Decorative garden: the use of bulbous plants
Time to think about spring discounts. It is difficult to imagine them without blooming tulips, narcissus and sapphires. It is best to choose a sunny place for them, with fertile, fresh soil. It should not be too heavy or too sandy.Bulbs also like a lot of organic matter, so it is good to mix the substrate with compost before planting.Some species, such as squill, hyacinth, snowdrops and blizzards, do well in shady places, under the canopy deciduous trees.
It is worth using them for naturalistic plantings and placing them among shade-loving perennials: funkii, hellebore, tawułki, geraniums that will cover the drying leaves at the beginning of summer. The most impressive will be when planted in groups "scattered" across the entire discount.The earliest flowering species, such as crocuses and snowdrops, can also be planted in lawns
Then the first mowing should not take place until the end of May or later. If we have a rare, unfortunately, meadow among our garden assumptions, we can also enrich it with bulbous and bulbous species, for example some lilies (tiger or bulbous), garlic, snowflakes, soft-leaved grape, diced checkerboard or native (protected, difficult to get ) gladiolus species.Many bulbous plants also work well in rock gardens. snowflakes, sapphires and botanical varieties of tulips and narcissus.
Balconies and terraces in October
Good containers
Shrubs and small trees winter best when grown in frost-resistant terracotta pots (in plastic containers - worst).
Before the first frost
Now let's get bubble wrap, straw mat or jute, as well as agrotextile and polystyrene pieces to protect plants on the balcony before the onset of frost.
We plant onions
At the end of the month, we plant tulip bulbs into containers, which we place in a pit, dug in a quiet and shaded place in the garden.If we do not have such a place, place the onions in a much larger, second container, protected against frost, and cover it with a 15-20 cm layer of light soil.At approx. 10 ° C the onions will root well.
Trees and shrubs: yellow-leaved elm
Elm of the 'Wredei' variety is a tree that grows up to 15 m in height, with slow growth. It reaches its target height at the age of 50-75. Trees that live up to 250 years can be found in old parks.Its crown is initially compact, narrow, wider with age, irregularly shaped.The trunk is smooth, and the branches grow almost vertically. This variety has very nice leaves. They turn lemon yellow in spring and yellow in autumn.
It is best to be planted in a sunny position, but with diffused light or lit from the east, as the leaves in sunny places are often scorched by the sun.Elm likes virtually all soils - even clay and compact.In the garden, it looks great in color combinations with other trees and shrubs with purple leaves, such as common beech 'Purple Fountain', barberry common variety 'Atropurpurea'.It also looks nice as a solitaire in visible places in the garden.
Orchard: cutting down trees or planting
In autumn, fruit nurseries often offer much better quality planting material than in spring.However, it is not always possible to plant a tree or shrub in the right place.Certain frost-sensitive species are also safer in spring, e.g. a peach or some varieties of plums. The best way to keep trees or shrubs in good condition until spring is to plant them in a pit. If we have a cold room or a shelter, we can place plants in it.
The trees are placed halfway in the layer of moist sawdust and left until the beginning of spring. Remember to periodically check that the sawdust does not dry up excessively or do not attack the trees with rodents.The second way is to dig a hole in the garden, in which we will place the trees.We cover the roots with only earth. Lower the trees quite deeply, because then the risk of the roots freezing is lower.Sheltered places, behind buildings or gazebos, are most suitable for pits.
Vegetable: autumn stocks
In order to be able to enjoy the taste of vegetables from your garden in winter, let's make sure that the vegetables you have harvested are stored in optimal conditions.Permanent vegetables can be stored for 3 to even 12 months and include red beet, carrots, parsley and other root vegetables, as well as onions, garlic, leeks and head cabbage.Most of them should be store in rooms with a temperature of 0-3 ° C and relatively high air humidity, in the range of 90-95%.
Only the onion and garlic should be stored in dry and ventilated places, where the air humidity is 60-70%. Other species that belong to the group of medium-persistent vegetables, such as cruciferous vegetables, cucurbits and nightshades, in optimal conditions can be stored for a period of several weeks to even several months. Courgettes, pumpkins, melons, eggplants, peppers and tomatoes should be stored at temperatures between 4 and 10 or 12 ° C.
For pumpkins, the air humidity should be lower, in the order of 50-70%, while other species require higher humidity during storage. Late varieties are well-preserved, grown in lighter soils, not nitrogen-fertilized and supplied with an appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium.
