Interesting Facts about Fruit

We all know that the fruit is very healthy. With regular consumption of fruit our body absorb important vitamins. Here is the list of some interesting facts about fruit that you might don`t know: APPLES - There are over 7500 different types of apples - If you eat an apple, this is more reliable way to stay awake than drink a cup of coffee. The natural sugar in an apple is stronger than caffeine in coffee. - Apples are great source of fiber and...

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Strawberries

Moreover, Strawberries are extremely delicious they are also very healthy, because they contain iron, sodium, calcium, potassium and phosphorus, vitamin A, B1, B2 and vitamin C. Those, who do not have your own bed of Strawberries, make sure (before you buy them) that they do not contain any pesticides. Tasty Strawberry Snack Strawberries are a great afternoon "snack". As we already mentioned, they are very healthy, but they contain only few...

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Deciduous Shrubs - undemanding

Since this blog is designed for beginners and for those who want organic garden and beautiful surrounding with as little work as possible, I will now give you some nice examples of undemanding deciduous ornamental shrubs. The shrubs are listed according to habitat. Forsitia Forsitia blooms in early spring with yellow blossoms. In the summer it does not attract special attention with its long green leaves. Forsitia is undemanding according to...

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Outdoor Potted Plants

Lets say something about the outdoor potted plants that I have at home and they work very well and I think that are great for beginners. GERANIUM Geraniums are outdoor potted plants great for balconies that are on the south side. Geranium with single blossoms grow up to about 80 cm in length. Geranium with double blooms are fuller but they grow few cm less. Geranium are richly flowering and undemanding potted plants.    ...

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Yellow sticky traps

Some of you probably have beside your garden also few fruit trees - a small orchard. When they start to fade, we have to hang a yellow sticky traps on them. I would like to especially point out that we shouldn`t put those traps on the flowering trees, since this is the most common mistake that does more harm than good. During flowering we can catch, not only pests but also the bees that do benefit to our plants. After flowering, the yellow...

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Protection against Powdery mildew

Powdery mildew is a very common disease that can affect plants such as Rose, Tomato, Peppers, Cucumbers,.. If you want to prevent the disease it is ideally to spray the plants with chamomile and sage tea if the weather is cold and wet. Use the tea spray every 5 days. We can strength the immunity of the plants with Nettles extract. We soak the Nettles into the water (we put the Nettle in the dish and cover them with water), leave...

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Climbing plants care

We have to regularly tie them to the support. If the weather is dry, we have to water them and fertilize them if needed. Plants can be tied on supports with a variety of snaps, rings or strips. We just have to ensure that we don`t tie them too strong. It is recommended that we shadow the lower parts of plants. For shadowing you can also plant smaller plants in front of our climbing plants which will work as a shade. We do not wrap the young...

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The May`s Shrubs Cut

In May we can already prune some early flowering shrubs (Forsythia, Flowering Quince, Flowering Almond, Viburnum opulus,..). But not before they start to fade. This will allow them to have a sufficient time to produce new shoot for next spring.   Forsythia is an exception. If you with to maintain it in the desired form, you have to cut off a long, young shoots through the whole growing season.  We can also start to pruning...

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Potted plants and Plants in Buckets - In May

In the May we can still transplant them or remove the top layer of soil and replace it with new one. We can put all the potted plants and plants in buckets when the temperature is higher than __ (preferably against the wall and into the shade). If is comes to cooling we have to put the plants inside or cover then with fleece. Since the plants need some time to get used to the external environment we have to protect them not only against...

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Geophytes - When they Wane

When the Geophytes (tulips, daffodils,..)wane, we cut off the stems so the plants don`t exhaust themselves too much by developing seeds. However, we have to be careful. We can cut leaves only if they get fully yellow, because it means that the plant has accumulated nutrients for the next year. Daffodil bulbs should remain on the flower bed over the summer. We have to be a bit more careful when it comes to Tulips. Tulips grow better in sandy,...

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Care of the lawn

Who doesn`t want to have a beautiful lawn in front of the house ;)? If we want to have a beautiful lawn we must take care of it. We mow the lawn regularly - every 5 - 7 days. We have to remove the weed regularly because we don`t want that the weed overgrown our lawn. If we can`t remove it manually, we can use a special fertilizer for lawns that contains ingredients against weed. The lawn has to be fertilized by the membrane fertilizer each year at...

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Good Neighbors Part 2. - Preventing diseases and pests

We have already discussed about »the good neighborly relations« between plants in post Good Neighbors Part 1. We told which plants are more or less good to be placed together in the garden. In this – second part, we will say something abut the plants which prevent diseases and pests. When we decide to grow our own garden, we of course try to produce as healthy food as posible.  But here apears a problem: There are many pests and diseases...

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