Tomatoes: South America is considered to be the homeland of the tomato. With the discovery of America tomatoes quickly spread to Europe, where they were soon named “love apples”. Such a name was given to the tomato in regards to its external smoothness, beautiful shape and color. From Spain and Portugal tomatoes quickly spread to [...]
Cucumbers: India is considered to be the homeland of cucumbers. Even nowadays you can find wild cucumber growing there. It has been estimated that India started growing cucumber as early as 3rd millennium BC. Both Greeks and Egyptians loved cucumber. Drawings of cucumber and grape remain painted on their sanctuary frescos until nowadays. The ancient [...]
June is the first month of summer. All plants in the garden is growing very fast, but there is only few that blooms. This year fruit trees cuttings have grown longer, new leaves are spreading. Fruit trees and berry bushes now need light, water and heat very much. And they need nutrients even more. And [...]
Let’s look after partridges. Build up a lee from a fir branches. It would be great, if you could feed rabbits outside the garden, then they will not enter your garden. Sun is rising higher and higher and reminds of a spring. At day, it heats trunks of fruiters, but at nights it’s still freezing. [...]
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