GARDEN PROTECTION: WINTER PROBLEMS “HATS” FROM SNOW The best natural insulation for plants is snow. The thicker and looser the blanket of snow, the warmer and more comfortable the trees and shrubs underneath it. But at the same time, heavy snowfalls bring a lot of trouble. During the thaw, under the weight of wet snow and subsequent cold snaps due to ice, they crack or break off...
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GRAPES IN BELARUS - GROWING I planted the first grape bush on my plot 30 years ago. It was the Alpha variety. Then others appeared, because growing vines is easy and interesting. For our climatic conditions, which is the northeast of Belarus, Alpha was the most stable and widespread variety for growing in open ground and without shelter. Currently...
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CULTIVATION, VARIETIES AND STORAGE OF ROSE HIP During the Soviet era, scientists used only the cinnamon rose variety to produce medicinal products from rose hips. Its fruits contain the maximum amount of vitamin C among all rose hips, the fruits are elongated, and the branches are cinnamon-colored. Now, based on the cinnamon rose with the participation of other wild rose hips, new varieties have been bred that are resistant to frost and ...
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WHY ARE LEEKS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MEAT? I want to tell you how the traditional garden set - cabbage, potatoes, beets, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, garlic, herbs - is gradually supplemented by rarer, but no less useful plants. LEEKS - THICK LEKS Several years ago I started growing leeks. The reason for this was my youngest granddaughter Anya’s passion for cooking. In family …
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MONTBRETIA OR CROCOSMIA - “FIRE” IN THE FLOWER GARDEN I fell in love with this plant so much that I can’t imagine myself at the dacha in the summer without it. And it is called montbretia, or crocosmia. For the first time, knowing nothing about this flower, I planted Montbrecia about twenty years ago. Since then, she decorates my flower garden every year until September. MONTBRETIA - DESCRIPTION Montbretia leaves...
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