Country life 2024, April

Carbon dioxide in the air is only 30% of what plants need, the remaining 70% they receive during the life of microorganisms that decompose organic matter with the release of a large amount of carbon dioxide

There is a wonderful way of propagation of shrubs - ornamental and berry - this is a way of rooting woody cuttings. It is somewhat more difficult than rooting green cuttings, but more convenient

In theory and in practice, it has been proven that only truly living soil is able to feed a person to their fill, and the level of its fertility is determined, first of all, by the number of living organisms living in it, ranging from the simplest bacteria to all kinds of bugs and worms. The question cannot but arise: what does bacteria have to do with when plants need nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium for growth, and even more so for fruiting?

When determining the doses of lime, the timing of fertilization and their amount, the plowing depth of green manure, and also when determining the irrigation rate, it is necessary to take into account the mechanical composition of the soil, in other words, the content of clay particles in it. According to this indicator, soils are divided into sands, sandy loams, light, medium and heavy loams, as well as light, medium and heavy clays

All mulch can be divided into organic ( natural origin ) and special mulching materials based on films and spunbond

At the end of winter, my husband and I purchased this plot. New. And they moved from the south of the Leningrad region, from heavy, fat clays, to the north of the Vsevolozhsk region, to damp swampy peat bogs. The contrast was enormous. It is not known what we liked about this eight hundred plot in gardening, it was not visible from under the snow in winter. We could only guess: what would we get - a swamp or just a lowland. Or maybe you're lucky, and all these young pines grow on dry mossy

From the moment of vertical prikop-planting, the tree begins to get used to the soil in relative dryness and safety from rotting and frost - it tolerates slush and frost. And with the first rays of the sun it begins to come to life simultaneously with the old-timers of the garden. It is important to clear off excess land as soon as possible, but in the end, as shown above, the seedlings must remain on a gentle hill

To reduce the acidity of the soil, it is limed by adding wood ash, dolomite flour containing calcium and magnesium, as well as crushed chalk and shell rock, slaked lime

The main task of the gardener is to create optimal conditions for nutrition, water supply, the necessary air regime of the soil, as well as the best reaction of the soil solution for a given culture

We would like to acquaint farmers, gardeners and vegetable growers with new scientific achievements. The largest development of recent years is the adaptive landscape farming system, which will be discussed now

The main indicators of soil quality: biological activity, mechanical composition, acidity, particle size distribution, moisture capacity and ripeness. And you can evaluate them yourself. We tell how

In this article, we will talk about how the soil lives, whether it is enriched with plant nutrients or degrades, losing fertility residues, consider the cycle and balance of nutrients in the natural environment of the summer cottage

The soil consists of a mineral and organic phase, soil air, solution and a living phase (organisms that live in the soil). You need to start improving the soil from the living phase, as the most dynamic and most vulnerable

Soil degradation is global in nature, it happens naturally (by territories) and accidental - through the fault of the owner of the soil. We cannot fight "universal evil", but on our land we must do what depends on us

There is almost no free water in the soil - it goes into the depths. And what is, is not absorbed by the root: plants are not a pump. It is absorbed by the roots exchange on hydrophilic colloidal particles, like other nutrients

The air phase of the soil contains little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide, but for plant roots the opposite should be true - a lot of oxygen and less carbon dioxide. Therefore, our task is to improve soil aeration

The basis for work on the ground is the cycle of power elements, described, like the accounting, items of income and expense. In our conditions, it is such that without "replenishment of the account," Your soil "will become bankrupt" in 2-3 years

Many people think that plants need to be fed and watered. But this is unreal! Plants do not have a special organ to absorb food and water. Plants feed on the basis of metabolic absorption, not absorption

Accurate compliance with agrotechnical requirements is the law of safety, obtaining environmentally friendly food. Each stage in this process chain must be performed accurately and on time

If possible, contact an agrochemical laboratory and order a soil analysis. But you can determine the acidity of the soil on your site, simply by studying the wild plants that have chosen it for "living"

