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  How to whitewash for trees in autumn Cold weather is coming and there may be a light frost at night, but the sun is not only shining during the day, it is scorching hot, peeking out from behind the clouds. It is as if these are remnants of summer, fragments of summer's warmth as if nature has given us a debt. It seems that nature is paying our debt, but it is all deceptive: snowflakes will begin to fall, frost will cover the rowan fruit, puddles will begin to freeze, and the ground will begin to freeze little by little. In this period it is not worth waiting for rain. From time to time, the first snowflakes break through the veil of silence and gray. Late autumn is a harbinger of winter, and this article describes how and why to whitewash for trees . What is a gardener to do during this difficult transition period for trees when warm days are followed by frosty nights? There are many ways to prevent frost - this includes winter shade, soaking, and hiding branches and trunks in th...

Does the edging around tree roots need to be dug out   Controversies over the re-cultivation of fruit tree washers have existed, and it probably remains as long as the orchards still are located somewhere. Only recently has the controversy about what to do with the area between the rows of the orchard subsided. Either iron it with a tractor, compact the soil and carry the humus with the wind to the neighbor's field, or still mow the grass at an early stage, before it sends out seeds. Everything is clear here. They decided to mow and seem to have put an end to it, but digging up near-trunk circles is a completely different matter. This article will give you an introduction to the issue of edging around a tree. OPTIONS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF FRUIT TREE SEEDBEDS In fact, there are many variants of fruit tree bed circle maintenance, here black fallow (just digging), but also sodding, and mulching, each of these activities having advantages and disadvantages. For example, tilling the s...

  How I made a narrow garden bed and simplified my life The most difficult work in the "garden field" is laying out of the site. Breaking it down into beds, and digging it up in the fall. Loosening the soil, planting, tending, and even watering (although this is not an easy task for older people) is less scary for the gardener because these tasks are more time-consuming and can at least get a short break in the warmer months. So, how do you organize your summer cottage with plots to keep it attractive, keep the vegetable garden clean, and reduce caregiving? I suggest making a Narrow Garden Bed. In this material, I will tell you how Narrow Garden Beds save a lot of labor for large estate owners and share the experience of creating them. WHY BIG GARDENS DON'T EQUAL BIG HARVESTS Years of gardening experience have shown that the quantity of quality harvest is not provided by a large area. Plants can be more carefully cared for in smaller areas, which means that bushes and e...

  12 mistakes of summer garden beginners While I already had extensive experience growing vegetables and ornamentals on my parents' land, we had our own cottage. However, this did not save me from the many mistakes I made while growing a garden and vegetable garden (garden beginners). In this case, we were forced to sell our first cottage and move to a new location. Before I start managing the new garden, I would like to analyze my past cottage mistakes. I hope that my experience will be useful for ThumbGarden's readers because it's good to learn from other people's mistakes. 1. Choosing a villa for winter The first mistake was already made when buying our first cottage. As spring approached, we started to get the "itch", as the gardeners say, to buy our own gite as soon as possible. In February, we visited several plots, only one of which appealed to us. And in March, we were already the owners of our own villa. Of course, during this period there was still ...