutes. Sometimes I add dried berries to barberry and to ordinary tea brewing. And to strengthen the useful properties of the drink, I put honey in the cup.
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Fence Barberries with your own hands
My site is decorated with a hedge of barberry. And I grew bushes from seeds. At ripe berries has selected ossicles, some minutes held in pink solution of potassium permanganate and dried up to flowability. In September, the allotted site introduced humus for digging, leveled the surface and marked furrows with a depth of about 1 cm. They sowed seeds and sprinkled soil. In the spring, when the two seedlings appeared on the seedling, it broke through - left 3 between the shoots. For the third year, the young plant was transplanted to a permanent place. Seed-grown bushes bloom on 2-3-th year. It is important to remember: fruits will only be tied if several barberry bushes grow nearby.
For spring sowing, seeds need stratification: to withstand a mixture of seeds and wet sand for at least two months at a temperature of + 2 ... + 5 degrees.
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On one side of my garden there is a path to the beloved resting place in the local parts. It happens. that, returning home on summer evenings, adolescents strive to show their gentleness and to rip off a grocery for a friend in a strange garden. Apples do not pit me, but it's a shame to see broken branches and rumpled beds. Do not guard the garden with a gun! And I planted several barberry bushes along this side of the garden.
Shrub great for protecting borders. It is unpretentious to the soil, grows very quickly, tolerates pruning, tolerates slight shading and has impressive spines. Through the bushes of barberry is not that human - the cat will not crawl through! In addition, small birds quickly chose bushes and began to nest there. What nightingale trills are heard in the summer!
In addition, barberry is very beautiful from early spring to late autumn. 6 plantings I alternated the usual and red-sheeted forms. In the spring the bushes are covered with bright yellow flowers with a strong, peculiar aroma. I will not say that I really like this smell, but a lot of bees fly to it. And by the end of summer, the abundance of dark ruby berries ripens abundantly. Each year, barberry harvests, although it does not receive any special care: the usual fertilizing for berries in the spring and a strong shaping pruning.
I add fruits to compotes, and also dry for the winter for medicinal purposes. Decoction of the berries slightly reduces the pressure and strengthens the walls of the vessels, therefore, in a mixture with berries of black chokeberry and irgia I use it for the treatment of hypertension.
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Very useful article! Thank you for her! I discovered a new bush for gladchia. I was looking for a similar "guard". I don’t know if I will find her seed, but I will try with cuttings, I saw one such shrub in the city. But I would not refuse seeds of golden currant, they say it is ideal for currant and gooseberry. I will be very grateful if you send me the seeds.