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How to process blackberries correctly

Radek Štěpán 26. 07. 2023

If your blackberry harvest was so great this year that you don’t know what to do with it, you may appreciate few tips. Sure, you can use blackberries in the most common way and prepare various desserts, fruit cocktails or…

Bay leaf

Growing bay leaf, also known as laurel

Radek Štěpán 22. 07. 2023

Bay leaf smells wonderful and it is able to generate an exotic and unforgettable mood. In Italy, for example, bay leaf is often used to grow hedges. You can see it in parks, gardens and other public spaces. Laurel or…

Strawberries

Strawberries need your care even after harvest

Radek Štěpán 20. 07. 2023

Yes, June is the month when we all enjoy wonderful strawberries. But now is the time when you need to take care of strawberries again and to make sure that you can enjoy great strawberries next year as well. Strawberry…

Fruit trees

Caring for fruit trees in July

Radek Štěpán 18. 07. 2023

Spring and autumn are the times when you need to pay close attention to your fruit trees but that is not to say that you should neglect your fruit trees in July, for example. You still have a chance to…

Rhubarb

Save a rich rhubarb harvest for the entire year

Radek Štěpán 12. 07. 2023

Has this non-traditional vegetable spread around your garden so shamelessly that you just have too much of it? Well, don’t worry, be happy. If rhubarb is somehow flourishing in your garden you might as well make use of it. Store…

Lemongrass

Grow lemongrass in a flowerpot

Radek Štěpán 03. 07. 2023

Lemongrass needs sun and warmth. These are the most important requirements. If you can provide these two conditions, you can grow it in your garden or on your balcony and use it as a great aromatic addition to various foods.

Leek

You can grow leek in summer too

Radek Štěpán 02. 07. 2023

Leek (Allium porrum) is a well-known vegetable and many of use it similarly as onion and garlic for example. Leek is much milder, so people who cannot handle the sharp taste of onions and garlic tend to use it more…

Fruit trees

Caring for fruit trees in June

Radek Štěpán 25. 06. 2023

June is the last month when you can still improve the yield of basically any fruit tree and you can start by paying attention to the soil around your fruit trees – you can loosen it and fertilize it with…

Basil

With the right pruning, your basil will grow wild

Radek Štěpán 24. 06. 2023

Do you love flower pots or containers that are literally overflowing with the leaves of this wonderfully aromatic herb? You can have them too, but you need to do one important thing and that is to cut basil correctly.

French beans

Growing French beans – after early lettuce harvest

Radek Štěpán 20. 06. 2023

Have you harvested your first vegetables in June (for example early lettuce or kohlrabi) yet? If so, you have freed up some space in your garden that you can use. The soil is still full of nutrients and moisture, so…