Plants
Growing cucumbers is one of the most common gardening activities in our part of the world. Cucumbers are everywhere. But they all love the sun, which we do not get as often as needed… but still, choose a spot in…
Have you decided to grow peppers this year? Great! Peppers are excellent and healthy vegetables but not everyone is able to get the harvest they want. With our tips below, you will be one step closer to an excellent harvest.
When in bloom, wisteria is really beautiful and it is often used to boost the beauty of garden gazebos or various walls. This climbing plant is relatively undemanding, and if you take good care of it, will reward you with…
A radish is an excellent plant with tasty red and pungent fruits. But make no mistake, there are many more radishes than the typical red and pungent fruits and they are certainly well known. Let us take a look at…
Do your kids love fresh peas picked right from your garden? Of course they do! Peeling the pods and pulling out the sweet green balls is lot of fun, but in order for children to enjoy fresh peas, you should…
Today, we shall focus on the most common diseases of tulips but which are not obvious at first glance. You may not even know that something is wrong. For example, the tulip breaking virus is welcomed by many gardeners because…
Our grandmothers used to say that certain parts of vegetable plants are simply not edible, or rather we simply do not eat them. The “brave” of us may use these forbidden parts to make a broth or the basis for…
Underneath the mysterious concept of guttation we refer to a process in which water appears on leaves of plants – without watering the plant of course. Plants excrete large amounts of water using so-called hydatodes. This usually happens in a…
Vermicompost is an excellent fertilizer and everyone can prepare it. Those of us who have their own garden as well as those who want to make compost at home. It’s not complicated, but you have to follow few rules to…
Just as some plants will not grow in the shade, there are some plants that just aren’t meant to be placed next to each other. Nature is very competitive. These plant “enemies” fight for space, produce soil toxins to harm…