Berries

How and when to process gooseberries with boiling water: rules and processing technology

Gooseberry bushes were treated with boiling water by our grandmothers. And if this method has survived and is still practiced, moreover, by modern and advanced gardeners, then it is effective. It is important to know what the heat treatment helps from, how to carry it out correctly, so as not to harm either the bushes or yourself.

Thornless blackberry: the best varieties and features of their cultivation

Blackberries are quite rare in household plots. This is not surprising. Few gardeners decide to grow a shrub covered with sharp thorns and bearing small, sour berries, almost devoid of aroma. But thanks to the efforts of breeders in recent years, many modern varieties have appeared that change the idea of ​​this culture. Their shoots are devoid of thorns, and the berries are impressive in size and have a rather sweet pleasant taste. In terms of yield, thornless varieties are also often superior to their thorny counterparts.

Curly honeysuckle: decorative vine to decorate the site

There are many types of decorative honeysuckle, the most common is honeysuckle. It blooms from mid-May, is highly resistant to cold weather, but the most frost-resistant is the erect honeysuckle Tatarskaya. All types of decorative honeysuckle are extremely picturesque.

Picking strawberry seedlings: timing, soil preparation, technology

Traditionally, it is customary to propagate strawberries and strawberries by rosettes or by dividing the bush. But some varieties reproduce exclusively by seeds, in addition, to obtain new hybrids with unique properties, the seed propagation method is also used.

Everything about pruning honeysuckle: types, terms, goals, objectives and pruning technology

Honeysuckle in bloom! What a miracle! A living wall of greenery and tiny flowering corollas in Russian gardens in May can compete with Japanese sakura in beauty. White-yellow-pink flower crowns densely cling to country hedges, pillars of arbors, pylons of verandas, creating a natural ornament that can conquer even the most ardent skeptics.