Archive for April, 2009

My Balcony Gardening

Today instead of writing an article, I’ve decided to show you what I am going to plant on my balcony. Balcony and two windows allows me to plant vegetables and herbs in one-room apartment.  I am going to grow cucumbers, tomatoes, dill, onions, sage and so on. I’ve already made some preparations and installed  a [...]

How to plant vegetables upside down.

On the 30 of March I wrote that you can grow tomatoes upside down. You can do the same with cucumbers and peppers as well. The idea is great and it saves a time as vegetables grow faster so you can harvest them about 4 weeks earlier. You can make upside down tomato planter from [...]

Garden Gnomes for nowadays.

Garden gnomes are very popular in Europe. According to Wikipedia the first garden gnomes were made in  Germany in the mid-1800s by Philip Griebel.  In general it is cute statues. But today I’ve found something more useful. Actually this is not a garden gnome. However I think it is even better solution for the garden. [...]

Some very VERY good news!

Hello everyone!
Let’s cut the long story short: a few weeks after struggling to find the cheapest paper pot maker, I found a letter in my inbox from the nice guy from USA who makes a next generation paper pot makers! They are even better than the wooden ones as
1) They are made from vinyl, NOT [...]

DIY-Upside down tomato planter

Hello folks,
Sorry for 1 week break – I took a break from my Internet life and went fishing. Unfortunately I didn’t catch anything – the weather is still too cold and windy. Also I almost lost my wedding ring – it went off my finger and flew into the river while I was shaking the [...]

3 things you must know before planting cucumbers.

Image via Wikipedia
Ok, guys, first of all I want to write some facts about cucumbers: according to Wikipedia cucumber originated in India. It has been cultivated for at least 3,000 years in Western Asia, and was possibly brought to Europe by the Romans. The first records of cucumber cultivation
in France are dated by the 9th [...]