✅ Section: Setting up a garden 2025 January

Bending instead of secateurs

Many gardeners use secateurs when a tree branches off unintentionally. An alternative solution to pruning is to squash the branches as they grow upwards to create a branchy crown. This is how we crush trees.

Home fern cultivation

Skilfully tended, they can be the greatest decoration of gardens in the English style or naturalistic assumptions. Let's get to know the most interesting ferns for cultivation not only in shady or shady places.

Home mushroom cultivation (Recipe for a garden)

A home garden is a place where you can grow not only fruit and vegetables. More and more people also grow mushrooms here. These are mushrooms, but also oyster mushrooms, boletus and shitake mushrooms. I encourage you to cultivate them, because in the light of recent research, many species are characterized not only by taste, but also by healing properties.

Home compost production

A well-organized garden is like a wisely managed household - nothing is wasted here. So we do not rashly throw away plant and some kitchen remnants, but use them to make valuable compost.

Home asparagus farming

The season for green asparagus is just starting. They contain more minerals, vitamins and organic compounds than white asparagus. It's time to start your own farm of these he althy, fashionable vegetables.

Pruning small shrubs

Shrubs and dwarf shrubs that do not reach large sizes should also periodically shorten their shoots. The type and time of pruning depends on the species of the plant.

Useful borders on discounts

Each rebate or path needs finishing. We suggest what plants or materials to choose for the borders. By using them, we will separate beautiful flower beds from other parts of the garden.

Pruning fruit bushes in winter

To welcome the season, it is worth carrying out a rejuvenating pruning of fruit bushes. This is the best way to increase your harvest. The pruning is done especially on old and non-fruiting shoots.

Mushroom processing

Dried, pickled or maybe frozen? Proper processing of mushrooms depends on their type. There are many ways to preserve the taste of porcini mushrooms, champignons, saffron mushrooms or buttermilk.

Transplanting young trees

Sometimes, after planting a tree, you notice that the place chosen for it is not perfect. Fortunately, plants that have been grown on one site for less than five years can be moved to another garden space without any harm. It is best to do this between October and March, but in frost-free weather.

Recipe for successful tomato cultivation

Growing tomatoes guarantees us not only a solid portion of vitamins, but also the unique taste of vegetables that melt in your mouth.

Recipe for the garden: we put on an onion rebate

The autumn planting of bulbs is the most appropriate time to plan the appearance of your spring bedding. We advise where and in what company should popular flowers from bulbs grow.

Recipe for the Garden: early varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas

The traditional flowering period for rhododendrons and azaleas is in the second half of May. Early varieties allow you to extend the flowering of charming plants up to five months! Here are the variations!

Garden recipe: durable and inexpensive gazebo

Commonly available materials, a few tools, a lot of willingness and a free weekend - this is how much personal input is needed to build a solid and neat gazebo in the garden. This is how our reader put it.

Recipe for the garden: vegetables for early harvest

In the early spring, many lovers of their own vegetables can't wait for the first harvest. Thanks to the early varieties of lettuce and radishes, we can enjoy their taste at the end of March.

Garden recipe: growing asparagus

Asparagus is gaining more and more followers in Poland every year. And nothing pleases gardeners more than eating a he althy vegetable straight from your flower bed. This is how asparagus is grown.

Recipe for the Garden: a way to get frozen gutters

Freezing gutters are a nuisance for many home and building owners. We present an interesting solution for clogging the gutters by ice or snow - an electric heating system.

Recipe for the Garden: roses with edible petals

Roses affect not only the sense of sight and smell, but also taste. Rose oil and syrup are obtained from their petals, especially useful in winter. Meet the varieties of roses with edible petals.

Recipe for the Garden: ground cover plants instead of a lawn

If you want to arrange a piece of the garden instead of a lawn, we recommend that you consider creating a bed of cover plants. Their beauty and durability can be an interesting alternative to a time-consuming lawn.

Garden recipe: discount giants

Naked rudbeckia, purple plant, goldenrod or giant sunflower are plants that will give each bed a unique character. The plants mentioned are characterized by an impressive height!

Garden recipe: preparing the ground for cultivation

The annual soil quality check before sowing vegetables is a habit worth developing. Thanks to it, we will be sure that we have provided the vegetables with optimal conditions for development.

Recipe for the Garden: practical tasks in the spring

Early spring is a time not only for planting and caring for plants, but also a lot of practical work preparing our surroundings for the rapidly approaching spring.

Garden Recipe: Heath Planning

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Recipe for the garden: fruit in July

Homemade jams, juices, tinctures and frozen foods can even remind you of summer in the middle of winter. Reader

Recipe for the Garden: the most delicious varieties of strawberries

Choosing a strawberry variety that is appropriate in terms of taste and requirements is not an easy task. To make it easier, we have collected and described the tastiest varieties of these one-of-a-kind fruits.

Garden recipe: a colorful neighborhood on a discount

" The author of the text and photos below is the reader of the RECIPE for the Garden magazine - Anita Łabuz from Sanok. " I plant new plants every season and experiment with their combinations, playing with their colors like a painter.

Garden recipe: how and when to harvest late vegetables

The gardens in September and October are still full of delicious, fragrant vegetables. So it's time to think about harvesting late vegetables and preparing tasty preserves for the winter and pre-harvest seasonings.

Recipe for the Garden: interesting vegetables wintering in the ground

With properly selected species and their proper care, we can enjoy the crops even in colder months. Meet three unique plants - Jerusalem artichoke, chicory and scorzonera.

Thoughtful separation of garden zones

Palisades, fences, curbs are not meant to divide, but to connect. Thanks to them, the garden becomes more organized and, of course, even more beautiful.

Garden recipe: 10 rules for setting up a garden

Starting a garden from scratch is a demanding process in which the end result depends on thoughtful planning. These are the principles of a garden planner.