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After sanitary pruning of trees and shrubs, a lot of thin branches accumulate, unsuitable for heating the stove or preparing barbecue. They have to be dried in bulk for months and then burned. An alternative method is to grind such

Unlike a greenhouse, a greenhouse is a simple structure that can be installed by any adult. Moreover, the costs of time, money and labor will be minimal.

Anyone can get juicy onion feathers at home. It is enough just to place the sprouted head in a glass or other container with water, so that the liquid reaches the middle of the turnip, place it on a well-lit windowsill,

If you have back pain, digging up your garden by hand with a shovel turns into torture. Having a problem with the spine, such work must be performed with special shovels.When using them, the back remains straight, since only the legs and arms are used.

It will not be easy to tidy up the area around the house, garden, vegetable garden or dacha, where “no human foot has set foot” for a long time, due to the thick and tall grass. Mowing it by hand is difficult and time-consuming. A Ural type chainsaw can help out, which is not so difficult

The landscape of a country house plot can be decorated with a small fountain. It will look great against the backdrop of a garden pond, flowers, green lawn or ornamental shrubs. Its presence will diversify the landscape design, and in addition it will enhance

With the onset of spring, the time for tree grafting begins. There are many techniques that allow you to do this with a high probability of scion engraftment, varying in complexity. A novice gardener can try grafting with a drill. This method

Cucumber is a popular vegetable crop. Its crispy, juicy fruits not only have a pleasant taste, but also contain a number of vitamins. In addition, the use of this dietary product does not cause allergies and does not add excess weight. Annually

To care for plantings of potatoes, tomatoes, onions and other vegetables, you can make a manual cultivator. It loosens and weeds out weeds from rows many times faster than can be done with a hoe.By sacrificing an old bicycle for its production,

Many people still plant potatoes with a shovel. This is extremely difficult and time-consuming. It is much faster and easier to plant potatoes in rows. If you make a hiller plow for this, the whole process will be simplified and accelerated as much as possible.

Moisture-loving plants in pots require frequent and sometimes daily watering. Without the ability to care for them constantly, you can make an irrigation system. It will allow you to extend the supply of water volume over a long period, thereby eliminating frequent

A portable vertical flower bed is an unusual bright decoration for a private home or cottage. By planting densely flowering plants in it, you can create an almost continuous column of petals and leaves. The advantage of a vertical flower bed is not

During the period of self-isolation, one has to adhere to austerity regime, so in this project I used material that was left over during the construction process.

If you have a small area with several beds, it is rational to use homemade drip irrigation based on a plastic bottle. Unlike purchased systems, its installation will be free. When adjusted and used correctly

An ordinary hoe can do most of the work in the garden and garden, but not all. For complex tasks, it is more convenient to use a homemade weighted hoe made from a pipe. She easily cuts down young trees and wheatgrass bushes along with

A useful crane and wheelbarrow with a lifting capacity of up to 200 kg is an indispensable item for transporting construction and other materials over short distances. Small-sized, maneuverable and easy to control - you definitely can’t buy one like this on our market. Have one

Enough is known about the life of moles to understand who they are, enemies or friends. Animals live underground, in the dark. This is their natural habitat. So nature wanted them to move quickly and accurately navigate in the dark,

When installing a columnar foundation, fence posts and other work related to drilling, a drill of a certain diameter is required. Having electric welding and a grinder, you can make it yourself in a couple of hours from a suitable steel pipe.

If you want to make a collapsible swing, you can use old car parts in addition to pipes. This will reduce the cost of the design, and most importantly make it reliable and trouble-free. Let's look at how you can weld a swing at home, using pipes and parts from

Such a boiler will be indispensable in a country house or in a private house where there is no centralized or autonomous source of hot water. To make it, you will need a minimum of costs, a little time and basic skills in cutting, soldering and welding metal.

When a walk-behind tractor performs large volumes of work, the total gasoline consumption for the season reaches significant levels. Considering the cost of fuel, converting the engine to consume cheap gas is more than justified. Walk-behind tractor motor less

A garden or outdoor plant pot is a chic decorative element of the landscape. Many housewives and owners with a passion for beauty would not mind having a couple of such sculptures on their property. But the desire to buy a garden flowerpot comes into play

When dismantling old fences, greenhouses or other buildings, difficulties arise in removing pipes from the ground. If they can't be pulled out by hand, you usually have to dig everything out. A simpler solution would be to pull them out using a lever,

As you know, the root system of peppers (both sweet bell peppers and bitter capsicums) is very capricious. Seedlings do not like transplanting very much: after it it takes a long time to take root and they can get sick. You can sow the seeds immediately in separate containers so that you don’t have to