The path by which the nectar (sweet aromatic liquid), collected by the worker honeybees from the fresh flowers, goes before it turns into natural honey in the hive is long and difficult. And it ends when the bees fill the wax cells with honey to the top, seal them with wax caps (to protect from moisture and clogging), after which the flower honey ripens for another month and a half and is able to persist for many years

Beeswax is a unique product produced by the bee familyBeeswax is one of the staple foods produced by the bee, Nature's greatest worker. It is rightfully considered the second most important beekeeping product after honey.These insects build honeycombs from wax - the basis of their nest, with which their whole life is closely connected

In non-black earth conditions, the soil is used for 3 - 5 years. Then it needs to be changed, which is laborious. This change is caused by the accumulation of salts, toxic substances in it, an increase in pests and pathogens spread through the soil

In connection with the unusually warm winter of this year, nature has made adjustments to the development of bee colonies in the North-West of Russia.The queen bee, the ancestor of the family, very early started laying eggs in the cells of the brood nest combs, which led to a very early build-up of the family

With the onset of warm, stable summer days and nights, when flowering plants release nectar in abundance, bee colonies leave the swarm state (the reproductive instinct), actively switch to collecting nectar and pollen, and the hive bees are busy processing it into the final product, honey and bee bread

What does a bee family give to a person?Each of us had to watch how on a warm sunny day a bee circled over flowers, from which it collects drops of nectar, which turns into honey, known to all of us . Even ancient doctors and philosophers called bee honey a wonderful gift of nature, in the creation of which bees and flowers participate

Honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) belongs to the order of Hymenoptera, to the family of stinging insects living in families or communities. But, despite such a formidable weapon as a sting through which poison is injected into the victim, the bee is by nature a peace-loving creature, and if she is not disturbed, do not interfere with her work, she will never attack without reason. The development of a bee colony occurs cyclically, depending on the change of seasons

An experienced beekeeper understands well that preparation for the new season does not begin in the spring, as it seems to a beginner, but practically from the moment when you decided to withdraw some of the honey harvested by bees for future use, with an eye to unfavorable honey harvest years. It turns out that already in the summer, during the most active period of the development of the bee colony, the beekeeper should foresee: how and how he can help her in case of unfavorable developme

The role of bees in a bee family - how honey is prepared in a hive and takes care of the health of all its members

A drone is a male bee. He is an essential member of the bee family. Each such family, obeying the reproductive instinct, is forced to raise drones. These males are born from unfertilized eggs

Wintering of bees can take place in different conditions. Depending on the temperature of the air entering the notch, wintering is divided into cold and warm

In the spring, at the end of March or at the beginning of April, I remove the bee moron from the hives. For the convenience of this work, it is necessary to equip the bee houses so that they are equipped with a retractable bottom. I took care of this, and therefore, without disturbing the bee colony, which may still be in the club, I carefully push the bottom of each hive and throw out all the bee dead that accumulated over the winter

Fired up with the desire to start an apiary and weighing all the possible pros and cons, the future beekeeper begins a period of accumulation of initial knowledge. This path is different for everyone. But before you set foot on this path, listen to the advice of an experienced beekeeper

Having visited any agricultural exhibition, you will be amazed at the abundance of honey and beekeeping products offered by representatives of different regions. Usually these are products of large beekeeping farms from Bashkiria, Altai, Stavropol and other regions. But more and more often you can see a couple of hives in garden plots. The number of amateur beekeepers is growing. However, one should not think that keeping a bee colony is a simple matter. There are many secrets here. Let's t

Most novice beekeepers are interested in bees that are peaceful, not very angry, especially if the beekeeper plans to keep an apiary in the country all summer. Peace-loving bees include: Caucasian and Carpathian bees, and evil honey bees - Bashkir forest and Central Russian. If you want to keep bees all summer only at your summer cottage, then I recommend opting for Caucasian and Carpathian bee breeds. But if in the summer you take the apiary somewhere to remote places where ma

In no case do not plant immediately, if there is no bribe, a newly caught swarm into someone else's bee colony - the bees of this bee colony can interrupt the swarm, even if the swarm bees are with honey. If you want to connect a newly caught swarm with another bee family, do not connect it immediately, but after a few days and only through the newspaper